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豫: at ease; relaxed

 

豫 yù

adverb
: happy; carefree; at one’s ease, relaxed
: variant of 預; old variant of 与
: abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China

Kun Reading

あらかじ.め arakajime


: relaxed; comfortable; at ease

On Reading

ヨ yo
シャ sha

 Usage:

豫劇[剧] yu4ju4: Henan opera
豫告 yu4gao4: variant of 預告; to forecast; to predict; advance notice
猶[犹]豫 you2yu4: to hesitate
逸豫 yi4yu4: idleness and pleasure
 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
象 (xiang4: elephant; image) suggests the meaning while
(yu3: to give; I) provides the sound.



Semantic:
yu4: to prepare; in advance
[kun: あずけ azuke, あずかり azukari, あずかる azukaru, あずける azukeru. on: ヨ yo]



Variant:
(yu3: to give; I)
[kun: あらかじめ arakajime. on: よ yo]



 Examples:
凡事豫則立。
Forewarned is forearmed.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary