What 予 means
Separate histories brought the meanings together.
One account traces 予 to a branch of 呂, with examples in early bronze inscriptions. Chinese first-person use appears no earlier than the Spring and Autumn period; older texts used 余.
Another account sees a loom shuttle carrying thread across a loom and links this motion with “giving.” In Japan’s 1946 character reform, 予 replaced 豫 in “in advance” words such as 予告 and 予約.
Standalone Japanese 予 for “I” sounds literary and mainly masculine; in compounds it is ordinary.
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