■ radical
yǔ
and
How it’s built
Simplified form of 與. Phonosemantic compound. 舁 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound. The traditional component 舁 was removed for simplification.
牙
sound
tooth — The pronunciation of 與 was similar to 牙 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.