对于 (duì yú)

Character breakdown

• 对 (duì) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 對. Depicts a hand (寸) holding a farming tool (丵) to develop land (土). Based on the original meaning "develop land".

• 于 (Yú) · 3 strokes

  Pictograph of a musical wind instrument with a reed, which is now written as 竽. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.