寄る

よる · yoru · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

to stop by

🏪 yoru sounds like your: I will stop by your place

寄 means to draw near or lean toward, so 寄る is to come close to a place on your way elsewhere. Same sound as 夜 (yoru, night): you stop by the shop at night on the way home.

寄 — roof 宀 + strange 奇 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the roof radical 宀 suggests a dwelling or shelter, while 奇 (qí) supplies the sound, shifted to jì. The original sense was to lodge or stay temporarily under someone's roof, which extended to entrusting, depositing, and eventually sending or mailing things to another's care.

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