在于 zàiyú▶ recaer en

Stroke order

在于 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 在 — 6 strokes
• 于 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)
2. (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)

Related words

• 位于Estar ubicado; situarse
• 善于ser bueno en
• 在乎preocuparse por
• 存在existencia
• 属于pertenecer a
• 等于Ser igual a; estar a la altura de

在于 is pronounced zàiyú and means “recaer en”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 在于 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.