耶

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耶 U+8036, 耶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8036
← 耵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 耷 →

Translingual

Han character

耶 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸十弓中 (SJNL), four-corner 17127, composition ⿰耳阝)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29008
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2784, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8036
  • Thiều Chửu. Hán Việt tự điển. Thanh Niên Publisher. 2004

Chinese

trad. 耶
simp. # 耶
alternative forms 邪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (耶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
耶 *laː
椰 *laː
爺 *laː
瑘 *laː
鎁 *laː

Corruption of 邪 (OC *ljaː, *laː).

Etymology 1

question particle
Contraction of 也 (OC *laːlʔ) and 乎 (OC *ɢaː) (Pulleyblank, 1995, p. 139).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以遮切
Baxter yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jia/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jia/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jia/
Li
Rong 		/ia/
Wang
Li 		/jĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		je4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耶
Reading # 1/1
No. 14760
Phonetic
component 		耶
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		邪
Old
Chinese 		/*laː/
Notes 邪隸變俗字

Definitions

耶

  1. † Alternative form of 爺／爷 (yé, “father”)
  2. † Particle indicating a questioning tone.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 以遮切
Baxter yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jia/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jia/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jia/
Li
Rong 		/ia/
Wang
Li 		/jĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		je4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耶
Reading # 1/1
No. 14760
Phonetic
component 		耶
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		邪
Old
Chinese 		/*laː/
Notes 邪隸變俗字

Definitions

耶

  1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

Etymology 3

Possibly influenced by English yeah. Same as 吔 (yē).

Pronunciation

Definitions

耶

  1. yeah; hurray (interjection expressing joy)
  2. (chiefly Internet slang) particle expressing joy or surprise
    好耶  ―  hǎo yē  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 耶 – see 邪 (“wrong; evil; depraved; vicious; perverse; heterodox; unnatural; strange; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 邪).

Japanese

Kanji

耶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. interrogative particle
  2. used phonetically

Readings

Korean

Hanja

耶 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

耶: Hán Nôm readings: da, gia

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