雅

Translingual

Han character

雅 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+4 in Chinese, 隹+5 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 一竹人土 (MHOG), four-corner 7021₄, composition ⿰牙隹)

Derived characters

• 𠾒, 𡡳, 𪷐, 蕥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1365, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41973
• Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4094, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96C5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Schuessler (2007) leaves its etymology as unknown, yet mentions that it has been suggested to be related to 夏 (OC *ɡraːʔ) (e.g. by Wang Yinzhi apud Zhi, 2004), etc.), a proposal also supported by Baxter & Sagart (2014).

Pronunciation

Definitions

雅

1. (literary) standard; proper; correct
2. elegant; graceful; refined
3. (polite) your; your esteemed; your gracious
4. (literary) friendship; companionship
5. (literary) usually; often
6. (literary) very much; extremely
7. a section in the Classic of Poetry consisting of dynastic hymns
8. ^† standard language (usually used in titles of ancient Chinese dictionaries such as the Erya)
9. (Teochew) pretty; beautiful
10. a surname

Synonyms

• (pretty):

Descendants

Compounds

References

• “雅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Duffus, William (1883) “beautiful”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 19
• Zhi, C. (2004). "From Exclusive Xia to Inclusive Zhu-Xia: The Conceptualisation of Chinese Identity" in Early China. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 14(3), 185–205. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25188470

Japanese

Shinjitai	雅
Kyūjitai	雅󠄂 雅+󠄂? (Adobe-Japan1)
	雅󠄄 雅+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. gracious
2. elegant
3. graceful
4. refined

Readings

• Go-on: が (ga, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: が (ga, Jōyō)
• Kun: みやぶ (miyabu, 雅ぶ); みやびる (miyabiru, 雅びる); みやび (miyabi, 雅); みやびやか (miyabiyaka, 雅やか); つね (tsune, 雅)
• Nanori: う (u); お (o); か (ka); ただし (tadashi); のり (nori); まさ (masa); まさし (masashi); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

• 雅歌(がか) (gaka, “elegant song”), 雅歌(がか) (Gaka, “Song of Songs”)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 雅 (ngæ^X, “elegant”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) が​ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Adjective

雅(が) • (ga) -na (adnominal 雅(が)な (ga na), adverbial 雅(が)に (ga ni))

1. elegant

Inflection

Noun

雅(が) • (ga) 

1. elegance

Antonyms

• 俗(ぞく) (zoku)

Etymology 2

References

Korean

Hanja

雅 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune–Reischauer a, Yale a)

1. elegant, neat, tidy

Compounds

• 아가 (雅歌, aga, “elegant song”), 아가 (雅歌, Aga, “Song of Songs”)

Vietnamese

Han character

雅: Hán Nôm readings: nhã

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