椰
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Translingual
Han character
椰 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木尸十中 (DSJL), four-corner 47927, composition ⿰木耶)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 537, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15069
- Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1224, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6930
Chinese
| trad. | 椰 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 椰 | |
| alternative forms | 枒 㭨 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laː) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 耶 (OC *laː).
Etymology
Attested as early as the Jin dynasty (晉朝). Compare earlier form 楈枒 (OC *sŋa/sŋaʔ ŋraː/ŋraːs), 胥邪 (OC *sŋa/sŋaʔ ljaː/laː), 胥餘 (OC *sŋa/sŋaʔ la) (attested since Han dynasty).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): iǎ
- Eastern Min (BUC): ià
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ia
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ie1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ye
- Wade–Giles: yeh1
- Yale: yē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
- Palladius: е (je)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yé
- Wade–Giles: yeh2
- Yale: yé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
- Palladius: е (je)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: je4 / je4-2
- Yale: yèh / yé
- Cantonese Pinyin: je4 / je4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: yé4 / yé4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː²¹/, /jɛː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: yie3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiɛ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
- Hakka Romanization System: iaˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ya2
- Sinological IPA: /i̯a¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà / yài
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iaˇ / (r)iaiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ya2 / yai2
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a¹¹/, /(j)i̯ai̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iǎ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ia²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ià
- Sinological IPA (key): /ia⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: ie1
- Sinological IPA (key): /i̯e̞³³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: yae
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*laː/
Definitions
椰
- ⁜ coconut palm
- (now in compounds or dialectal) coconut (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- 椰汁 ― yēzhī ― coconut water
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 椰子 (“coconut”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
椰
Readings
Compounds
- 椰子 (yashi, “palm tree”)
- 花椰菜 (hanayasai, “cauliflower”)
Korean
Hanja
椰 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)
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Vietnamese
Han character
椰: Hán Nôm readings: da, dà, dừa, gia
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