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Translingual
Han character
歟 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹金弓人 (HCNO), four-corner 77882, composition ⿰與欠)
- a final particle used to express admiration, doubt, surprise, or to mark a question
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 573, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16226
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2152, character 10
- Unihan data for U+6B5F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 攑
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*kʰlan
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| 藇
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*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
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| 嶼
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*ljaʔ
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| 鱮
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*ljaʔ
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| 舉
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*klaʔ
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| 櫸
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*klaʔ
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| 舁
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*la
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| 與
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*la, *laʔ, *las
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| 輿
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*la, *las
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| 旟
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*la
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| 璵
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*la
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| 歟
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*la, *laʔ, *las
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| 譽
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*la, *las
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| 嬩
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*la
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| 擧
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*la
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| 鸒
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*la, *las
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| 礜
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*las
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| 穥
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*las
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *la, *laʔ, *las) : phonetic 與 (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic 欠.
Etymology
- question particle
- Contraction of 也 (OC *laːlʔ) and 乎 (OC *ɢaː) (Pulleyblank, 1995, p. 139).
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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歟
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歟
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歟
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| Initial (聲)
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以 (36)
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以 (36)
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以 (36)
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| Final (韻)
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魚 (22)
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魚 (22)
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魚 (22)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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以諸切
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余吕切
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羊洳切
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| Baxter
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yo
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yoX
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yoH
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/jɨʌ/
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/jɨʌX/
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/jɨʌH/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/jiɔ/
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/jiɔX/
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/jiɔH/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/iɔ/
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/iɔX/
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/iɔH/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/jɨə̆/
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/jɨə̆X/
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/jɨə̆H/
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Li
Rong
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/iɔ/
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/iɔX/
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/iɔH/
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Wang
Li
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/jĭo/
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/jĭoX/
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/jĭoH/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/i̯wo/
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/i̯woX/
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/i̯woH/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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yú
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yǔ
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yù
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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jyu4
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jyu5
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jyu6
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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歟
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歟
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歟
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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| No.
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15896
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15902
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15911
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Phonetic
component
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舁
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舁
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舁
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Rime
group
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魚
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魚
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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余
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豫
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Old
Chinese
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/*la/
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/*laʔ/
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/*las/
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Definitions
歟
- Sentence-final particle used to express an exclamatory, doubtful or questioning tone
Japanese
Kanji
歟
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 欤)
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Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 歟 – see the following entry.
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| 【か】
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- interrogative or rhetorical question particle, similar to a question mark ("?").
- indefinite particle; "some-"
- disjunctive particle; "or"
- whether (or not)
- indication of doubt
- (emphatic, before an adjective, non-productive) very
- forms 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, “-na adjectives”) from stems, indicating the state or feeling of an object
Alternative spellings乎, カ, ヵ
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| (This term, 歟, is an alternative spelling (literary, obsolete) of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
歟 (eum 여 (yeo))
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Vietnamese
Han character
歟: Hán Nôm readings: ru
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