耶

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

• 倻, 㖿, 揶, 鄊, 𢝞, 𪶘, 椰, 爺, 瑘, 𠁌, 𦳃, 𪾉, 𫧵, 𬚞, 𥯘, 𦂫, 鎁, 𩸾, 𫛉

• 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

Corruption of 邪 (OC *ljaː, *laː).

question particle

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

耶

1. ^† Alternative form of 爺 / 爷 (yé, “father”)

   • 耶孃妻子走相送，塵埃不見咸陽橋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     耶娘妻子走相送，尘埃不见咸阳桥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu), 兵車行

     Yéniáng qīzǐ zǒu xiāngsòng, chén'āi bùjiàn Xiányáng Qiáo.

     Parents, wife and children running to see him off, and the Bridge of Xianyang gradually disappears from view in the rolling dust .

2. ^† Particle indicating a questioning tone.

   • 是進亦憂，退亦憂；然則何時而樂耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是进亦忧，退亦忧；然则何时而乐耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1045, Fan Zhongyan, 岳陽樓記

     Shì jìn yì yōu, tuì yì yōu; ránzé héshí ér lè yé?

     They worry when they step forward, and worry when they step back; then when would they ever be happy?

耶

1. Used in transcription.

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

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)

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. interrogative particle
2. used phonetically

• Go-on: や (ya)
• Kan-on: や (ya)
• On: じゃ (ja)
• Kun: か (ka, 耶)

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

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耶: Hán Nôm readings: da, gia

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