也

See also せ

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Uncertain. The character was once interchangeable with 它 and may have originated as a simplification.

Han character

也 (radical 5 乙+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 心木 (PD), four-corner 4471₂)

1. too; also
   • Example: 我也是中国人。 (I too am Chinese/I am also Chinese. In Standard Vernacular Chinese)
2. Classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
   • Example: 其西有大山，天下至高者也。 (Laden with surrounding mountains, it is clearly the most supreme under heaven. In Classical Chinese)

Descendants

• や
• ヤ

References

• KangXi: page 84, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 171
• Dae Jaweon: page 170, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 50, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E5F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

也 (Yale ya5)

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Japanese

Kanji

也

Readings

• On: や (ya)
• Kun: なり (nari), また (mata)

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Korean

Hanja

也
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 야 (revised: ya, McCune-Reischauer: ya)

• Name (hangeul): 이끼, 어조사 (revised: ikki, eojosa, McCune-Reischauer: ikki, ǒjosa)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 也

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Adjective

也 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yě)

1. also; too
   • John 1.13

     这等人不是从血气生的，不是从情欲生的，也不是从人意生的，乃是从神生的。

     Zhèděng rén bùshì cóng xuèqì shēng de, bùshì cóng qíngyù shēng de, yě bùshì cóng rényì shēng de, nǎishì cóng Shén shēng de.

     Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Hanzi

也 (pinyin yě (ye3), Wade-Giles yeh³)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

也 (iǎ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

也 (dã, dạ, giã)

References

• Nom Foundation