亦

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亦 U+4EA6, 亦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA6
← 亥
[U+4EA5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 产 →
[U+4EA7]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
0 strokes

Han character[edit]

亦 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜中弓金 (YLNC), four-corner 00330, composition ⿱亠⿻小丿(GTJK) or ⿵六⿰丿亅(GTJK) or ⿱亠⿻小丨(H) or ⿵六刂(H))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 293
  • Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 281, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4EA6

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 亦
alternative forms 𠅃
𡗕

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 亦
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script

j23573

j23574

j23575

j23576

j23577

j23578

j23579

j23580

j23581

j23582

j23583

j23584

j23585

j23586

j23587

j23588

j23589

j23590

j23591

j23592

j23593

j23594

j23595

j23596

j23597

j23598

j23599

j23600

j23601

j23602

j23603

j23604

j23605

j23606

j23607

j23608

j23609

j23610

j23611

j23612

j23613

j23614

j23615

j23616

j23617

j23618

j23619

j23620

j23621

j23622

j23623

j23624

j23625

j23626

j23627

j23628

j23629

j23630

j23631

j23632

j23633

j23634

j23635

j23636

j23637

j23638

j23639

j23640

j23641

Bronze inscriptions

b15007

b15008

b15009

b15010

b15011

b15012

b15013

b15014

b15015

b15016

b15017

b15018

b15019

b15020

b15021

b15022

b15023

Small seal script

s07485

Transcribed ancient scripts

L38355

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
夜 *laːɡs
鵺 *laːɡs
迹 *ʔsleːɡ
跡 *ʔsleːɡ
亦 *laːɡ
弈 *laːɡ
奕 *laːɡ
帟 *laːɡ
腋 *laːɡ
掖 *laːɡ
焲 *laːɡ
液 *laːɡ

Ideogram (指事) – a human figure (compare 大) with water falling from them (roughly from arm pits). Original form of 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”) or 液 (OC *laːɡ, “liquid”).

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Mizo ve (“also; too”), Mizo vêk (“again; over again”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • iǎ - vernacular;
  • ĭ - literary.
Note:
  • iâ - vernacular;
  • ĭk - literary.
Note:
  • ia̍h - vernacular;
  • ia̍k/e̍k - literary.
Note:
  • êg8 - literary;
  • ia7 - vernacular (訓讀) (original character is 也).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 亦
Mandarin Beijing /i⁵¹/
Harbin /i⁵³/
Tianjin /i⁵³/
Jinan /i⁵⁵/
Qingdao /i⁴²/
Zhengzhou /i⁴²/
Xi'an /i⁵³/
Xining /ji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /i¹³/
Lanzhou /i¹³/
Ürümqi /i²¹³/
Wuhan /i²¹³/
Chengdu /i³¹/
Guiyang /i²¹/
Kunming /i³¹/
Nanjing /iʔ⁵/
Hefei /iəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iəʔ²/
Pingyao /iʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /iəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ɦiɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /ɦiəʔ³/
Hangzhou /ɦiəʔ²/
Wenzhou /jai²¹³/
Hui Shexian /i²²/
Tunxi /i⁵/
Xiang Changsha /i²⁴/
Xiangtan /i²⁴/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /it̚⁵/
Taoyuan /ʒït̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jek̚²/
Nanning /jek̚²²/
Hong Kong /jek̚²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ik̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /i²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ia³¹/ 訓讀
Haikou (Hainanese) /zek̚⁵/
/ziak̚³/
/zia³³/
Rime
Character 亦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 清 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羊益切
Baxter yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/iɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亦 亦
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yek › ‹ yek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɢ](r)Ak/ /*ɢ(r)Ak/
English armpit also

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 亦
Reading # 1/1
No. 14996
Phonetic
component 		亦
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繹
Old
Chinese 		/*laːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

亦

  1. (formal) also; too; likewise; still
  2. (formal) only; just
  3. (formal) already
  4. (formal) although
  5. (Suzhounese) again
    讀仔一遍亦讀一遍。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    读仔一遍亦读一遍。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
    To read something again after having read it
  6. a surname: Yi
  7. meaningless particle

See also[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

  • (also):
Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 亦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 也
Mandarin Beijing 也
Taiwan 也
Jinan 也
Xi'an 也
Wuhan 也
Chengdu 也
Guilin 也
Yangzhou 也
Hefei 也
Malaysia 也
Singapore 也
Cantonese Guangzhou 都, 亦
Hong Kong 都, 亦, 亦都
Macau 都, 亦 formal
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 都, 也
Taishan 亦
Kaiping (Chikan) 亦, 都, 亦都
Yangjiang 也
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 都
Singapore (Guangfu) 都, 亦都
Gan Nanchang 也
Hakka Meixian 也
Wuhua (Meilin) 也
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乜, 也
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘛
Kuching (Hepo) 呠
Huizhou Jixi 也
Jin Taiyuan 也
Northern Min Jian'ou 也
Eastern Min Fuzhou 也
Southern Min Xiamen 也, 嘛
Quanzhou 也, 嘛
Zhangzhou 也, 嘛
Taipei 也, 嘛
Penang (Hokkien) 呠
Singapore (Hokkien) 也, 呠, 嘛
Manila (Hokkien) 也, 嘛
Chaozhou 也
Shantou 也
Jieyang 也
Singapore (Teochew) 呠, 也, 嘛
Pontianak (Teochew) 也
Wenchang 也
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 都
Wu Shanghai 也
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 也
Xiang Changsha 也
Shuangfeng 也
  • (again):
Dialectal synonyms of 又 (“again; once more”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 又
Mandarin Beijing 又
Taiwan 又
Jinan 又
Xi'an 又
Wuhan 又
Chengdu 又
Guilin 又
Yangzhou 又
Hefei 又
Cantonese Guangzhou 又, 又試
Hong Kong 又, 又試
Yangjiang 又
Gan Nanchang 又
Hakka Meixian 又
Jin Taiyuan 又
Northern Min Jian'ou 又, 已
Eastern Min Fuzhou 復
Southern Min Xiamen 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Quanzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Zhangzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Taipei 閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再, 又閣
Manila (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再
Chaozhou 又, 又再
Shantou 又
Wu Shanghai 再, 又
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 亦
Xiang Changsha 又
Shuangfeng 又
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

亦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. also

Readings[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Kanji in this term
亦
また
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 亦 – see the following entry.
【また】
[adverb] again, as well
[conjunction] and, also
Alternative spellings
又, 復, 也
(This term, 亦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

亦 (eum 역 (yeok))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

亦: Hán Nôm readings: diệc

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References[edit]

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