耶

Translingual

Han character

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

1. used in transliteration. For example 耶穌教 or 耶教 is a transliteration of Christianity.
2. used as an interjection, roughly means "oh really ?" (a phrase-final particle for a question). Example: 是進亦憂, 退亦憂, 然則何時而樂耶. (quote in 岳陽樓記 of Fan Zhongyan)
3. Sometimes have similar meaning to 爺 (father). Example: 耶孃妻子走相送, 塵埃不見咸陽橋 (quote in 兵車行 of Du Fu).

Derived characters

• 爺

References

• KangXi: page 965, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2784, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8036
• Thiều Chửu. Hán Việt tự điển. Thanh Niên Publisher. 2004

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		耶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yé, xié, yē (ye², xie², ye¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˊ, ㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yeh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsieh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
    • Wade-Giles: yeh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴
    • Yale: yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ
    • Tâi-lô: iâ
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (耶, reconstructed)
Character (耶), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 麻 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 以遮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jia/	/i̯a/	/ia/	/jia/	/jia/	/jĭa/	/ia/

Old Chinese pronunciation (耶, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
耶					14760					耶					魚					0					邪					/*laː/					邪隸變俗字

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

耶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: や (ya), じゃ (ja)
• Kun: や (ya), か (ka)

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Korean

Hanja

耶 (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune-Reischauer ya, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

耶 (da, gia)

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