吔

Translingual

Han character

吔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口心木 (RPD), composition ⿰口也)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3315
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 584, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5414

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		吔

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yē (ye¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yē → ye (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ → ˙ㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ye̊
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁵
    • Yale: ye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ie
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/ → /jɛ/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jaa¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吔

1. interjection for surprise, amazement and sigh
2. particle for surprise, amazement and sigh

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yě (ye³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yě
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yě
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³
    • Yale: yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吔

1. Used in phonetic transcriptions in Buddhist scriptures.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		吔
alternative forms		也

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jaa²
    • Yale: yá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吔

1. Only used in 威吔.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		吔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jaa⁴
    • Yale: yàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吔

1. Only used in 吔吔烏／吔吔乌.

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		吔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jaak³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jaak³
    • Yale: yaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaːk̚³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 吔

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 吃 (“to eat”).

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Japanese

Kanji

吔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せ (se)