矣

矣 U+77E3, 矣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77E3 ← 矢 [U+77E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 矤 → [U+77E4]

Translingual

Han character

矣 (radical 111, 矢+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈人大 (IOK), four-corner 2343₀, composition ⿱厶矢)

Derived characters

• 俟, 诶, 𠤘, 唉, 埃, 娭, 挨, 涘, 𡱢, 𢈟, 𢏦, 𢓪, 𢚝, 𫘤, 㶼, 㸻, 欸, 逘, 𦮸, 𫞀, 𬂼, 䀵, 竢, 𤶗, 𥏖, 𥒲, 𬭐, 𦩈, 𦩉, 𪠠, 𫆆, 誒, 𬦑, 𥏳, 𨧚, 𨴱, 騃, 𬵖

References

• KangXi: page 823, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23931
• Dae Jaweon: page 1235, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2580, character 4
• Unihan data for U+77E3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		矣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
唉	*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭	*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨	*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟	*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): --ah / í / ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyi
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵
    • Yale: yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --ah / í / ì
    • Tâi-lô: --ah / í / ì

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	矣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于紀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɨX/
Li Rong	/ɣiəX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢlɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	矣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ hiX ›
Old Chinese	/*qəʔ/ (atonic)
English	(final particle)
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	矣
Reading #	1/1
No.	14950
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	矣
Old Chinese	/*ɢlɯʔ/
Notes	說文以聲，金文從丩矢或爲矢聲

Definitions

矣

1. (Classical Chinese or Min Nan) particle expressing completion, similar to MSM 了 (le).
   • 我食飽矣 / 我食饱矣 [Min Nan]  ―  góa chia̍h-pá--ah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I have eaten. / I am now full.

Compounds

• 久矣
• 何彼襛矣
• 吾道東矣／吾道东矣
• 大事去矣
• 已矣

• 悔之晚矣 (huǐ zhī wǎn yǐ)
• 方寸亂矣／方寸乱矣
• 早聞道，夕死可矣／早闻道，夕死可矣 (zǎo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ)
• 朝聞道，夕死可矣／朝闻道，夕死可矣 (zhāo wén dào, xī sǐ kě yǐ)

• 皇矣
• 瞠乎後矣／瞠乎后矣
• 瞻彼洛矣
• 耳矣

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

Definitions

矣

1. rhinoceros

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Japanese

Kanji

矣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sentence particle

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)

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Korean

Hanja

矣 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

1. particle of completed action

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Vietnamese

Han character

矣 (hỉ, hở, hỹ, hẻ, hĩ, hơi)

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