耶

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 倻, 㖿, 揶, 鄊, 𢝞, 𪶘, 椰, 爺, 瑘, 𠁌, 𦳃, 𪾉, 𫧵, 𬚞, 𥯘, 𦂫, 鎁, 𩸾, 𫛉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

trad.		耶
simp. #		耶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (耶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
耶	*laː
椰	*laː
爺	*laː
瑘	*laː
鎁	*laː

Corruption of 邪 (OC *ljaː, *laː).

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耶

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 爺／爷 (yé, “father”).

   • 耶孃妻子走相送，塵埃不見咸陽橋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     耶娘妻子走相送，尘埃不见咸阳桥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 杜甫 (Du Fu), (deprecated template usage) 兵車行

     Yéniáng qīzǐ zǒu xiāngsòng, chén'āi bùjiàn Xiányáng Qiáo. [Pinyin]

     Parents, wife and children [of the forcibly conscripted man] running to see him off, and the Bridge of Xianyang gradually disappears from view in the rolling dust [from the chariots].

2. ^† Particle indicating a questioning tone.

   • 是進亦憂，退亦憂；然則何時而樂耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是进亦忧，退亦忧；然则何时而乐耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), (deprecated template usage) 岳陽樓記

     Shì jìn yì yōu, tuì yì yōu; ránzé héshí ér lè yé? [Pinyin]

     They worry when they step forward, and worry when they step back; then when would they ever be happy?

Etymology 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耶

1. Used in transcription.

Etymology 3

Possibly influenced by English yeah. Same as 吔.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yē, yè (ye¹, ye⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ye
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹
    • Yale: yē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
    • Yale: yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耶

1. yeah; hurray (interjection expressing joy)
2. particle expressing joy or surprise

   好耶  ―  hǎo yē  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 耶 – see 邪 (“wrong; evil; depraved; vicious; perverse; heterodox; unnatural; strange; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 邪).

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Japanese

Kanji

耶

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: や (ya)
• Kan-on: や (ya)
• On: じゃ (ja)
• Kun: か (ka, 耶)

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Korean

Hanja

耶 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 耶 (da, gia)

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