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亦
亦
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Han character
亦 (radical 8 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜中弓金 (YLNC), four-corner 00330)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- KangXi: page 88, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 293
- Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 281, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EA6
Chinese
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亦 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 亦
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 立) with water falling from them (roughly from arm pits). Original form of 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”) or 液 (OC *laːɡ, “liquid, sweat (under the armpits)”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: i4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
- IPA (key): /i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jik6
- Yale: yihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jik9
- IPA (key): /jɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
- Tâi-lô: ia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: iak
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
- Tâi-lô: i̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: ek
- IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
- Tâi-lô: ia̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: iah
- IPA (Taipei): /iaʔ⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /iaʔ⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʔ¹²¹/
- Note: ia̍k/e̍k - literary; ia̍h - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhiq (T5)
- IPA (key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 亦 |
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| 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 (Min Nan) | /ik̚⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /iʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /i²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ia³¹/ 訓讀 | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/zek̚⁵/ /ziak̚³/ /zia³³/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 亦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 |
| 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 |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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| 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; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 亦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14996 |
| Phonetic component |
亦 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
繹 |
| Old Chinese |
/*laːɡ/ |
Definitions
亦
- also; too; likewise
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- 亦以皮為麻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- 亦以皮为麻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7
- yì yǐ pí wèi má. [Pinyin]
- ...its skin can also be used as fabric.
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See also
- 也 (yě)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
亦 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune-Reischauer yŏk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
亦 (diệc)
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