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Translingual

Han character

(radical 76 +14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹金弓人 (HCNO), four-corner 77882, composition)

  1. a final particle used to express admiration, doubt, surprise, or to mark a question

References


Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kʰlan
*sla, *ljaʔ, *la, *laʔ, *las
*ljaʔ
*ljaʔ
*klaʔ
*klaʔ
*la
*la, *laʔ, *las
輿 *la, *las
*la
*la
*la, *laʔ, *las
*la, *las
*la
*la
*la, *las
*las
*las

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (36) (36) (36)
Final () (22) (22) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨʌ/ /jɨʌX/ /jɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɔ/ /jiɔX/ /jiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen
/iɔ/ /iɔX/ /iɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨə̆/ /jɨə̆X/ /jɨə̆H/
Li
Rong
/iɔ/ /iɔX/ /iɔH/
Wang
Li
/jĭo/ /jĭoX/ /jĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wo/ /i̯woX/ /i̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 15896 15902 15911
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*la/ /*laʔ/ /*las/

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yeo) (hangeul , revised yeo, McCune-Reischauer yŏ, Yale ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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