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矣

矣

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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

Pronunciation

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
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 or Min Nan) particle expressing completion, similar to MSM 了 (le).

Japanese

Kanji

矣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

矣 (hỉ, hở, hỹ, hẻ, hĩ, hơi)

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