Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 爺

References

• KangXi: page 965, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2784, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8036
• Thiều Chửu. Hán Việt tự điển. Thanh Niên Publisher. 2004

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

耶

1. Alternative form of 爺／爷 (yé, “father”).

   耶孃妻子走相送，塵埃不見咸陽橋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   耶孃妻子走相送，尘埃不见咸阳桥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Du Fu, 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: Fan Zhongyan, 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

Pronunciation

Definitions

耶

1. Used as a phonetic transliteration character.

Compounds

Etymology 3

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: や (ya)
• Kan’on: や (ya)
• On (unclassified): じゃ (ja)
• Kun: や (ya), か (ka), ちち (chichi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

耶 (da, gia)

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