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亦

See also: 𰁜 and 赤
亦 U+4EA6, 亦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA6
← 亥
[U+4EA5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 产 →
[U+4EA7]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

亦 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜中弓金 (YLNC), four-corner 00330, composition ⿱亠⿻小丿(GTJK) or ⿵六⿰丿亅(GTJK) or ⿱亠⿻小丨(H) or ⿵六刂(H))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 293
  • Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 281, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4EA6

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 亦
alternative forms 𠅃
𡗕

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 亦
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
                 
Oracle bone script
 

j23573

 

j23574

 

j23575

 

j23576

 

j23577

 

j23578

 

j23579

 

j23580

 

j23581

 

j23582

 

j23583

 

j23584

 

j23585

 

j23586

 

j23587

 

j23588

 

j23589

 

j23590

 

j23591

 

j23592

 

j23593

 

j23594

 

j23595

 

j23596

 

j23597

 

j23598

 

j23599

 

j23600

 

j23601

 

j23602

 

j23603

 

j23604

 

j23605

 

j23606

 

j23607

 

j23608

 

j23609

 

j23610

 

j23611

 

j23612

 

j23613

 

j23614

 

j23615

 

j23616

 

j23617

 

j23618

 

j23619

 

j23620

 

j23621

 

j23622

 

j23623

 

j23624

 

j23625

 

j23626

 

j23627

 

j23628

 

j23629

 

j23630

 

j23631

 

j23632

 

j23633

 

j23634

 

j23635

 

j23636

 

j23637

 

j23638

 

j23639

 

j23640

 

j23641

Bronze inscriptions
 

b15007

 

b15008

 

b15009

 

b15010

 

b15011

 

b15012

 

b15013

 

b15014

 

b15015

 

b15016

 

b15017

 

b15018

 

b15019

 

b15020

 

b15021

 

b15022

 

b15023

Small seal script
 

s07485

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L38355

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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 大) with water falling from them (roughly from arm pits). Original form of 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”) or 液 (OC *laːɡ, “liquid”).

Etymology edit

Cognate with Mizo ve (“also; too”), Mizo vêk (“again; over again”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • iǎ - vernacular;
  • ĭ - literary.
Note:
  • iâ - vernacular;
  • ĭk - literary.
Note:
  • ia̍h - vernacular;
  • ia̍k/e̍k - literary.
Note:
  • êg8 - literary;
  • ia7 - vernacular (訓讀) (original character is 也).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 亦
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 (Hokkien) /ik̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /i²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ia³¹/ 訓讀
Haikou (Hainanese) /zek̚⁵/
/ziak̚³/
/zia³³/
Rime
Character 亦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 清 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羊益切
Baxter yek
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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;
* 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 亦
Reading # 1/1
No. 14996
Phonetic
component 		亦
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繹
Old
Chinese 		/*laːɡ/

Definitions edit

亦

  1. (formal) also; too; likewise; still
  2. (formal) only; just
  3. (formal) already
  4. (formal) although
  5. (Suzhounese) again
    讀仔一遍亦讀一遍。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    读仔一遍亦读一遍。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
    To read something again after having read it
  6. a surname: Yi
  7. meaningless particle

See also edit

Synonyms edit

  • (also):
Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 亦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 也
Mandarin Beijing 也
Taiwan 也
Jinan 也
Xi'an 也
Wuhan 也
Chengdu 也
Guilin 也
Yangzhou 也
Hefei 也
Malaysia 也
Singapore 也
Cantonese Guangzhou 都, 亦
Hong Kong 都, 亦, 亦都
Macau 都, 亦 formal
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 都, 也
Taishan 亦
Kaiping (Chikan) 亦, 都, 亦都
Yangjiang 也
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 都
Singapore (Guangfu) 都, 亦都
Gan Nanchang 也
Hakka Meixian 也
Wuhua (Meilin) 也
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乜, 也
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘛
Kuching (Hepo) 呠
Huizhou Jixi 也
Jin Taiyuan 也
Northern Min Jian'ou 也
Eastern Min Fuzhou 也
Southern Min Xiamen 也, 嘛
Quanzhou 也, 嘛
Zhangzhou 也, 嘛
Taipei 也, 嘛
Penang (Hokkien) 呠
Singapore (Hokkien) 也, 呠, 嘛
Manila (Hokkien) 也, 嘛
Chaozhou 也
Shantou 也
Jieyang 也
Singapore (Teochew) 呠, 也, 嘛
Pontianak (Teochew) 也
Wenchang 也
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 都
Wu Shanghai 也
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 也
Xiang Changsha 也
Shuangfeng 也
  • (again):
Dialectal synonyms of 又 (“again; once more”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 又
Mandarin Beijing 又
Taiwan 又
Jinan 又
Xi'an 又
Wuhan 又
Chengdu 又
Guilin 又
Yangzhou 又
Hefei 又
Cantonese Guangzhou 又, 又試
Hong Kong 又, 又試
Yangjiang 又
Gan Nanchang 又
Hakka Meixian 又
Jin Taiyuan 又
Northern Min Jian'ou 又, 已
Eastern Min Fuzhou 復
Southern Min Xiamen 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Quanzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Zhangzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Taipei 閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再, 又閣
Manila (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再
Chaozhou 又, 又再
Shantou 又
Wu Shanghai 再, 又
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 亦
Xiang Changsha 又
Shuangfeng 又
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

亦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. also

Readings edit

Definitions edit

Kanji in this term
亦
また
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 亦 – see the following entry.
【また】
[adverb] again, as well
[conjunction] and, also
Alternative spellings
又, 復, 也
(This term, 亦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

亦 (eum 역 (yeok))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

亦: Hán Nôm readings: diệc

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References edit

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