See also:
U+6B5F, 歟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B5F

[U+6B5E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6B60]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi 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

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 573, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16226
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2152, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+6B5F

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *la, *laʔ, *las): phonetic (OC *la, *laʔ, *las) + semantic .

Etymology edit

question particle
Contraction of (OC *laːlʔ) and (OC *ɢaː) (Pulleyblank, 1995, p. 139).

Pronunciation edit


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
Baxter yo yoX yoH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4 jyu5 jyu6
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/

Definitions edit

  1. used for expressing an exclamatory, doubtful or questioning tone

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings edit

  • Go-on: (yo)
  • Kan-on: (yo)
  • Kun: (ka, ); (ya, )

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
H
[particle] final interrogative particle, similar to a question mark ("?").
[particle] particle marking alternatives in a list; "or"
[particle] whether (or not)
[particle] indication of doubt
[prefix] (emphatic, before an adjective, non-productive) very
[suffix] forms 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi, -na adjectives) from stems, indicating the state or feeling of an object
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (literary, obsolete) of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (yeo))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ru

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