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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
也 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 心木 (PD), four-corner 44712, composition ⿻乜丨)
Derived charactersEdit
- 他, 吔, 地, 她, 弛, 彵, 忚, 扡, 池, 阤, 𤜣, 肔, 杝, 灺, 牠, 迆, 𥐨, 𦧇, 祂, 䄬, 毑, 䊶, 𦏸, 虵, 衪, 訑, 貤, 酏, 釶, 䪧, 馳, 䶔, 乸, 㐌, 㦾, 竾, 髢, 匜, 𥒃
DescendantsEdit
- ㄝ (Zhuyin alphabet)
- ㆤ (Zhuyin alphabet)
- や (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
- ヤ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 84, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 171
- Dae Jaweon: page 170, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 50, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4E5F
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| 他 | *l̥ʰaːl |
| 拖 | *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːls |
| 駞 | *l'aːl |
| 池 | *l'aːl, *l'al |
| 灺 | *ljalʔ |
| 鍦 | *ɦljaːl, *hljal, *hljals |
| 虵 | *ɦljal, *laːlʔ, *lal |
| 也 | *laːlʔ |
| 忚 | *hleːl |
| 髢 | *l'eːls |
| 杝 | *l̥ʰalʔ, *l'alʔ, *lal |
| 肔 | *l̥ʰalʔ, *lalʔ |
| 馳 | *l'al |
| 阤 | *l'alʔ, *hljalʔ |
| 施 | *hljal, *hljals |
| 絁 | *hljal |
| 葹 | *hljal |
| 弛 | *hljalʔ |
| 箷 | *lal |
| 衪 | *lel, *lalʔ |
| 暆 | *lel |
| 迆 | *lal, *lalʔ |
| 酏 | *lal, *lalʔ |
| 匜 | *lal, *lalʔ |
| 迤 | *lalʔ |
| 扡 | *lalʔ |
| 崺 | *lalʔ |
| 貤 | *lals, *ɦljels, *lels |
| 地 | *l'els |
Uncertain. There are various possible explanations:
- The traditional glyph origin given in Shuowen explains the character to be a pictogram (象形) of female genitalia.
- It is possibly a pictogram (象形) of an ancient funnel or wash basin. It may be an early form of 匜.
- It was once interchangeable with 它 and may have originated as a simplification.
- It may have been created to represent the modal particle (語氣詞／语气词 (yǔqìcí)). In some bronze inscriptions, it appears to be a mouth (口) with a curved line descending from it to represent air coming out of the mouth.
- It may have signified a big-headed scorpion with its legs flattened, signifying as something very "flat" or "stretched out".
EtymologyEdit
Unclear. Possibly Sino-Tibetan, connectable to Tibetan ལ (la), which is often used as a marker (for oblique locative, dative, possessor in constructions with a copula verb, etc.) but also a topicalizer like ནི (ni, “as for”) (Schuessler, 2007).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
也
- also; too; as well; (in negative sentences) neither; either
- Used for emphasis.
- (Classical Chinese) Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate; to be (although not grammatically a verb)
- 我亦人也。 [Literary Chinese] ― Wǒ yì rén yě. [Pinyin] ― I am a person, too.
- Often used more loosely than the English copula to indicate a cause or relation.
- 桀紂之失天下也，失其民也；失其民者，失其心也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Jié Zhòu zhī shī tiānxià yě, shī qí mín yě; shī qí mín zhě, shī qí xīn yě. [Pinyin]
- That Jie and Zhou lost the empire was because they lost their people; that they lost their people was because they lost their hearts.
桀纣之失天下也，失其民也；失其民者，失其心也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Classical Chinese) Topic-marking particle used at the end of noun phrases.
- Synonym: 者
- 人之生也，固若是芒乎！其我獨芒，而人亦有不芒者乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Rén zhī shēng yě, gù ruò shì máng hū! Qí wǒ dú máng, ér rén yì yǒu bù máng zhě hū! [Pinyin]
- As for a man's life, is it hazy like this all along? Or is it mine alone which is hazy, and there are others who are not?
人之生也，固若是芒乎！其我独芒，而人亦有不芒者乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 凡法術之難行也，不獨萬乘，千乘亦然。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
- Fán fǎshù zhī nán xíng yě, bù dú wànchéng, qiānchéng yì rán. [Pinyin]
- Generally concerning the difficulty of carrying out the law, not only the imperial realm but kingdoms are also [faced with] this.
凡法术之难行也，不独万乘，千乘亦然。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- when, at the time of; especially commonly used for temporal topics, often as 及其……也.
- 昔者，魯昭公少喪其母，有慈母良。及其死也，公弗忍也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Xīzhě, Lǔ Zhāogōng shào sàng qí mǔ, yǒu címǔ liáng. Jí qí sǐ yě, gōng fú rěn yě. [Pinyin]
- Duke Zhao of Lu was once bereaved of his mother when he was a child, and had a foster mother who was kind. When she died, the Duke could not bear it.
昔者，鲁昭公少丧其母，有慈母良。及其死也，公弗忍也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Classical Chinese) Verb phrase-final particle marking continuous aspect, especially common for assertions of unchanging fact.
- 當是之時，堅車良馬不知貴也，刻鏤文采不知喜也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
- Dāngshì zhī shí, jiānchē liángmǎ bù zhī guì yě, kèlòu wéncǎi bù zhī xǐ yě. [Pinyin]
- In that age, they did not find value in sturdy chariots and good horses; they did not find pleasure in carvings and adornments.
当是之时，坚车良马不知贵也，刻镂文采不知喜也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Teochew) if
- a surname. Ye
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]
CompoundsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Caboara, Marco (2010) The particle ye 也 and related constructions in the Guodian manuscripts of IV century BCE (PhD)[1], University of Washington
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
也
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
ReadingsEdit
As an alternative form of 迆:
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 也 |
| なり Jinmeiyō |
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Glyph originEdit
Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 也 (copula).
DefinitionsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 也 |
| また Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
Glyph originEdit
Orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 也 (yě, “also”). Probably an early modern innovation.
DefinitionsEdit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 也 – see the following entry. | ||
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KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
也: Hán Việt readings: giã, dã
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ReferencesEdit
- Hồ Lê (1976). Bảng Tra Chữ Nôm. Hanoi: Viện Ngôn Ngữ Học.
- Nguyễn, Quang Hồng (2014). Tự Điển Chữ Nôm Dẫn Giải (Nôm Characters with Quotations and Annotations). Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội (Social Sciences Publishing House).
- Williams, Noriko Kurosawa (2010). "The Key to Kanji". Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, Inc.