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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]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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 charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 亦
alternative forms 𠅃

Glyph originEdit

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”).

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • iǎ - vernacular;
  • ĭ - literary.
  • Min Dong
    • Note:
    • iâ - vernacular;
    • ĭk - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • ia̍h - vernacular;
    • ia̍k/e̍k - literary.
    Note:
    • êg8 - literary;
    • ia7 - vernacular (訓讀) (original character is 也).
  • Wu
    • 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 (Min Nan) /ik̚⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /iʔ⁵/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /i²⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /ia³¹/ 訓讀
    Haikou (Min Nan) /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/

    DefinitionsEdit

    亦

    1. (formal) also; too; likewise; still
    2. (formal) only; just
    3. (formal) already
    4. (formal) although
    5. (Suzhou Wu) 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 alsoEdit

    SynonymsEdit

    • (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
    Min Bei Jian'ou 也
    Min Dong Fuzhou 也
    Min Nan 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
    Min Bei Jian'ou 又, 已
    Min Dong Fuzhou 復
    Min Nan 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 Suzhou 亦
    Wenzhou 亦
    Xiang Changsha 又
    Shuangfeng 又
    Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

    CompoundsEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    亦

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. also

    ReadingsEdit

    • Go-on: やく (yaku)
    • Kan-on: えき (eki)
    • Kun: また (mata, 亦); でも (demo, 亦)

    DefinitionsEdit

    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, 亦, 復, 也
    (This term, 亦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    亦 (eum 역 (yeok))

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    亦: Hán Nôm readings: diệc

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    ReferencesEdit

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