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Han characterEdit
很 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人日女 (HOAV), four-corner 27232, composition ⿰彳艮)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 366, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10093
- Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 822, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5F88
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
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| 艱 | *krɯːn |
| 齦 | *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn |
| 眼 | *ŋrɯːnʔ |
| 蛝 | *ɡrɯːn |
| 限 | *ɡrɯːnʔ |
| 硍 | *ɡrɯːnʔ |
| 豤 | *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn |
| 詪 | *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns |
| 根 | *kɯːn |
| 跟 | *kɯːn |
| 珢 | *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn |
| 艮 | *kɯːns |
| 茛 | *kɯːns |
| 墾 | *kʰɯːnʔ |
| 懇 | *kʰɯːnʔ |
| 垠 | *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn |
| 泿 | *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn |
| 痕 | *ɡɯːn |
| 拫 | *ɡɯːn |
| 鞎 | *ɡɯːn |
| 很 | *ɡɯːnʔ |
| 恨 | *ɡɯːns |
| 銀 | *ŋrɯn |
| 檭 | *ŋrɯn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡɯːnʔ): semantic 彳 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).
EtymologyEdit
“Cruel (~ 狠); to disobey; to defy” > “very; quite” (since Yuan dynasty). Compare 蠻／蛮 (mán).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
很
- † to disobey; to defy
- to try to one's utmost
- † Alternative form of 狠 (hěn, “cruel; savage; inhumane”).
- † struggle; dispute
- very; rather; quite
- (Mandarin, especially before monosyllabic adjectives) (no meaning, see usage note)
Usage notesEdit
- Mandarin speakers have a strong tendency to avoid monosyllabic terms. In order to satisfy this restriction, 很 is added before monosyllabic adjectives without any actual meaning. Similarly, Chinese people with monosyllabic first names will usually be addressed by their full name, even by their parents.
- Such usage of 很 is not uncommon before other adjectives as well, to the point where forming a sentence without 很 may be perceived as very unnatural. Additionally, using an adjective as a predicate without 很 might carry notions of a comparative statement, e.g. '我好' could be interpreted as 'I am good [unlike some other person that was mentioned]'.
SynonymsEdit
- (very):
Synonyms of 很
Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]
See alsoEdit
- 太 (tài)
CompoundsEdit
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
很
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ReadingsEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
很 (eumhun 패려궂을 흔 (paeryeogujeul heun))
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
很: Hán Nôm readings: ngận, hẩn
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