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Han characterEdit
而 (radical 126, 而+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一月中中 (MBLL), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱一𦓐 or ⿱丆𦉫)
- Kangxi radical #126, ⽽.
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 961, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28871
- Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2810, character 1
- Unihan data for U+800C
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 耐 | *nɯːs |
| 耏 | *nɯːs, *njɯ |
| 而 | *njɯ |
| 鮞 | *njɯ, *njuɡ |
| 鴯 | *njɯ |
| 栭 | *njɯ |
| 陑 | *njɯ |
| 峏 | *njɯ |
| 輀 | *njɯ |
| 胹 | *njɯ |
| 洏 | *njɯ |
| 髵 | *njɯ |
| 恧 | *nɯɡ, *nuɡ |
Pictogram (象形) – a beard. Original form of 耏 (OC *nɯːs, *njɯ) or 髵 (OC *njɯ).
EtymologyEdit
- “you; your”
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
而
- and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)
- and yet; but; nevertheless
- (from ...) to ...
- used between an adverbial element and a verb to indicate cause, purpose or manner
- (literary) you; your
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 而
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
而
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- rake
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: に (ni)
- Kan-on: じ (ji)
- Kun: しこうして (shikōshite, 而して); しかして (shikashite, 而して); しかも (shikamo, 而も); しかれども (shikaredomo, 而れども)
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
而 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)
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