耶

耶 U+8036, 耶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8036 ← 耵 [U+8035] CJK Unified Ideographs 耷 → [U+8037]

Translingual

Han character

耶 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸十弓中 (SJNL), four-corner 1712₇, composition ⿰耳阝)

Derived characters

• 倻, 㖿, 揶, 鄊, 𢝞, 𪶘, 椰, 爺, 瑘, 𠁌, 𦳃, 𪾉, 𫧵, 𬚞, 𥯘, 𦂫, 鎁, 𩸾, 𫛉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 965, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2784, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8036
• Thiều Chửu. Hán Việt tự điển. Thanh Niên Publisher. 2004

Chinese

trad.		耶
simp. #		耶
alternative forms		邪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (耶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
耶	*laː
椰	*laː
爺	*laː
瑘	*laː
鎁	*laː

Corruption of 邪 (OC *ljaː, *laː).

Etymology 1

question particle

Contraction of 也 (OC *laːlʔ) and 乎 (OC *ɢaː) (Pulleyblank, 1995, p. 139).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yé (ye²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ya; ¹ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yé
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²
    • Yale: yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: je⁴
    • Yale: yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ
    • Tâi-lô: iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya; ¹ia
    • MiniDict: ya^去; ia^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia; ¹ia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/, /ia⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: yae

Rime
Character	耶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以遮切
Baxter	yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia/
Pan Wuyun	/jia/
Shao Rongfen	/ia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia/
Li Rong	/ia/
Wang Li	/jĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耶
Reading #	1/1
No.	14760
Phonetic component	耶
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	邪
Old Chinese	/*laː/
Notes	邪隸變俗字

Definitions

耶

1. ^† Alternative form of 爺／爷 (yé, “father”)

   • 耶孃妻子走相送，塵埃不見咸陽橋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     耶娘妻子走相送，尘埃不见咸阳桥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu), 兵車行

     Yéniáng qīzǐ zǒu xiāngsòng, chén'āi bùjiàn Xiányáng Qiáo. [Pinyin]

     Parents, wife and children [of the forcibly conscripted man] running to see him off, and the Bridge of Xianyang gradually disappears from view in the rolling dust [from the chariots].

2. ^† Particle indicating a questioning tone.

   • 是進亦憂，退亦憂；然則何時而樂耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是进亦忧，退亦忧；然则何时而乐耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1045, Fan Zhongyan, 岳陽樓記

     Shì jìn yì yōu, tuì yì yōu; ránzé héshí ér lè yé? [Pinyin]

     They worry when they step forward, and worry when they step back; then when would they ever be happy?

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yē, yé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): ià
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ya; ¹ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ye
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹
    • Yale: yē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yé
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²
    • Yale: yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: je⁴
    • Yale: yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ià
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ
    • Tâi-lô: iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya; ¹ia
    • MiniDict: ya^去; ia^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia; ¹ia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/, /ia⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: yae

Rime
Character	耶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以遮切
Baxter	yae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jia/
Pan Wuyun	/jia/
Shao Rongfen	/ia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jia/
Li Rong	/ia/
Wang Li	/jĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	je4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*laː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耶
Reading #	1/1
No.	14760
Phonetic component	耶
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	邪
Old Chinese	/*laː/
Notes	邪隸變俗字

Definitions

耶

1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 摩耶
• 耶和華／耶和华 (Yēhéhuá)
• 耶律 (Yēlǜ)
• 耶悉茗
• 耶穌／耶稣 (Yēsū)
• 耶穌基督／耶稣基督 (Yēsū Jīdū)
• 耶穌教／耶稣教 (Yēsūjiào)
• 耶穌會／耶稣会 (Yēsūhuì)
• 耶誕／耶诞 (yēdàn)
• 耶誕卡／耶诞卡
• 耶誕夜／耶诞夜 (Yēdànyè)
• 耶誕樹／耶诞树 (yēdànshù)
• 耶誕節／耶诞节 (Yēdànjié)
• 耶誕老人／耶诞老人 (Yēdàn Lǎorén)
• 耶路撒冷 (Yēlùsālěng)
• 耶魯／耶鲁 (Yēlǔ)
• 耶魯大學／耶鲁大学
• 耶魯拼音／耶鲁拼音 (Yēlǔ pīnyīn)
• 菩提迦耶

 

Etymology 3

Possibly influenced by English yeah. Same as 吔 (yē).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yē, yè (ye¹, ye⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ye
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹
    • Yale: yē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
    • Yale: yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

耶

1. yeah; hurray (interjection expressing joy)
2. (chiefly Internet slang) particle expressing joy or surprise

   好耶  ―  hǎo yē  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 耶 – see 邪 (“wrong; evil; depraved; vicious; perverse; heterodox; unnatural; strange; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 邪).

Japanese

Kanji

耶

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. interrogative particle
2. used phonetically

Readings

• Go-on: や (ya)
• Kan-on: や (ya)
• On: じゃ (ja)
• Kun: か (ka, 耶)

Korean

Hanja

耶 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)

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Vietnamese

Han character

耶: Hán Nôm readings: da, gia

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