耶

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

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

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

• 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

trad.		耶
simp. #		耶
alternative forms		邪

Corruption of 邪 (OC *ljaː, *laː).

question particle

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

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?

耶

1. Used in transcription.

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

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)

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).

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. interrogative particle
2. used phonetically

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

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

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耶: Hán Nôm readings: da, gia

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