吔

Translingual

Han character

吔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口心木 (RPD), composition ⿰口也)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3315
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 584, character 9
Unihan data for U+5414

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吔

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yē (ye¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yē → ye (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ → ˙ㄧㄝ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ye̊
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁵
  - Yale: ye
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ie
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵/ → /jɛ/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jaa¹
  - Yale: yā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

吔

interjection for surprise, amazement and sigh
particle for surprise, amazement and sigh

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yě (ye³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yě
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yě
  - Wade–Giles: yeh³
  - Yale: yě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee
  - Palladius: е (je)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴/

Definitions

吔

Used in phonetic transcriptions in Buddhist scriptures.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		吔
alternative forms		也

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jaa²
  - Yale: yá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː³⁵/

Definitions

吔

Only used in 威吔.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		吔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jaa⁴
  - Yale: yàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː²¹/

Definitions

吔

Only used in 吔吔烏／吔吔乌.

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		吔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jaak³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jaak³
  - Yale: yaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaːk̚³/

Definitions

吔

(Cantonese, colloquial) Alternative form of 吃 (jaak3, “to eat”)

Japanese

Kanji

吔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せ (se)