亦
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Han character
亦 (radical 8 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜中弓金 (YLNC), four-corner 00330)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 88, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 293
- Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 281, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EA6
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 夜 | *laːɡs |
| 鵺 | *laːɡs |
| 迹 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 跡 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 亦 | *laːɡ |
| 弈 | *laːɡ |
| 奕 | *laːɡ |
| 帟 | *laːɡ |
| 腋 | *laːɡ |
| 掖 | *laːɡ |
| 焲 | *laːɡ |
| 液 | *laːɡ |
Ideogram (指事) – a human figure (compare 大) with water falling from them (roughly from arm pits). Original form of 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”) or 液 (OC *laːɡ, “liquid”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
亦
- also; too; likewise
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- 其竹節度三尺,柔細可為索,亦以皮為麻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7
- Qí zhújié duó sān chǐ, róuxì kě wéi suǒ, yì yǐ pí wéi má. [Pinyin]
- Each joint measures three chi; thin and supple, it may be used as a rope, and its skin may also be used as linen.
其竹节度三尺,柔细可为索,亦以皮为麻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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- only
See also
- 也 (yě)
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
亦 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
亦 (diệc)
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