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亦

See also: 𰁜, and 赤
亦 U+4EA6, 亦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EA6
← 亥
[U+4EA5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 产 →
[U+4EA7]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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亦 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜中弓金 (YLNC), four-corner 00330, composition ⿱亠⿻小丿(GTJK) or ⿵六⿰丿亅(GTJK) or ⿱亠⿻小丨(H) or ⿵六刂(H))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 293
  • Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 281, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4EA6

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 亦
alternative forms 𠅃
𡗕

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 亦
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
                 
 
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Transcribed ancient scripts
 
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (亦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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”).

Etymology

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Cognate with Mizo ve (“also; too”), Mizo vêk (“again; over again”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • iǎ - vernacular;
  • ĭ - literary.
Note:
  • iâ - vernacular;
  • ĭk - literary.
Note:
  • ia̍h - vernacular;
  • ia̍k/e̍k - literary.
Note:
  • êg8 - literary;
  • ia7 - vernacular (訓讀) (original character is 也).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 亦
Mandarin Beijing /i⁵¹/
Harbin /i⁵³/
Tianjin /i⁵³/
Jinan /i⁵⁵/
Qingdao /i⁴²/
Zhengzhou /i⁴²/
Xi'an /i⁵³/
Xining /ji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /i¹³/
Lanzhou /i¹³/
Ürümqi /i²¹³/
Wuhan /i²¹³/
Chengdu /i³¹/
Guiyang /i²¹/
Kunming /i³¹/
Nanjing /iʔ⁵/
Hefei /iəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iəʔ²/
Pingyao /iʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /iəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ɦiɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /ɦiəʔ³/
Hangzhou /ɦiəʔ²/
Wenzhou /jai²¹³/
Hui Shexian /i²²/
Tunxi /i⁵/
Xiang Changsha /i²⁴/
Xiangtan /i²⁴/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /it̚⁵/
Taoyuan /ʒït̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jek̚²/
Nanning /jek̚²²/
Hong Kong /jek̚²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ik̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /iʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /i²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ia³¹/ 訓讀
Haikou (Hainanese) /zek̚⁵/
/ziak̚³/
/zia³³/
Rime
Character 亦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羊益切
Baxter yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/iɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 亦 亦
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yek › ‹ yek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɢ](r)Ak/ /*ɢ(r)Ak/
English armpit also

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 亦
Reading # 1/1
No. 14996
Phonetic
component 		亦
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繹
Old
Chinese 		/*laːɡ/

Definitions

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亦

  1. (formal) also; too; likewise; still
  2. (formal) only; just
  3. (formal) already
  4. (formal) although
  5. (Suzhounese) again
    讀仔一遍亦讀一遍。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    读仔一遍亦读一遍。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
    To read something again after having read it
  6. a surname: Yi
  7. meaningless particle

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Synonyms

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  • (also):
Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 亦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 也
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 也
Taiwan 也
Malaysia 也
Singapore 也
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 也
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 也
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 也
Wuhan 也
Guilin 也
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 也
Hefei 也
Cantonese Guangzhou 都, 亦
Hong Kong 都, 亦, 亦都
Macau 都, 亦 formal
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 都, 也
Taishan 亦
Kaiping (Chikan) 亦, 都, 亦都
Yangjiang 也
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 都
Singapore (Guangfu) 都, 亦都
Gan Nanchang 也
Hakka Meixian 也
Wuhua (Meilin) 也
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乜, 也
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘛
Kuching (Hepo) 呠
Huizhou Jixi 也
Jin Taiyuan 也
Northern Min Jian'ou 也
Eastern Min Fuzhou 也
Southern Min Xiamen 也, 嘛
Quanzhou 也, 嘛
Zhangzhou 也, 嘛
Taipei 也, 嘛
Penang (Hokkien) 呠
Singapore (Hokkien) 也, 呠, 嘛
Manila (Hokkien) 也, 嘛, 閣
Chaozhou 也
Shantou 也
Jieyang 也
Singapore (Teochew) 呠, 也, 嘛
Pontianak (Teochew) 也
Wenchang 也
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 都
Wu Shanghai 也
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 也
Xiang Changsha 也
Shuangfeng 也
  • (again):
Dialectal synonyms of 又 (“again; once more”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 又
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 又
Taiwan 又
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 又
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 又
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 又
Wuhan 又
Guilin 又
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 又
Hefei 又
Cantonese Guangzhou 又, 又試
Hong Kong 又, 又試
Yangjiang 又
Gan Nanchang 又
Hakka Meixian 又
Jin Taiyuan 又
Northern Min Jian'ou 又, 已
Eastern Min Fuzhou 復
Southern Min Xiamen 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Quanzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Zhangzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Taipei 閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再, 又閣
Manila (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再
Chaozhou 又, 又再
Shantou 又
Wu Shanghai 再, 又
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 亦
Xiang Changsha 又
Shuangfeng 又
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

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Kanji

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亦

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. also

Readings

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  • Go-on: やく (yaku)
  • Kan-on: えき (eki)
  • Kun: また (mata, 亦)、でも (demo, 亦)

Definitions

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Kanji in this term
亦
また
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 亦 – see the following entry.
【また】
[adverb] 亦: as well, likewise
[conjunction] and, also
Alternative spellings
又, 復, 也
(This term, 亦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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亦 (eum 역 (yeok))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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亦: Hán Nôm readings: diệc

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