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Kanji Detail for 耶 - "question particle"

耶

  • Meaning

    耶 means "question particle." Also associated with transliteration, father.

    1. Question particle - Expressing doubt or wonder.

    2. Father - A term for one's father.

    3. Transliteration - Used for foreign words in Chinese.

  • Four-character idioms with 耶

    • 有耶無耶 うやむや Listen indefinite; hazy; vague

  • Tattoo check: 耶

    • Verified meaning: question particle
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read や, やずや)
    • Also carries these associations: transliteration, father

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 耶

    Given names 耶(やずや)Listen

    Surnames 耶(や)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    question mark

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    used in transliteration

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (phonetic ye)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    used in transliterations

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A final interrogative particle. Also written as 邪. | Interchangeable with 爺 (father). The 爺 in 爺孃 (father and mother) is also written as 耶. | 耶穌教 (Christianity). Also abbreviated as 耶教. See "穌" for reference. | Ears that are broad and without ridges. | A person's name.

  • Onyomi

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    ja(ジャ) ジャ

    ya(ヤ) ヤ

  • Kunyomi

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    ka(か) か

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    question particle father transliteration exclamation evil rhetorical device sanskrit irony doubt inquiry surprise skepticism wonder curiosity foreign

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