# 耶

| 耶 | U+8036, &#32822; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8036 |
| ← 耵 [U+8035] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 耷 → [U+8037] |

## Translingual
### Han character

耶 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸十弓中 (SJNL), four-corner 1712$_7$, composition ⿰耳阝)

#### Derived characters

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

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 耶 | *laː |
| 椰 | *laː |
| 爺 | *laː |
| 瑘 | *laː |
| 鎁 | *laː |
Corruption of 邪 (OC *ljaː, *laː).

### Etymology 1
#### question particle

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yé (ye$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yà
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ya; $^1$ia
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yé
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yé
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^2$
*** Yale: yé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^4$
*** Yale: yèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ
*** Tâi-lô: iâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya; $^1$ia
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$; ia$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia; $^1$ia
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/, /ia⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: yae
Rime :
| Character | 耶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以遮切 |
| Baxter | yae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jia/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jia/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ia/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jia/ |
| Li Rong | /ia/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯a/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | je$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*laː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 耶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14760 |
| Phonetic component | 耶 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邪 |
| Old Chinese | /*laː/ |
| Notes | 邪隸變俗字 |

#### Definitions

耶
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 爺 / 爷 (yé, “father”)
    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].
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Particle indicating a questioning tone.
    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?

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yē, yé
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): je$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ
* Eastern Min (BUC): ià
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ya; $^1$ia
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yē
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ye
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^1$
*** Yale: yē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yé
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yé
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^2$
*** Yale: yé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^4$
*** Yale: yèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ià
*** Sinological IPA : /ia⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâ
*** Tâi-lô: iâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya; $^1$ia
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$; ia$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia; $^1$ia
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/, /ia⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: yae
Rime :
| Character | 耶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以遮切 |
| Baxter | yae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jia/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jia/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ia/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jia/ |
| Li Rong | /ia/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯a/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | je$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*laː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 耶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14760 |
| Phonetic component | 耶 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邪 |
| Old Chinese | /*laː/ |
| Notes | 邪隸變俗字 |

#### Definitions

耶
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 摩耶
* 耶和華 / 耶和华 (Yēhéhuá)
* 耶律 (Yēlǜ)
* 耶悉茗
* 耶穌 / 耶稣 (Yēsū)
* 耶穌基督 / 耶稣基督 (Yēsū Jīdū)
* 耶穌教 / 耶稣教 (Yēsūjiào)
* 耶穌會 / 耶稣会 (Yēsūhuì)
* 耶誕 / 耶诞 (yēdàn)
* 耶誕卡 / 耶诞卡
* 耶誕夜 / 耶诞夜 (Yēdànyè)
* 耶誕樹 / 耶诞树 (yēdànshù)
* 耶誕節 / 耶诞节 (Yēdànjié)
* 耶誕老人 / 耶诞老人 (Yēdàn Lǎorén)
* 耶路撒冷 (Yēlùsālěng)
* 耶魯 / 耶鲁 (Yēlǔ)
* 耶魯大學 / 耶鲁大学
* 耶魯拼音 / 耶鲁拼音 (Yēlǔ pīnyīn)
* 菩提迦耶

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yē, yè (ye$^1$, ye$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ, ㄧㄝˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yē
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ye
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^1$
*** Yale: yē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ie
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yè
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yè
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^4$
*** Yale: yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

耶
* yeah; hurray (interjection expressing joy)
* (chiefly Internet slang) particle expressing joy or surprise
    好耶 ― hǎo yē ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 4

* 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).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* interrogative particle
* used phonetically

#### Readings

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

## Korean
### Hanja

耶 • (ya) (hangeul 야, revised ya, McCune–Reischauer ya, Yale ya)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

耶: Hán Nôm readings: da, gia
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.