漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
也: to be (classical)
JLPT N13 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
丨 and 乙 carry the meaning
3 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヤya · on'yomi · in compounds
- 空也餅くうやもちchunky mochi made with half-polished rice…
なりnari · kun'yomi · on its own
- 事実は小説より奇也じじつはしょうせつよりきなりtruth is stranger than fiction
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 知らぬは亭主許り也しらぬはていしゅばかりなりthe husband is always the last to know
Also read エ, か, また, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Push through the barrier! Imagine a tiny sprout winding its way upward, bending and twisting to find the sun.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
也 gives its sound to
The family reading is ヤ (ya). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Also read ヤ
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yě
Same form: 也 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 也 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 也 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yě most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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