ye

ye (sound)

Corruption of , with the component replaced with .

Components
耳 distinguishing component

  Distinguishing component

ěr

  

ear

阝 remnant component

  Remnant component

  

hill, place

Remnant from .

Evolution

耶 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
耶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
耶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
耶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

used in transliteration; interrogative particle (classical)

 

(phonetic ye)

 

ye

final particle indicating enthusiasm etc

Most common words with 耶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

(phonetic ye)

耶稣

Jesus

耶路撒冷

Jerusalem

耶鲁

Yale

耶和华

Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH)

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 31.7796% of movies

829th most common character in movies

1174th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+8036


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