Chinese

爺

yé
father
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 1
  • radical 父
  • 13 strokes
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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *laː): semantic 父 (“father”) + phonetic 耶 (OC *laː).

Vovin and McCraw (2011) compare it to Old Turkic [script needed] (uya, “relative”).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese父 “father (male parent)”
  • soundChinese耶 “Particle indicating a questioning tone.”

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