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雅
雅
Translingual
Han character
雅 (radical 172 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一竹人土 (MHOG), four-corner 70214, composition ⿰牙隹)
References
- KangXi: page 1365, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41973
- Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4094, character 2
- Unihan data for U+96C5
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
雅 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (牙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 邪 | *ljaː, *laː |
| 衺 | *ljaː |
| 牙 | *ŋraː |
| 芽 | *ŋraː |
| 齖 | *ŋraː, *ŋraːs |
| 呀 | *ŋraː, *hŋraː |
| 枒 | *ŋraː, *ŋraːs |
| 雅 | *ŋraːʔ |
| 厊 | *ŋraːʔ |
| 庌 | *ŋraːʔ |
| 訝 | *ŋraːs |
| 迓 | *ŋraːs |
| 砑 | *ŋraːs |
| 犽 | *ŋraːs |
| 疨 | *hŋraː |
| 岈 | *hŋraː |
| 谺 | *hŋraː |
| 颬 | *hŋraː |
| 鴉 | *qraː |
| 釾 | *laː |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ
- Wade-Giles: ya3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea
- IPA (key): /i̯a̠²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngaa5
- Yale: ngáh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa5
- IPA (key): /ŋɑː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngá
- Hakka Romanization System: nga`
- Hagfa Pinyim: nga3
- IPA: /ŋa³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá
- Tâi-lô: ngá
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngar
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋa⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ŋa⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋa⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ŋa⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngée
- Tâi-lô: ngée
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ⁵³/
- Note: ngá - literary; ngée - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngia2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiá
- IPA (key): /ŋia⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 五下切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋˠaX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋᵚaX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋaX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋaɨX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋaX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋaX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋaX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yǎ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 雅 | 雅 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yǎ | yǎ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ngæX › | ‹ ngæX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*N-ɢˤraʔ/ | /*[N-ɢ]ˤraʔ/ |
| English | proper, refined | kind of musical instrument |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 雅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14182 |
| Phonetic component |
牙 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
雅 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋraːʔ/ |
Definitions
雅
Compounds
References
- Duffus, William, "beautiful" (p. 19) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.
Japanese
Kanji
雅
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Readings
Compounds
- 雅歌 (gaka, “elegant song”), 雅歌 (Gaka, “Song of Songs”)
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 雅 |
|
が Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 雅 (ngæX, “elegant”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
雅 (-na inflection, hiragana が, romaji ga)
Inflection
Inflection of "雅な"
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 雅だろ | がだろ | ga daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 雅で | がで | ga de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 雅だ | がだ | ga da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 雅な | がな | ga na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 雅なら | がなら | ga nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 雅であれ | がであれ | ga de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 雅ではない 雅じゃない |
がではない がじゃない |
ga de wa nai ga ja nai |
| Informal past | 雅だった | がだった | ga datta |
| Informal negative past | 雅ではなかった 雅じゃなかった |
がではなかった がじゃなかった |
ga de wa nakatta ga ja nakatta |
| Formal | 雅です | がです | ga desu |
| Formal negative | 雅ではありません 雅じゃありません |
がではありません がじゃありません |
ga de wa arimasen ga ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 雅でした | がでした | ga deshita |
| Formal negative past | 雅ではありませんでした 雅じゃありませんでした |
がではありませんでした がじゃありませんでした |
ga de wa arimasen deshita ga ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 雅で | がで | ga de |
| Conditional | 雅なら（ば） | がなら（ば） | ga nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 雅だったら | がだったら | ga dattara |
| Volitional | 雅だろう | がだろう | ga darō |
| Adverbial | 雅に | がに | ga ni |
| Degree | 雅さ | がさ | gasa |
Noun
Antonyms
- 俗 (zoku)
References
Korean
Hanja
雅 • (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
雅 (nhã)
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