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U+800C, 而
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-800C

[U+800B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+800D]
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U+2F7D, ⽽
KANGXI RADICAL AND

[U+2F7C]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F7E]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 126, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一月中中 (MBLL), four-corner 10227, composition 𦓐 or 𦉫)

  1. Kangxi radical #126, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28871
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2810, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+800C
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 而, Shang ...

Pictogram (象形) – a beard. Original form of (OC *nɯːs, *njɯ) or (OC *njɯ). See also .

Etymology

"you; your"
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (you). Cognate with (OC *njelʔ) and is considered a variant form thereof.
"then", "and"
Unstressed form of (OC *nɯːʔ) (Pulleyblank, 1995, p. 45).

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)
    偉大艱巨任務 [MSC, trad.]
    伟大艰巨任务 [MSC, simp.]
    wěidà ér jiānjù de rènwù [Pinyin]
    a great and arduous task
  2. then (connecting two verbs or verb-phrases); and
  3. and yet; but; nevertheless (conjunction indicating concession or contrast)
    其實其实   yǒu qí míng ér wú qíshí   in name but not in reality
  4. to (often used with )
    自上   zìshàng'érxià   from top to bottom; top-down
  5. particle between adverbial element and verb to indicate cause, purpose, or manner
    半途半途   bàntú'érfèi   to give up halfway
    不幸言中   bùxìng'éryánzhòng   to make an accurate prediction despite its unfortunate nature
    1. particle between two verbs or verb phrases indicating that the first is used adverbially
      不得其門不得其门   bùdéqímén'ér   to fail to understand (literally, "to be unable to enter by finding the gate")
  6. modal particle indicating hypothetical condition
  7. modal particle indicating tendency or immediate action
  8. (literary) you; your

Synonyms

See also

  • (, “and”), used to connect two nouns

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 60.
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Japanese

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC nyi).

Compounds

Affix

() (ji) 

  1. Calque of Literary Chinese (ér): and, then, thus

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 이을 (mal ieul i))

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(eumhun 능히 (neunghi neung))

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Vietnamese

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