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耶 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「耳」

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On
ヤ・ジャや・じゃ · ya · ja
Kun
かka
Meaning
interrogative particle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Ear 耳 with 邑: originally a place name, borrowed as the particle marking a question.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 有耶無耶うやむや

    left vague; unsettled

  • 耶馬渓やばけい

    Yabakei Gorge (Oita)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

話(はなし)は有耶無耶(うやむや)のまま終(お)わってしまった。

The matter ended up left vague.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

有耶無耶耶馬渓有耶無耶耶馬渓耶有to exi…渓mounta…無nothin…馬horse耽to be…聡wise聯link…聾deafne…耳ear也is惹attrac…爺old ma…丫fork冶smelti…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 耳Map of reading ヤAll maps

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