也

Descendants

 * (Zhuyin alphabet)
 * (Zhuyin alphabet)
 * (Hiragana character derived from )
 * (Katakana character derived from )

Glyph origin
Uncertain. There are various possible explanations:
 * The traditional glyph origin given in  explains the character to be a of female genitalia.
 * It is possibly a of an ancient funnel or wash basin. It may be an early form of.
 * It was once interchangeable with and may have originated as a simplification.
 * It may have been created to represent the modal particle . In some bronze inscriptions, it appears to be a mouth with a curved line descending from it to represent air coming out of the mouth.
 * It may have signified a big-headed scorpion with its legs flattened, signifying as something very "flat" or "stretched out".

Etymology
Unclear. Possibly, connectable to 🇨🇬, which is often used as a marker (for oblique locative, dative, possessor in constructions with a copula verb, etc.) but also a topicalizer like.
 * classical sentence-ending copulative particle, topic particle

On the other hand, notes the similarity with anteclassical  as a copula and a topicalizer.


 * also, too, as well

Definitions

 * 1) also; too; as well;  neither; either
 * 2)  even
 * 3)  still, anyway, nevertheless
 * 4)   to be (although not grammatically a verb)
 * 5) when, at the time of;
 * 6)  if
 * 7) . Ye
 * 1)  even
 * 2)  still, anyway, nevertheless
 * 3)   to be (although not grammatically a verb)
 * 4) when, at the time of;
 * 5)  if
 * 6) . Ye
 * 1)   to be (although not grammatically a verb)
 * 2) when, at the time of;
 * 3)  if
 * 4) . Ye
 * 1) when, at the time of;
 * 2)  if
 * 3) . Ye
 * 1) when, at the time of;
 * 2)  if
 * 3) . Ye
 * 1) when, at the time of;
 * 2)  if
 * 3) . Ye
 * 1) when, at the time of;
 * 2)  if
 * 3) . Ye
 * 1)  if
 * 2) . Ye
 * 1)  if
 * 2) . Ye
 * 1)  if
 * 2) . Ye
 * 1)  if
 * 2) . Ye
 * 1) . Ye

Kanji

 * 1) to be
 * 2)  also

Readings
As an alternative form of :

Glyph origin
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Glyph origin
. Probably an early modern innovation.

Hanja