有

Usage notes
Despite the technically-correct radical being as described in this entry’s glyph origin section, 有 is associated with the radical  in dictionaries for historical reasons and is likewise written as if it contained the 月 radical, i.e. it has  instead of  inside of.

Glyph origin
– a hand holding meat, hence “in possession of”. The hand shape has been significantly abstracted; compare.

Alternatively, the graph was perhaps originally intended for the word, which also has the element as phonetic.

 and other ancient sources have erroneously analyzed the character as a. Shuowen Jiezi defines 有 as "不宜有也" ("[to have something that] not should be had"), citing the  (春秋傳): "日月有食之" ("There are solar and lunar eclipses"). As eclipses were not auspicious to the Chinese, they were "something that should not be happening". The 月 component alludes to the inauspicious lunar eclipse.

Etymology
Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Compare 🇨🇬. Related to:


 * [causative, i.e. “to cause to have”]
 * [adverbial]
 * [indefinite]

Definitions

 * 1) to have; to possess
 * 2) there is; to exist
 * 3)  to be pregnant with a child
 * 4) abundant; affluent
 * 5) many; much;  long;  old
 * 6) some
 * 1)  to be pregnant with a child
 * 2) abundant; affluent
 * 3) many; much;  long;  old
 * 4) some
 * 1) many; much;  long;  old
 * 2) some

Usage notes

 * In Mandarin, 有 is the only verb not negated with . It is negated with.

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1) have; possess; own
 * 2) to exist; to bring into existence
 * 3) keep; maintain
 * 4) happen; occur

Etymology 1
From. The sense “and, with a remainder of” is from  /.

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) exist
 * 2) have; possess; own
 * 3)  and; with a remainder of

Noun

 * 1) existence
 * 2) possession

Etymology 2
From.

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) exist

Noun

 * 1)  bhava (becoming, existence)​