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Mythic Mandarin

也 (Yě): meaning and stroke order

也 (Yě) means surname Ye, also; too; as well; (not ...) either.

也

Simplified
也
Traditional
也 (same form)
Pinyin
Yě

Stroke order of 也

也

  • Yě surname Ye
  • yě also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 也

  1. Yě
    • surname Ye
  2. yě
    • also; too; as well; (not ...) either
    • (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
    • (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

Radical and structure

也
Radical 乙 (Kangxi radical 5) · 3 strokes · built from 乜 and 丨

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 也

也 in our stories

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  • “我也是!”

    wǒ yě shì

    "So am I!" says Anna.

    From the story A new friend HSK 1

  • 面条很好吃,大卫明天也来!

    miàntiáo hěn hǎochī Dàwèi míngtiān yě lái

    The noodles are delicious; David will come again tomorrow!

    From the story At the restaurant HSK 1

  • 女孩说:“我也姓高。”

    nǚhái shuō wǒ yě xìng Gāo

    The girl says, "My surname is Gao too."

    From the story The first day at school HSK 1

Stories using 也

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).