How to write 也 (yě, “also”)
也 (yě), an HSK 1 character, means “also” and “even”. Its 3 strokes put it among the simplest at HSK 1. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 也许 (“perhaps”), 也好 (“that's fine”) and 再也 (“ever again”). Japanese reads it ya, “to be (classical)”, as a JLPT N1 kanji.
- Pinyin
- yě
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 乚 (“hook”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆leftrightwards → downwards
- Vertical ㇑topdown and right → downwards
- Vertical-curve-hook ㇟top leftdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 3 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| yě third tone | 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 (a) | — | 也许 也好 再也 也有今天 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
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- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 14 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 也
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 也 | yě | also; too HSK 1 |
| 也许 也許 | yěxǔ | perhaps; maybe HSK 4 |
| 也好 | yěhǎo | that's fine; may as well HSK 6 |
| 再也 | zàiyě | (not) ever again; (not) any longer |
| 也有今天 | yěyǒujīntiān | to get one's just deserts; to serve sb right |
| 想也没想 想也沒想 | xiǎngyěméixiǎng | without a second thought |
| 也就是 | yějiùshì | in other words; i.e. |
| 也就是说 也就是說 | yějiùshìshuō | in other words; that is to say |
| 空空如也 | kōngkōngrúyě | as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft |
| 说也奇怪 說也奇怪 | shuōyěqíguài | strangely enough; oddly enough |
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