Keyword
interrogative particle
- used in transliterations
- Frequency
- #1238
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
yé50%
yē50%
Mnemonic
耳 (ear) gives the meaning and 阝 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
耶稣
Jesus
耶路撒冷
Jerusalem
耶和华
Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH); compare Yahweh 雅威 (Yǎwēi) and God 上帝 (Shàngdì)
耶鲁大学
Yale University
耶稣基督
Jesus Christ
耶鲁
Yale
耶
(phonetic ye)
耶稣会
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
耶诞节
(Tw) Christmas
纳扎尔巴耶夫
Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019
耶利米
Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)
耶律大石
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西辽 in Central Asia
耶稣教
Protestantism
耶律楚材
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
耶利哥
Jericho (Biblical city)
鲍耶
János Bolyai (1802–1860), Hungarian mathematician, one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry
耶西
Jesse (son of Obed)
耶律
two-character surname Yelü
梅西耶
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
萨摩耶
Samoyed (dog)
莫伊谢耶夫
Moiseyev (name); Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company
耶洗别
Jezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21 and 2 Kings 9, killed by Jehu 耶户 (Yēhù)