JinmeiyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 1
耶

Meaning

Kanji 耶

question mark

question mark

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
か
Onyomi 音読み
ヤジャ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
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Strokes
9
Radical
耳
Components
邦 • 耳
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

17 common entries

Showing 17 of 17 entries that include this kanji.

邪馬台国

やまたいこく

Yamataikoku

耶嬢

やじょう

father and mother

耶蘇

やそ

Jesus (Christ)

耶蘇会

ヤソかい

Society of Jesus

耶蘇教

やそきょう

Christianity

耶路撒冷

エルサレム

Jerusalem

伽耶

かや

Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy)

三昧耶

さんまや

equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas)

有耶無耶

うやむや

indefinite

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

伊邪那岐

いざなぎ

Izanagi (deity)

伊邪那美

いざなみ

Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

古い文では耶が疑問を表すことがある。

In old texts, this character can sometimes express a question.

耶は文末で問いかけの気持ちを添える。

This character adds a questioning nuance at the end of a sentence.

先生は耶が助字として使われると説明した。

The teacher explained that this character is used as an auxiliary particle.

古典では耶が反語を示す場合もある。

In classical works, this character can also indicate a rhetorical question.

耶には詠嘆を表す用法も見られる。

This character is also used to express exclamation.