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爺

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爷

🇨🇳

grandfather

HSK 10

Human →Relations →Family

yé

ヤ

じい、じじい、おやじ、じじ、ちち

야

Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (爺)

父 father+ 耶 Jerusalem =

爺 grandfather

父 Meaning component

fù father

耶 Phonetic component

yé Jerusalem

used in transliteration

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Simplified (爷)

父 father+ 卩 person kneeling =

爷 father

父 Meaning component

fù father

卩 Simplified component

jié person kneeling

seal

Shorthand for the 耶 component in the traditional character 爺.

Notes

Similar Characters

布 cloth 斧 axe 釜 pot 爷 grandfather (simp)爸 papa 爹 dad 倻 phonetic used in 揶 make fun of 椰 tree

Chinese

爷 / 爺 [yé]

grandpa; old gentleman

Japanese

爺じじ、じじい、じい、ジジイ、ジジ同音

noun

usually kana old man
derogatory old geezer (usu. ジジイ)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

爺ちゃんはやっとのことで脱出した。

The old man escaped, but with difficulty.

CHINESE WORDS (37)

爷爷 [yéye] #1,662

(coll.) father's father

老天爷 [lǎotiānyé] #4,045

大爷 [dàyé] #10,643

少爷 [shàoye] #9,376

son of the boss

老爷 [lǎoye] #11,926

(respectful) lord

老爷子 [lǎoyézi] #16,255

my (you etc) old father

爷们 [yémen] #17,936

menfolk (collective term for men of different generations)

王爷 [wángye] #11,456

老爷爷 [lǎoyéye] #17,723

(coll.) father's father's father

老爷车 [lǎoyechē] #22,062

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JAPANESE WORDS (19)

⭐ 親父 [おやじ] #3,118

⭐ 爺さん [じいさん] #9,165

⭐ お祖父さん [おじいさん] #17,013

爺ちゃん [じいちゃん] #17,337

お爺ちゃん [おじいちゃん] #34,559

老爺 [ろうや] #35,251

好々爺 [こうこうや] #36,618

good-natured old man

爺や [じいや] #52,687

elderly handyman

祖父祖母 [じじばば] #91,470

エロ爺 [エロじじい] #104,507

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