而

而 U+800C, 而
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-800C
← 耋
[U+800B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 耍 →
[U+800D]

Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order

Han character

而 (radical 126, 而+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一月中中 (MBLL), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱一𦓐 or ⿱丆𦉫)

  1. Kangxi radical #126, ⽽.

Derived characters
  • Index:Chinese radical/而

References

Wikidata

  • KangXi: page 961, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28871
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2810, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+800C

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 而

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 而
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (而) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
耐 *nɯːs
耏 *nɯːs, *njɯ
而 *njɯ
鮞 *njɯ, *njuɡ
鴯 *njɯ
栭 *njɯ
陑 *njɯ
峏 *njɯ
輀 *njɯ
胹 *njɯ
洏 *njɯ
髵 *njɯ
恧 *nɯɡ, *nuɡ

Pictogram (象形) – a beard. Original form of 耏 (OC *nɯːs, *njɯ) or 髵 (OC *njɯ).

Pronunciation
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 而
Mandarin Beijing /əɻ³⁵/
Harbin /ɚ²¹³/
Tianjin /əɻ⁴⁵/
Jinan /əɻ⁴²/
Qingdao /əɻ⁵⁵/
/ɭə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ɭ⁴²/
Xi'an /əɻ²¹/
Xining /ɛ²⁴/
Yinchuan /əɻ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɯ⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɚ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɯ²¹³/
Chengdu /əɻ³¹/
Guiyang /ɚ²¹/
Kunming /ə³¹/
Nanjing /əɻ²⁴/
Hefei /a⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /əɻ¹¹/
Pingyao /əɻ¹³/
Hohhot /aɻ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /əl²³/
Suzhou /əl¹³/
Hangzhou /əl²¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /ɛ⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ə⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ə¹³/
Xiangtan /e¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ɵ⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /i¹¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ji²¹/
Nanning /ji²¹/
Hong Kong /ji²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /li³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /i⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /œ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /zɯ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /lɛ²¹³/
Rime
Character 而
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 如之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiə/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ér
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 而
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ér
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyi ›
Old
Chinese		 /*nə/
English and, but

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 而
Reading # 1/1
No. 2720
Phonetic
component		 而
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 而
Old
Chinese		 /*njɯ/

Definitions

而

  1. and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)
    偉大而艱巨的任務 [MSC, trad.]
    伟大而艰巨的任务 [MSC, simp.]
    wěidà ér jiānjù de rènwù [Pinyin]
    a great and arduous task
  2. and yet; but; nevertheless
    有其名而無其實 / 有其名而无其实  ―  yǒu qí míng ér wú qíshí  ―  in name but not in reality
    心猶豫而狐疑兮，欲自適而不可。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    心犹豫而狐疑兮，欲自适而不可。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Xīn yóuyù ér húyí xī, yù zìshì ér bùkě. [Pinyin]
    Like whelp in doubt, like timid fox in fear,
    I wished to go, but wandered ever near.
  3. (from ...) to ...
  4. used between an adverbial element and a verb to indicate cause, purpose or manner

See also
  • 與／与 (yǔ, “and”), used to connect two nouns

Compounds
Derived terms from 而

Japanese

Kanji
而

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. rake

Readings
  • Go-on: に (ni)
  • Kan-on: じ (ji)
  • Kun: しこうして (shikōshite, 而して); しかして (shikashite, 而して); しかも (shikamo, 而も); しかれども (shikaredomo, 而れども)

Korean

Hanja

而 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

而 (nhi)

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