有
Meanings
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- 1.to have; there is
- 2.(bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[yǒu yì] intentional)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to have; to possess (when a subject is present)
- 2.there is; to exist (when a subject is absent)
- 3.to be pregnant with a child
- 4.abundant; affluent
- 5.many; much; (of time) long; (of age) old
- 6.some (indefinite pronoun)
- 7.Placed before a verb to emphasize that the action has been done.
- 8.a surname
- 9.A meaningless prefix.
- 10.Particle used after a verb to indicate accomplishment or accomplishability of a goal.
- 11.(telegraphy) the twenty-fifth day of a month
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷɯʔ): phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) + semantic 肉 (“meat”). The hand shape has been abstracted to 𠂇; compare 右, where 又 has also taken this shape. The 肉 in turn has taken the form of ⺼. The character may have been the original form of 侑 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to urge to eat”). Alternatively, it may be the original form of 醢 (OC *qʰɯːʔ, “minced pickled meat”), which also has the 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) element as phonetic. Folk etymology traditionally explains it as a hand holding meat, hence “in possession of”. However, the oracle bone script shows no meat. Shuowen Jiezi and other ancient sources have erroneously analyzed the character as a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷɯʔ): phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) + semantic 月 (“moon”). Shuowen Jiezi defines 有 as "不宜有也" ("[to have something that] not should be had"), citing the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋傳): "日月有食之" ("There are solar and lunar eclipses"). As eclipses were not auspicious to the Chinese, they were "something that should not be happening". The 月 component alludes to the inauspicious lunar eclipse. Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Compare Tibetan ཡོད (yod, “to be; to have”). Related to: * 侑 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to offer, to sacrifice”) [causative, i.e. “to cause to have”] * 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) [adverbial] * 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “some; or”) [indefinite]
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我有酒。
I've got wine.
你有嗎？
Do you have one?
有信念。
Have faith.
我有酒。
I have wine.
你有病！
You're sick!
你有嗎？
Do you have some?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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