耶

· ·ye

(phonetic ye)

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,246 U+8036

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

耳 (semantic, “ear”) + 阝 (phonetic)

components: 耳阝

Jerusalem · Heisig RSH #2806

耳 ear + city walls

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 阝

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 阝 (—) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
阝 sound component	—	place, town, city
陀	tuó	steep bank, rough terrain
祁	qí	to pray; numerous, ample, abundant
陟	zhì	to climb; to advance; progress
郤	xì	crack, crevice; gap, interval; surname

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
巴耶利巴	Bā yē lì bā	Paya Lebar, a place in Singapore
耶和华见证人	Yē hé huá Jiàn zhèng rén	Jehovah's Witnesses
阿布沙耶夫	Ā bù Shā yē fū	Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya
里维耶拉	lǐ wéi yē lā	riviera (loanword) (Tw)
卡波耶拉	kǎ bō yē lā	capoeira (loanword)
瓦西里耶维奇	Wǎ xī lǐ yē wéi qí	Vasilievich (name)
耶利米书	Yē lì mǐ shū	Book of Jeremiah
法耶德	Fǎ yē dé	(name) Fayed; Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929–2023), Egyptian business magnate
耶鲁大学	Yē lǔ Dà xué	Yale University
克耶族	Kè yē zú	Kaya or Karenni ethnic group of Myanmar
纳扎尔巴耶夫	Nà zhā ěr bā yē fū	Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019
史高比耶	Shǐ gāo bǐ yē	Skopje, capital of North Macedonia (Tw)
耶利米	Yē lì mǐ	Jeremy or Jeremiah (name)
奥维耶多	Ào wéi yē duō	Oviedo (Asturian: Uviéu), capital of Asturias in northwest Spain
梅西耶星表	Méi xī yē xīng biǎo	Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
耶和华	Yē hé huá	Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH); compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shan…
耶律大石	Yē lǜ Dà shí	Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western…
莱齐耶三世	Lái qí yē Sān shì	Letsie III of Lesotho
塞拉耶佛	Sài lā yē fó	(Tw) Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
耶哥尼雅	Yē gē ní yǎ	Jechoniah or Jeconiah (son of Josiah)