曰 (joek6 jyut6 | yue1) : say; to call

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曰

joek6 jyut6

yue1

say; call; name

1. The word is used mainly in written text.
2. Jyutping joek6 is the more popular colloquial reading; jyut6 is literary reading.

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 曰 (#73)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

曰

Don't confuse with:
日白

This word has been viewed 6985 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 28th Mar 2007 15:43 and last edited on 14th Sep 2013 06:37

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子曰詩云 zi2 jyut6 si1 wan4 zi3 yue1 shi1 yun2 = text in Confucian classics

美其名曰 mei5 kei4 ming4 jyut6 mei3 qi2 ming2 yue1 = to call it by the fine-sounding name of

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Decimal representation of this word: 曰
Unicode code for this character: U+66f0 (off-site link)

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