also; too; either; even

Radical: 乚 HSK 1 d, y, u, b

Components & Etymology

也 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 也

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 也.

也好
yě hǎo
that's fine
也罢
yě bà
(reduplicated) whether... or...
也许
yě xǔ
perhaps
也门
yě mén
Yemen
再也
zài yě
(not) any more
也就是
yě jiù shì
that is
梯也尔
tī yě ěr
Adolphe Thiers
维也纳
wéi yě nà
Vienna, capital of Austria
不提也罢
bù tí yě bà
best not to mention it
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)
也就是说
yě jiù shì shuō
in other words
也有今天
yě yǒu jīn tiān
(coll.) to get one's just deserts

Related characters (radical 乚)

Characters that share the radical .

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