I CHING LEXICON yu2 R#:134 R: Strokes:7,14 Wade/Giles:yü2 Freq:25 (prtcl.) particle of query or exclamation Giles: #13522, 3rd tone, To give to; used like the colloquial gei3 . To allow, to approve of, to wait for. To be with; to associate with. With; by; and in the case of; than; or; and. Karlgren: #1330, 1331: give to; to, in favour of; to side with, associate with; together with, and, or, compared to; admit, allow, approve of; be present at, share in; final particle denoting question or admiration. The sign [seal writing] is shao2 spoon (give food), here slightly deformed. Legge: 2nd tone: a final particle, sometimes interrogative, sometimes of admiration, and sometimes of doubt or hesitancy. As interrogative, it generally implies that the answer will be in the affirmative. As indicating doubt or hesitancy we find it preceded by other final particles. It is followed also by other particles of exclamation. 4th tone: Sharing in; concerned with. 3rd tone: (1) With, along with; to be with, to associate with. (2) And. Sometimes it must be translated by 'or'. ... NPCED: #4782, 3rd tone, (1) and; with; together with; compared with. (2) to give; to impart. 4th tone, to take part in; to participate in. 3rd tone, same as yu2 [NPCED #2678, a final particle indicating doubt, surprise, exclamation, etc.] Blofeld: H1L3, (the word cannot be identified in the translation). Legge: H1L3, wenyen, "in accordance with". Wilhelm: H1L3, wenyen, (commentary on the words of the text), (the impact of this character cannot be identified in the translation) . H1 L3 WY H1 L6 WY H1 L6 WY H1 L6 WY H2 COTD H6 Image H10 L3 Image

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