而

Information about character(s)

Radical: 而
Radical Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ér, néng
Cantonese: ji4
JapaneseKun: SHIKOUSHITE SHIKASHITE SHIKAREDOMO
JapaneseOn: JI NI
Korean: I

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: and; and then; and yet; but

CE-Dict: and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.and
2.but; however
3.to
4.and then

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: and that; moreover

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: and that; moreover

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《而部》而頰毛也。象毛之形。《周禮》曰：“作其鱗之而。”凡而之屬皆从而。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【而字部】而
【廣韻】如之切【集韻】【韻會】人之切，𠀤音栭。【正韻】如支切，音兒。【說文】頰毛也。【註】臣鉉等曰：今俗別作髵，非是。【周禮·冬官考工記·梓人】作其鱗之而。【註】之而，頰𩑔也。　又【玉篇】語助也。【詩·齊風】俟我於著乎而。　又【書·洪範】而康而色。【傳】汝當安汝顏色。　又【詩·小雅】垂帶而厲。【箋】而亦如也。　又【詩·大雅】子豈不知而作。【箋】而，猶與也。　又【禮·檀弓】而曰然。【註】而，猶乃也。　又【韻會】因辭，因是之謂也。【論語】學而時習之。　又【韻會】抑辭，抑又之辭也。【論語】不好犯上而好作亂者。　又【韻會】發端之辭也。　又【集韻】奴登切，音能。【易·屯卦】宜建侯而不寧。【釋文】鄭讀而曰能，能猶安也。
考證：〔【周禮·冬官考工記·梓人】其鱗之而。〕　謹照原文其上增作字。

CF-Dict: et/mais/tandis que/alors que

Han-De-Dict: aber (u.E.) (Konj)/dennoch, jedoch (u.E.) (Konj)/und (u.E.) (Konj)/Er (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)