野 is also the simplified spelling of 埜.
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野
Mandarin · pinyin yě
Meanings
- field
- plain
- open space
- limit
- boundary
- rude
- feral
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- 野
- yě · open country, field; wilderness
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Mandarin tones
3 · ye3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
je5
Cantonese word readings for 野. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- countryside; field; outskirts; wilderness
- plain; open country; open space
- area; region; boundary
- (among) the people; not in power; out of office
- unadorned; unaffected; simple; plain
- wild; not domesticated; stray
- feral; untamed; unrestrained
- rough; coarse; violent; boorish; rude
- unofficial; informal; illegal
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 墅 (shù, “field; field hut; detached residence”)
character · Etymology 3
- (literary or Eastern Min, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang and Philippine Hokkien, Wu) very; quite
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