Definitions
(adverb)
also; too
(particle)
affirmative final particle
Etymology
Depicts a child opening its mouth to cry. Original form of 嗁. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.
About
The character "也" initially served as a final particle in classical Chinese, primarily used to express affirmation or to mark the end of a declarative sentence. Its structure is simple and indivisible, consisting of three strokes in its current form, and it is conventionally classified under the radical 乙 in modern character dictionaries. The etymological origins of the shape are not directly apparent in its contemporary writing, though it is not derived from a combination of meaning-based components. From the classical period onward, the character gradually acquired an adverbial function, evolving from its role as a syntactic marker to become a standard adverb meaning "also" or "too" in modern Mandarin, which now constitutes its central grammatical purpose.
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他也很高兴。
我也想去北京。
她也不喜欢下雨。
即使下雨，我也要去。
你这样做，他也会生气。
不但我喜欢，而且他也喜欢。
无论多忙，他也会抽时间学习。
即使遇到困难，我们也不能放弃，也要继续努力。