Talk:予

Etymology 2

It seems like the Taiwan's Ministry of Education is inventing things. Why do you need to add a totally unrelated reading to a character that cannot be proven by historical phonological development? The mainland dictionary clearly states it's the character 互, which is normally pronounced this way. --2001:16B8:3138:5400:1108:B5ED:6523:53B6 10:28, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Seconded.

What's the justification for lumping HŌ͘ in with these other etyma?

(To be fair, the Republic of China Ministry of Education didn't invent 予 itself; it just adopted it over competing latter-day inventions, and customary usage. And 互 is just a sound borrowing, as is 乎, which is much more common. Nothing wrong with sound borrowings, of course.) 釆 (talk) 12:02, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

@Justinrleung 釆 (talk) 12:05, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

At the time of making the entry, we thought it would be appropriate to follow MoE on this character. I would disagree that the mainland dictionary (presumably Minnan Fangyan Da Cidian) is any more authoritative than MoE. It is fair that 乎 is a common way this is written pre-MoE. We probably have to gather more data to make the decision on where the main form for this word should be. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 23:20, 14 March 2023 (UTC)