亚
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second; next to; inferior; sub-; Taiwan pr. [ya3]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 二 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 亞
- Common rank
- #81
- Unicode
- U+4E9A
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Formation & memory
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Words with 亚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不亚 | no less than; not inferior to | |
| 中亚 | Central Asia | |
| 三亚市 | Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 马利亚 | Maria (name); Mary, mother of Jesus Christ | |
| 亚拉巴马 | Alabama, US state | |
| 亚文化 | subculture | |
| 亚金 | Achim (son of Zadok in Matthew 1:14) | |
| 马来西亚人 | Malaysian person or people | |
| 亚克力 | (loanword) acrylic | |
| 克罗地亚 | Croatia | |
| 西里西亚 | Silesia | |
| 亚东县 | Yadong, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet | |
| 西亚 | Southwest Asia | |
| 亚里斯多德 | Aristotle (philosopher) | |
| 克罗地亚语 | Croatian (language) | |
| 三亚 | see 三亞市|三亚市[San1 ya4 Shi4] | |
| 巴西利亚 | Brasilia, capital of Brazil | |
| 西南亚 | southwest Asia | |
| 巴克特里亚 | Bactria, an ancient country of Central Asia | |
| 马来西亚 | Malaysia |
Sound family
These characters use 亚 as their sound component — compare how they read.