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娅

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(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters; (used to transliterate foreign names); (used in Chinese women's names)

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Strokes
9
Radical
女 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
婭
Common rank
#3,175
Unicode
U+5A05

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Formation & memory

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How 娅 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 meaning “woman” + 亚 sound ( yà )

Components 女 亚

Words with 娅

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
热比娅·卡德尔 Rè bǐ yà Kǎ dé ěr Rebiya Kadeer (1946–), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned from 1999 to 2005, la…
贝娅特丽克丝 Bèi yà tè lì kè sī Beatrix (name)
拉尼娅 Lā ní yà Rania (name)
尤利娅·季莫申科 Yóu lì yà · Jì mò shēn kē Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
热比娅 Rè bǐ yà (name) Rabiye or Rebiya; Rebiya Kadeer (1946–), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, impriso…
朱利娅 Zhū lì yà Julia (name)
玛丽娅 Mǎ lì yà Maria (name); St Mary
朱莉娅 Zhū lì yà Julia (name)
妮维娅 Nī wéi yà Nivea, skin and body care brand
茱莉娅 Zhū lì yà Julia (name)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 亚 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
亚 sound part yà Asia; second
恶 è bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
哑 yǎ dumb, mute, hoarse
垩 è chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious
桠 yā tree fork
垭 yā used in place names
氩 yà argon
痖 yǎ dumb, mute