牙

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tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

tooth · Heisig RSH #1414

box + 矛 spear — as a component also called: tusk

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
牙克石市	Yá kè shí Shì	Yakeshi, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市\|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner …
马路牙子	mǎ lù yá zi	curb
牙克石	Yá kè shí	see 牙克石市[Ya2 ke4 shi2 Shi4]
皮牙子	pí yá zi	(dialect) onion (loanword from Uyghur "piyaz")
牙子	yá zi	serrated edge; (old) middleman; broker
牙人	yá rén	(old) middleman; broker
无牙	wú yá	toothless; (fig.) powerless; ineffectual; weak
西班牙人	Xī bān yá rén	Spaniard; Spanish person
海牙	Hǎi yá	The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
牙白	yá bái	creamy white; ivory color
牙行	yá háng	middleman (in former times); broker
牙牙学语	yá yá xué yǔ	see 咿呀學語\|咿呀学语[yi1 ya1 xue2 yu3]
西班牙文	Xī bān yá wén	Spanish (language)
长牙	cháng yá	tusk
长牙	zhǎng yá	to grow teeth; to teethe; growing teeth
房牙子	fáng yá zi	real estate agent (old)
牙口	yá kou	condition of one's teeth; ability to chew
西班牙语	Xī bān yá yǔ	Spanish language
道牙	dào yá	curb
门牙	mén yá	front tooth; incisor

These characters use 牙 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
牙 sound part	yá	tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
雅	yǎ	elegant, graceful, refined
鸦	yā	crow; Corvus species (various)
芽	yá	bud, shoot, sprout
呀	ya	particle used to express surprise
讶	yà	amazed, surprised; to express surprise
伢	yá	child
岈	yá	the name of a mountain
枒	yá	coconut tree; edge, rim
蚜	yá	aphid, plant louse
玡	yá	used in place names
迓	yà	to receive a guest