雅

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 12
Radical: 隹 +4
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 雅
Common rank: #476
Unicode: U+96C5

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Formation & memory

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How 雅 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

隹 meaning “bird” + 牙 sound ( yá )

Components 牙隹

How to remember it

polished · Heisig RSH #2844

tusk + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 雅

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
雅拉神山	Yǎ lā shén shān	Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣\|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectu…
一日之雅	yī rì zhī yǎ	lit. friends for a day (idiom); fig. casual acquaintance
西拉雅族	Xī lā yǎ zú	Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
马雅可夫斯基	Mǎ yǎ kě fū sī jī	Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist
雅安市	Yǎ ān Shì	Ya'an, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
雅拉香波神山	Yǎ lā Xiāng bō shén shān	Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣\|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectu…
雅利安	Yǎ lì ān	Aryan
利雅德	Lì yǎ dé	Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia (Tw)
雅江县	Yǎ jiāng Xiàn	Yajiang, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zh…
的里雅斯特	Dì lǐ yǎ sī tè	Trieste, port city in Italy
利雅得	Lì yǎ dé	Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
喜马拉雅山	Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān	Himalayas
雅拉香波雪山	Yǎ lā Xiāng bō xuě shān	Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣\|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectu…
不雅	bù yǎ	graceless; vulgar; indecent
沙雅县	Shā yǎ Xiàn	Xayar, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區\|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
大雅	dà yǎ	one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經\|诗经
雅人	yǎ rén	poetic individual; person of refined temperament
雅拉雪山	Yǎ lā xuě shān	Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣\|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectu…
雅罗鱼	yǎ luó yú	dace
尔雅	Ěr yǎ	"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glos…

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
牙 sound part	yá	tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
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