Chinese Character Wiki

厓

yá

precipice

A cliff 厂 formed of earth 土

Components
厂 meaning component

厂  Meaning component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

厓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厓  

yá

precipice, shore, bank; surname; old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

崖

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

崖 涯 捱 睚

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋˤrar

ngea

yá

river bank; limit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5393

Shuowen

“厓，山邊也。从厂，圭聲。”


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