yà
to go to meet
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋˤ<r>ak-s | ngaeH | yà | meet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5992nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+8FD3 |
Shuowen | “訝,相迎也。从言,牙聲。《周禮》曰:‘諸侯有卿訝發。’訝,或从辵。” |
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