yǎ
elegant
Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 雅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
elegant | ||
grace | ||
Seattle, Washington State | ||
dainty | ||
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Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-ɢˤraʔ | ngaeX | yǎ | proper, refined |
*[N-ɢ]ˤraʔ | ngaeX | yǎ | kind of musical instrument |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 18.9813% of movies
1242nd most common character in movies
1139th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+96C5 |
Shuowen | “雅，楚烏也。一名鸒，一名卑居，秦謂之雅。从隹，牙聲。” |
Sources
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