Chinese Character 雅 Meanings and components.

Form

雅

Meaning

雅 meaning[3] in English

Elegant.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 雅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are tooth (牙) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 隹 (zhui1) which means: Short-Tailed Bird, .隹zhui1short-tailed bird

In cangjie it is written with MHOG

How to write 雅

To write雅ya3elegant you should write a combination of 牙ya2tooth , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

牙 + 隹 = 雅

雅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 雅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 雅, looks as follow:

雅
Pinyin:ya3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Elegant
牙
Pinyin:ya2
Meaning[3]: Tooth . Ivory . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1]
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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