Read Edit View history Discussion 呀 yayāxiā HSK4 particle used to express surprise or mild emphasis Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas ya ×yā × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 呀 Simp strokes 呀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 呀 Simp strokes 呀 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 呀 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 118, 625 ], [ 150, 594 ], [ 185, 364 ] ], [ [ 188, 595 ], [ 193, 609 ], [ 294, 642 ], [ 321, 642 ], [ 339, 629 ], [ 350, 617 ], [ 325, 496 ], [ 300, 478 ] ], [ [ 205, 412 ], [ 217, 428 ], [ 289, 448 ], [ 359, 447 ] ], [ [ 538, 721 ], [ 578, 714 ], [ 605, 716 ], [ 774, 753 ], [ 822, 759 ], [ 848, 756 ] ], [ [ 483, 633 ], [ 510, 603 ], [ 483, 467 ], [ 503, 461 ], [ 627, 490 ], 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448 Q 369 455 347 467 L 293 471 Q 292 471 290 470 Q 241 452 199 441 C 170 433 173 397 202 406 Z", "M 710 710 Q 758 722 810 731 Q 849 740 855 745 Q 865 754 859 763 Q 852 776 820 784 Q 792 790 701 759 Q 611 740 546 732 Q 507 725 535 707 Q 571 683 653 699 Q 659 700 669 701 L 710 710 Z", "M 744 488 Q 789 497 912 495 Q 934 494 943 506 Q 949 516 928 528 Q 865 570 810 546 Q 779 540 746 532 L 688 521 Q 607 505 532 485 Q 504 475 512 500 Q 527 567 541 592 Q 551 602 545 613 Q 539 623 504 641 Q 486 650 475 644 Q 465 634 474 621 Q 489 587 469 514 Q 466 493 441 469 Q 431 459 433 446 Q 436 434 453 420 Q 468 413 480 424 Q 546 460 648 474 L 744 488 Z", "M 687 430 Q 686 300 685 108 Q 684 75 673 64 Q 663 57 635 65 Q 604 78 565 91 Q 552 95 553 88 Q 553 81 563 69 Q 636 8 683 -44 Q 695 -54 710 -37 Q 755 18 750 101 Q 741 380 744 488 L 746 532 Q 747 587 753 640 Q 760 668 753 679 Q 743 692 710 710 C 684 725 658 729 669 701 Q 670 695 677 685 Q 686 660 688 521 L 687 430 Z", "M 648 474 Q 593 330 315 149 Q 296 136 313 133 Q 349 130 454 189 Q 526 234 607 322 Q 664 385 687 430 C 721 491 670 526 648 474 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.