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CHINESE CHARACTER

yǎ

哑

哑

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dumb

Numbered pinyin
ya3
English meanings
(onom.) sound of cawing, sound of infant learning to talk, variant of 呀[ya1], dumb, mute, hoarse, husky, unexploded (of artillery shell etc)

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 亚.

Meaning & sound clues

口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.

亚 is identified as the sound component (yà). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 哑.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰口亚

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    sǎngzi嗓子biàn变yǎ哑。

    Lost one's voice.

  2. 02

    yǎ哑kǒu口wú无yán言。

    Left speechless.

  3. 03

    bǎohù保护hǎo好sǎngzi嗓子。

    Take care of one's voice.

  4. 04

    duō多hē喝wēn温shuǐ水。

    Drink warm water.

  5. 05

    jǐn谨yán言shèn慎xíng行。

    Be careful in speech.

  6. 06

    yǐ以lǐ理fú服rén人。

    Convince with reason.

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