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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ya1
- English meanings
- to mortgage, to pawn, to detain in custody, to escort and protect, (literary) to sign
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 甲.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
甲 is identified as the sound component (jiǎ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 押.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
fork; girl
Asia; second
pull
replacing 啊 when preceding word ends in a
dumb
cliff
edge; limit
fang
bud
surprised; astonished
elegant; refined
crow
duck
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 扣押
- 抵押
- 押金