雅

yǎ

yǎspelled as ia · 3rd tone — spelling rules

elegant

Radical: 隹 Strokes: 12

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

难集雄雀雁雕雉雠隽雍雌雏

Same radical

难集雄雀雁雕雉雠隽雍雌雏雇隼雒

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Character Decomposition

雅=牙+隹

Etymology

bird

Meanings

elegant

yǎ

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Words with 雅 434 total

one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs大雅dà yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts尔雅Er yǎ (literary) elegant; graceful; refined俊雅jùn yǎ graceless · vulgar · indecent不雅bù yǎ scholarly · refined · cultured · courteous儒雅rú yǎ refined · elegant清雅qīng yǎ gentle; urbane; refined温雅wēn yǎ (hon.) your great kindness雅爱yǎ ài

Idioms with 雅 39 total Chain

lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) · not presentable · coarse · unrefined不登大雅之堂bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti · to pose as a culture lover · to be a culture snob · having pretensions to culture附庸风雅fù yōng fēng yǎ

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