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夜叉

yè chā

2-character word

What 夜叉 means

1. yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)
2. (fig.) ferocious-looking person

The characters in 夜叉

• 夜yènight
• 叉chāfork; pitchfork; prong

Words containing 夜叉

• 母夜叉mǔ yè chāwitch; shrew; vixen
• 犬夜叉Quǎn yè chàInuyasha, fictional character

Sounds the same

Read yè chā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叶插to propagate from leaf cuttings

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