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曳

yè

Character

What 曳 means

1. to drag
2. to pull
3. Taiwan pr. yì

Words starting with 曳

• 曳光弹yè guāng dàntracer ammunition; tracer
• 曳引车yè yǐn chē(Taiwan) tractor unit; prime mover
• 曳步舞yè bù wǔshuffle (dance)
• 曳尾鹱yè wěi hù(bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)

Words containing 曳

• 摇曳yáo yèto sway gently (as in the wind); (of a flame) to flicker
• 拖曳tuō yèto pull; to drag; to haul
• 拖曳伞tuō yè sǎnparasail
• 拖曳机tuō yè jītractor
• 摇曳多姿yáo yè duō zīswaying gently; moving elegantly

Characters built on 日

These share the phonetic component 日 (rì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 曷héwhy; how; when
• 晔yèbright light; to sparkle
• 昃zèafternoon; decline

Characters that look like 曳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 良liánggood; very; very much
• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 辰chén5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…
• 氚chuān(chemistry) tritium

Sounds the same

Read yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 页page; leaf
• 夜night
• 业line of business; industry; occupation
• 叶leaf; page; lobe
• 液(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 烨blaze of fire; glorious
• 谒to visit (a superior)
• 掖to support by the arm; to help; to promote
• 腋(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil
• 晔bright light; to sparkle
• 咽to choke (in crying)
• 靥dimple