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桠

yā

Character Traditional 椏

What 桠 means

1. forking branch

Words starting with 桠

• 桠杈yā chàvariant of 丫杈

Words containing 桠

• 枝桠zhī yābranch; twig

Characters built on 亚

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

• 娅yà(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters…
• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 氩yàargon (chemistry)
• 垭yā(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà

Sounds the same

Read yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 压to press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 鸭duck; (slang) male prostitute
• 押to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 鸦crow
• 丫fork; branch; bifurcation
• 呀ah (used to express surprise); (onomatopoeia) creaking
• 哑(onomatopoeia) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀
• 垭(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà
• 煆raging fire