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睚

yá

Character

What 睚 means

1. literarycorner of the eye; canthus

Words starting with 睚

• 睚眦yá zì(literary) to glare in anger; (literary) (fig.) a small grievance
• 睚眦必报yá zì bì bàolit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom); fig. small-minded; vindictive

Words containing 睚

• 以眦睚杀人yǐ zì yá shā rénto kill sb for a trifle
• 眦睚zì yásee 睚眦

Characters built on 厓

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

• 涯yáborder; horizon; shore
• 崖yáprecipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái

Characters that look like 睚

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

• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
• 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 猩xīngape
• 碟diédish; plate
• 牒dié(official) document; dispatch

Sounds the same

Read yá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 牙tooth; ivory
• 崖precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 芽bud; sprout
• 涯border; horizon; shore
• 伢(dialect) child
• 衙office; yamen 衙门
• 蚜aphis
• 枒the coconut tree; rim
• 厓old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)
• 堐(used in place names); Taiwan pr. ái
• 琊used in place names, notably 琅琊山; Taiwan pr. yé
• 玡variant of 琊