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砑

yà

Character

What 砑 means

1. to calender

Characters built on 牙

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

• 雅yǎelegant
• 呀ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
• 讶yàastounded
• 鸦yācrow
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 玡yávariant of 琊
• 蚜yáaphis
• 伢yá(dialect) child

Characters that look like 砑

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

• 研yánto grind; study; research
• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 砸záto smash; to pound; to fail
• 砰pēng(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 秤chēngto weigh (variant of 称
• 蚜yáaphis

Sounds the same

Read yà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 亚second; next to; inferior
• 讶astounded
• 娅(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters…
• 压used in 压根儿; used in 压马路; used in 压板
• 氩argon (chemistry)
• 轧to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle
• 揠to eradicate; to pull up
• 迓to receive (as a guest)
• 挜attach; brandish; hold
• 襾cover; radical no 146
• 铔ammonium (old)
• 齾dented; chipped; gap-toothed