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谒

yè

Character Traditional 謁

What 谒 means

1. to visit (a superior)

Words starting with 谒

• 谒访yè fǎngto pay one's respects; to visit (ancestral grave)
• 谒陵yè língto pay homage at a mausoleum

Words containing 谒

• 拜谒bài yèto pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to pay homage…
• 叩谒kòu yèto visit (esp. one's superiors)
• 干谒gān yè(literary) to seek an audience with sb in power (to solicit favor)
• 诣谒yì yèto pay a visit to
• 参谒cān yèto visit; to pay one's respects to (a revered figure etc); to pay homage (at a tomb etc)

Characters built on 曷

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

• 喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬
• 渴kěthirsty
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 猲hèfrightened; terrified

Characters that look like 谒

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

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name
• 谎huǎnglies; to lie
• 谍diéto spy
• 谣yáopopular ballad; rumor
• 谘zīsimplified form of 諮…

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
• 曳to drag; to pull; Taiwan pr. yì
• 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