崖(yá)

HSK 7-911 strokes

precipice

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Character information

Pinyin
yá
Meaning
precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 崖 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱山厓

A mountain 山 precipice 厓; 厓 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

山shān厓yá

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 崖 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 崖

Common words using 崖 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xuán悬yá崖
HSK 7-9

precipice

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shān山yá崖

cliff

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yá崖kè刻

rock carving; cliff engraving; words carved into cliff face

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yá崖bì壁

escarpment; precipice; cliff

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xuán悬yá崖lè勒mǎ马

lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)

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xuán悬yá崖qiào峭bì壁

(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces

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xuán悬yá崖jué绝bì壁

see 悬崖峭壁

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duàn断yá崖shì式

(of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep; precipitous

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悬山刻壁勒马峭绝

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