涯(yá)

HSK 7-911 strokes

border

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Character information

Pinyin
yá
Meaning
border; horizon; shore
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 涯 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵厓

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 厓 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ厓yá

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 涯 step by step

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

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Words with 涯

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

shēng生yá涯
HSK 7-9

career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life

Open 生涯 page →
tiān天yá涯

see 天涯区

Open 天涯 page →
zhí职yá涯

career

Open 职涯 page →
zhǐ咫chǐ尺tiān天yá涯

so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)

Open 咫尺天涯 page →
dì地jiǎo角tiān天yá涯

The ends of the earth

Open 地角天涯 page →
tiān天yá涯bǐ比lín邻

see 天涯若比邻

Open 天涯比邻 page →
tiān天yá涯hǎi海jiǎo角

Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya 三亚

Open 天涯海角 page →
xué学hǎi海wú无yá涯

sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn

Open 学海无涯 page →

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