呀 — Chinese character
呀
ya
particle used to express surprise
- Pinyin
- ya
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 口 牙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 牙
- Japanese
- 呀 as a kanji
Common words with 呀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哎呀 | āi yā | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 啊呀 | ā yā | interjection of surprise; Oh my! |
| 天呀 | tiān ya | Heavens!; My goodness! |
| 吱呀 | zhī yā | (onom.) creaking |
| 咿呀学语 (咿呀學語) | yī yā xué yǔ | (of a baby) to babble |
| 呀呀学语 (呀呀學語) | yā yā xué yǔ | see 咿呀学语 (yī yā xué yǔ) |
| 吽呀 | óu yá | variant of 吽牙 (óu yá) |
| 欧咪呀给 (歐咪呀給) | ōu mī yā gěi | (Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword fr |
English words written with 呀
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.