牙 — Chinese character
牙
yá
tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- Pinyin
- yá
- Radical
- 92 ⽛ (Fang)
- Strokes
- 4
- Japanese
- 牙 as a kanji
Common words with 牙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙齿 (牙齒) | yá chǐ | tooth; dental |
| 牙膏 | yá gāo | toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn) |
| 象牙 | xiàng yá | ivory; elephant tusk |
| 牙医 (牙醫) | yá yī | dentist |
| 刷牙 | shuā yá | to brush one's teeth |
| 牙科 | yá kē | dentistry |
| 牙刷 | yá shuā | toothbrush; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 牙龈 (牙齦) | yá yín | gums; gingiva |
| 拔牙 | bá yá | to extract a tooth |
| 爪牙 | zhǎo yá | pawn; lackey |
| 咬牙 | yǎo yá | to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth |
| 以牙还牙 (以牙還牙) | yǐ yá huán yá | a tooth for a tooth (retaliation) |
English words written with 牙
牙 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 1
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.