曳 — Chinese character
曳
yè
to tow, to pull, to drag
- Pinyin
- yè
- Radical
- 73 ⽈ (Say)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 曰
- Japanese
- 曳 as a kanji
Common words with 曳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摇曳 (搖曳) | yáo yè | to sway gently (as in the wind); (of a flame) to flicker |
| 拖曳 | tuō yè | to pull; to drag; to haul |
| 曳光弹 (曳光彈) | yè guāng dàn | tracer ammunition; tracer |
| 摇曳多姿 (搖曳多姿) | yáo yè duō zī | swaying gently; moving elegantly |
| 拖曳伞 (拖曳傘) | tuō yè sǎn | parasail |
| 拖曳机 (拖曳機) | tuō yè jī | tractor |
| 曳尾鹱 (曳尾鸌) | yè wěi hù | (bird species of China) wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) |
| 曳引车 (曳引車) | yè yǐn chē | (Tw) tractor unit; prime mover |
| 曳步舞 | yè bù wǔ | shuffle (dance) |
English words written with 曳
曳 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 3 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 6
- Hexagram 38
- Hexagram 63
- Hexagram 64
- Mencius 1A.3
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi The Empire
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