Chinese symbol for “subclass”
亚纲
yà gāng
Traditional: 亞綱
subclass (taxonomy)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subclass is 亚纲 (yà gāng), defined as: subclass (taxonomy).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “subclass”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 亚纲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南亚 (南亞) | nán Yà | southern Asia |
| 亚军 (亞軍) | yà jūn | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up |
| 亚热带 (亞熱帶) | yà rè dài | subtropical (zone or climate) |
| 亚科 (亞科) | yà kē | subfamily (taxonomy) |
| 路亚 (路亞) | lù yà | (loanword) lure fishing |
| 亚麻 (亞麻) | yà má | flax |
| 纲领 (綱領) | gāng lǐng | program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle |
| 大纲 (大綱) | dà gāng | synopsis; outline |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subclass”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.