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ㄧㄚ ˇ

yǎ

dumb

啞 is an 11 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yǎ in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as yā.

In simplified Chinese the character 哑 is used.

It is made up of the components 口 (opening) and 亞 (Asia).

  • 啞
    ㄧㄚ ˇ

    yǎ

    dumb

    • 口
      ㄎㄡ ˇ

      kǒu

      opening

    • 亞
      ㄧㄚ ˋ

      yà

      Asia

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 啞

yǎ
yā

Definitions for 啞 pronounced as yǎ

  • dumb
  • mute
  • hoarse
  • husky
  • unexploded (of artillery shell etc)

Definitions for 啞 pronounced as yā

  • (onom.) sound of cawing
  • sound of infant learning to talk
  • variant of 呀[ya1]

Vocabulary

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