雅 (ngaa5 | ya3) : refined; elegant; graceful

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雅

ngaa5

ya3

[1] refined; polished; sophisticated; not common; not vulgar [2] elegant; graceful [3] usually; often; frequently; much [4] the name of an ancient musical instrument [5] friendship; acquaintance [6] [n] wine vessel [7] your (polite) [8] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#172)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

雅

This word has been viewed 10456 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Aug 2009 00:22

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雅典 ngaa5 din2 ya3 dian3 = Athens

文雅 man4 ngaa5 wen2 ya3 = elegant; refined

雅靜 ngaa5 zing6 ya3 jing4 = elegant and calm / gentle / quiet

雅麗 ngaa5 lai6 ya3 li4 = elegant, refined beauty; transliteration of Alice

雅量 ngaa5 loeng6 ya3 liang4 = magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking

幽雅 jau1 ngaa5 = tranquil

大雅 daai6 ngaa5 da4 ya3 = elegance; refinement

優雅 jau1 ngaa5 you1 ya3 = graceful; elegant; refined

雅緻 ngaa5 zi3 ya3 zhi4 = elegance; graceful; poetic sense

雅思 ngaa5 si1 ya3 si1 = IELTS
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Decimal representation of this word: 雅
Unicode code for this character: U+96c5 (off-site link)

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