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厓

yá
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 old form of 崖 (cliff)
  2. 2 old form of 涯 (water's edge)

Examples

厓是崖的古字，指山崖。
Yá shì yá de gǔ zì, zhǐ shānyá.
The character 厓 is an old form of 崖, meaning a cliff or steep edge.

Tips

history
厓 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is an early form behind two modern characters: 崖 (cliff), which adds the 山 mountain on top, and 涯 (shore), which adds the water radical.
register
Archaic; appears in old texts and etymology notes, replaced by 崖 and 涯 in modern writing.

Components

radical
厂 hǎn
cliff overhang
厂 pictures an overhanging rock face and is the radical, carrying the core cliff meaning.
semantic
土 tǔ
earth
土 (earth), the upper of the two, depicts the packed soil that makes up the cliff face under the overhang.
semantic
土 tǔ
earth
The lower 土 repeats the earth element, stacking soil on soil to suggest the height of the bank or precipice.

Stroke Order

厓 yá