琊

Yá
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a place name, as in Mount Langya (in 琅琊)

Examples

HSK 1
Lángyáshān zài Ānhuī Chúzhōu.
Mount Langya is in Chuzhou, Anhui province.
HSK 7-9
热播剧《琅琊榜》又名《琅琊榜》。
Rèbōjù 《 Lángyá Bǎng 》 yòu míng 《 Lángyá Bǎng 》.
The hit drama Nirvana in Fire is also called The List of Langya.

Tips

usage
琊 is a bound place-name character, used only in 琅琊 (a historic region and mountain in Shandong and Anhui). It also appears in the variant written form 瑯琊, with a slightly different left side.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade radical
On the left this is the jade radical (the side form of 玉), not 'king'. It marks the character's link to jade-like stone, fitting the related sense 'stone resembling jade'.
phonetic
邪 xié
evil; aslant
Provides the sound, read 邪 on its own and shifted to yá here. It serves only as the phonetic cue.

In Pop Culture

琅琊榜 Lángyá Bǎng
Nirvana in Fire
Acclaimed 2015 Chinese historical drama. Its title borrows the place name 琅琊, a region steeped in classical literary prestige.

Stroke Order

琊 Yá