How to Write 牙 (ya / yá) in Chinese — tooth

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yá

tooth; ivory; 颗[kē]

HSK 4牙牙

1Stroke Order Animation

0 strokes

2Readings & Meanings

yátooth; ivory; 颗[kē]

3Structure

牙

Single-component character独体字

牙 is built from 1 part — it is written as one block.

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4Common Words with 牙

象牙筷xiàng yá kuài

ivory chopsticks

上牙膛shàng yá táng

palate (roof of the mouth)

乳牙rǔ yá

deciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth

亚曼牙Yà màn yá

Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang

亚曼牙乡Yà màn yá xiāng

Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang

以牙还牙yǐ yá huán yá

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

Other Characters Pronounced “ya”

压

yāHSK 3

to press; to push (in 压)

Asia

(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

to mortgage

duck

variant of 雅[yǎ]

a raging fire

fork

6Printable Worksheet

chinese-handwriting.com

牙

yá

tooth; ivory; 颗[kē]

Common Words

xiàng yá kuài

象牙筷

ivory chopsticks

shàng yá táng

上牙膛

palate (roof of the mouth)

rǔ yá

乳牙

deciduous tooth; milk tooth; baby tooth

Yà màn yá

亚曼牙

Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang

Yà màn yá xiāng

亚曼牙乡

Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang

yǐ yá huán yá

以牙还牙

a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)

Tracing Practice

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