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啞
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哑
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mute

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
yǎ
ア
おし
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 亞 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (啞)
口 mouth+ 亞 Asia =
啞 mute
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
亞 Phonetic component
Asia
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Simplified (哑)
口 mouth+ 亚 second =
哑 dumb
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
亚 Phonetic component
yà second
Asia
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Notes
Similar Characters
侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient叨 talkative叫 call召 summon叭 trumpet叮 sting可 can叱 bawl叶 be in harmony (simp)号 appellation (jp)叹 admire (simp)叼 hold in the mouth叽 sigh (simp)吁 alas (simp)吃 eat (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
哑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
哑 / 啞 [yā]
(onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀[yā]
哑 / 啞 [yǎ]
dumb; mute; hoarse; husky; unexploded (of artillery shell etc)
Japanese
唖 おし 、 あ 、 おうし (old) 同音

noun

  1. muteness; speech impairment
  2. sensitive mute; deaf-mute
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (29)
哑巴 [yǎ​ba] #11,017
mute
沙哑 [shā​yǎ] #25,882
hoarse
聋哑 [lóng​yǎ] #31,300
deaf and dumb
哑剧 [yǎ​jù] #21,923
to mime
嘶哑 [sī​yǎ] #43,888
(onom.) coarse crowing
哑铃 [yǎ​líng] #30,737
dumbbell (weight)
装聋作哑 [zhuāng​lóng​zuò​yǎ] #33,978
to play deaf-mute
哑口无言 [yǎ​kǒu​wú​yán] #32,546
dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless
哑谜 [yǎ​mí] #32,688
puzzle
哑然失笑 [yǎ​rán​shī​xiào] #35,943
to laugh involuntarily
19 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (10)
唖然 [あぜん] #8,557
dumbfounded
唖者 [あしゃ] #135,598
(a) mute
聾唖 [ろうあ] #161,319
deafness
ろうあ者 [ろうあしゃ] #195,526
deaf and mute person
亜鈴 [あれい] #225,799
dumbbell
盲唖学校 [もうあがっこう] #250,535
school for the blind and dumb
盲唖 [もうあ] #262,998
blind and dumb
唖蝉 [おしぜみ] #265,640
voiceless cicada (female)
聾唖学校 [ろうあがっこう] #284,790
school for people unable to hear and speak
唖々 [ああ]
caw (of a crow, etc.)
KOREAN WORDS (2)
농아
the deaf; the hearing-impaired
아령
dumbbell