婭 meaning and stroke order
A mutual term of address for sons-in-law or brothers-in-law
How to write 婭, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 婭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters
- (used to transliterate foreign names)
- (used in Chinese women's names)
How 婭 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Woman.
女 gives the meaning and 亞 hints at the sound.
Radical: 女 (woman), shared by 156 characters on this site.
How to remember 婭
婭 combines 女 (woman) with 亞 (yà), which gives the sound. Picture two men linked through women: husbands of sisters call each other 婭, and 亞 tells you to say yà.
Today 婭 is used mostly in women's names and to transliterate foreign names. The kinship sense is literary and rare. Example: 她叫麗婭。(Tā jiào Lìyà.) Her name is Liya.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 婭 with 亞 (yà, Asia, second). Leaving out the 女 on the left changes the character. Also keep the fourth tone. It is yà, not yā as in 鴨 (yā, duck).
Questions about 婭
How many strokes are in 婭?
婭 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 婭 mean?
婭 (yà) means a mutual term of address for sons-in-law or brothers-in-law.
How do you pronounce 婭?
婭 is pronounced yà, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 婭?
The radical of 婭 is 女, which carries the idea of "woman". Dictionaries list 婭 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 婭?
婭 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 娅, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Do people still use 婭 to mean brother-in-law?
Rarely. The sense of husbands of sisters addressing each other is literary. In everyday speech people use words like 連襟 (liánjīn) instead.
Why does 婭 appear so often in foreign names?
Its sound yà works well for syllables like "ya" or "ia" in names such as Maria or Sonia. The 女 component also makes it look suitable for female names.