Memory phrase for the character: 亚

亚

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Meaning relatively weak, inferior, second, Asia, sub-

Pronunciation

yà

Explanation

Top: one 一 (here: a board or plank), below: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)

Mnemonic
 
Put a plank over the hollow volcanic vent because its crossing is relatively weak.

Radicals

二 two
亚 relatively weak, inferiorsecond,
业 businessDerived from hill: 丘 or a volcano's peak with hollow vent/crater. Thus typically used as "hollow".
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 Vocabulary

阿尔及利亚 Ā ěr jí lì yà  Algeria
圭亚那 Guī yà nà  Guyana
倭马亚王朝 Wō mǎ yà wáng cháo  Umayyad empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
亚琛 Yà chēn  Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Aix-la-Chapelle
维多利亚瀑布 Wéi duō lì yà pù bù  Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya on the Zambesi River, between Zambia and Zimbabwe
邓亚萍 Dèng Yà píng  Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner
莎士比亚 Shā shì bǐ yà  Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
冈比亚 Gāng bǐ yà  Gambia
赤道几内亚 Chì dào Jī nèi yà  Equatorial Guinea
澳大利亚 Ào dà lì yà  Australia; Australian
坦桑尼亚 Tǎn sāng ní yà  Tanzania
坦桑尼亚 Tǎn sāng ní yà  

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