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PINYIN INITIAL Y
Chinese characters starting with Y
Explore 858 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with Y. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 样 (yàng), 要 (yào), 也 (yě), 宜 (yí), 以 (yǐ), 椅 (yǐ).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with Y
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样yàng10 strokesmanner→要yào9 strokesto want; to need; to ask for→也yě3 strokes(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only)→宜yí8 strokesproper→以yǐ4 strokesto use→椅yǐ12 strokeschair→一yī1 strokesone→衣yī6 strokesclothes→医yī7 strokesmedical→影yǐng15 strokespicture→友yǒu4 strokesfriend→有yǒu6 strokesto have; there is→雨yǔ8 strokes(literary) to rain→语yǔ9 strokesdialect→元yuán4 strokescurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)→院yuàn9 strokescourtyard→月yuè4 strokesmoon→颜yán15 strokescolor→眼yǎn11 strokeseye→药yào9 strokesmedicine→爷yé6 strokesgrandpa→意yì13 strokesidea→已yǐ3 strokesalready→因yīn6 strokescause→阴yīn6 strokesovercast (weather)→泳yǒng8 strokesswimming→游yóu12 strokesto walk→右yòu5 strokes(bound form) right; right-hand side→鱼yú8 strokesfish→远yuǎn7 strokesfar→运yùn7 strokesto move→牙yá4 strokestooth→言yán7 strokeswords→演yǎn14 strokesto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)→羊yáng6 strokessheep; goat→阳yáng6 strokespositive (electric.)→养yǎng9 strokesto raise (animals)→业yè5 strokesline of business→页yè6 strokespage→姨yí9 strokesmother's sister→议yì5 strokesto comment on→易yì8 strokeseasy→银yín11 strokessilver→饮yǐn7 strokesold variant of 飲|饮[yin3]→音yīn9 strokessound→迎yíng7 strokesto welcome; to meet→应yìng7 strokesto agree (to do sth)→用yòng5 strokesto use→邮yóu7 strokespost (office)→又yòu2 strokes(once) again→于yú3 strokesto go→育yù8 strokesto have children→遇yù12 strokes(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned→羽yǔ6 strokesfeather→员yuán7 strokes(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity→园yuán7 strokesland used for growing plants→愿yuàn14 strokes(bound form) wish; hope; desire→越yuè12 strokesto exceed→亚yà6 strokesAsia→压yā6 strokesto press→严yán7 strokestight (closely sealed)→研yán9 strokesto grind→盐yán10 strokessalt→厌yàn6 strokes(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with→验yàn10 strokesto examine→烟yān10 strokescigarette or pipe tobacco→扬yáng6 strokesto raise→洋yáng9 strokesocean→钥yào9 strokeskey→邀yāo16 strokesto invite→叶yè5 strokesleaf→夜yè8 strokesnight→疑yí14 strokes(bound form) to doubt; to suspect→忆yì4 strokesto recollect→艺yì4 strokesskill→译yì7 strokesto translate→谊yì10 strokesfriendship→印yìn5 strokesto print→引yǐn4 strokesto draw (e.g. a bow)→赢yíng17 strokesto beat→永yǒng5 strokesforever→勇yǒng9 strokesbrave→尤yóu4 strokesoutstanding→由yóu5 strokesto follow→油yóu8 strokesoil→优yōu6 strokesexcellent→幽yōu9 strokesremote→愉yú12 strokespleased→预yù10 strokesto advance→与yǔ3 strokesand→原yuán10 strokesformer→阅yuè10 strokesto inspect→约yuē6 strokesto make an appointment→云yún4 strokessurname Yun→允yǔn4 strokesjust→呀ya7 strokes(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)→押yā8 strokesto mortgage→鸭yā10 strokesduck (CL:隻|只[zhi1])→延yán6 strokesto prolong→沿yán8 strokesalong→摇yáo13 strokesto shake→咬yǎo9 strokesto bite→腰yāo13 strokeswaist→移yí11 strokesto move→遗yí12 strokes(bound form) to leave behind→义yì3 strokesjustice→亿yì3 strokes100 million→益yì10 strokesbenefit→乙yǐ1 strokessecond of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]→依yī8 strokesto depend on→营yíng11 strokescamp→映yìng9 strokesto reflect (light)→硬yìng12 strokeshard; stiff; solid→拥yōng8 strokesto hold in one's arms; to embrace→犹yóu7 strokesas if→幼yòu5 strokesyoung→悠yōu11 strokeslong or drawn out→余yú7 strokesextra→娱yú10 strokesto amuse→玉yù5 strokesjade→域yù11 strokesfield→喻yù12 strokesto describe sth as→寓yù12 strokesto reside→豫yù15 strokeshappy→圆yuán10 strokescircle→源yuán13 strokesroot→怨yuàn9 strokesto blame→讶yà6 strokesastounded→炎yán8 strokesflame→宴yàn10 strokes(bound form) feast→艳yàn10 strokescolorful→淹yān11 strokesto flood→仰yǎng6 strokesto face upward→氧yǎng10 strokesoxygen (chemistry)→痒yǎng11 strokesto itch→央yāng5 strokescenter→遥yáo13 strokes(bound form) distant; remote; far away→液yè11 strokes(bound form) a liquid→野yě11 strokesfield→仪yí5 strokesapparatus→异yì6 strokesdifferent→抑yì7 strokesto restrain→疫yì9 strokes(bound form) epidemic; plague→蚁yǐ9 strokesant→隐yǐn11 strokes(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-→姻yīn9 strokesmarriage connections→颖yǐng13 strokeshead of grain→英yīng8 strokesUnited Kingdom→婴yīng11 strokesinfant→涌yǒng10 strokesto bubble up→忧yōu7 strokesto worry→浴yù10 strokesbath→欲yù11 strokesdesire→裕yù12 strokesabundant→誉yù13 strokesto praise→予yǔ4 strokes(archaic) I→援yuán12 strokesto help→跃yuè11 strokesto jump→匀yún4 strokeseven→孕yùn5 strokespregnant→晕yūn10 strokesconfused→芽yá7 strokesbud→崖yá11 strokesprecipice→涯yá11 strokesborder→揠yà12 strokesto eradicate→哑yǎ9 strokesmute; dumb; incapable of speech→雅yǎ12 strokeselegant→丫yā3 strokesfork→鸦yā9 strokescrow→岩yán8 strokescliff→阎yán11 strokessurname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)→檐yán17 strokeseaves→咽yàn9 strokesthroat; pharynx→焰yàn12 strokesflame→雁yàn12 strokeswild goose→燕yàn16 strokesYan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning→衍yǎn9 strokesto spread out→掩yǎn11 strokesto cover up; to conceal→杨yáng7 strokessurname Yang→漾yàng14 strokesto overflow→殃yāng9 strokescalamity→秧yāng10 strokesshoots→肴yáo8 strokesmeat dishes→窑yáo11 strokeskiln→谣yáo12 strokespopular ballad→耀yào20 strokesbrilliant→妖yāo7 strokesgoblin→冶yě7 strokesto smelt→椰yē12 strokes(bound form) coconut palm→夷yí6 strokesnon-Han people, esp. to the East of China→怡yí8 strokesharmony→亦yì6 strokesalso→屹yì6 strokeshigh and steep→役yì7 strokesforced labor→绎yì8 strokescontinuous→弈yì9 strokesancient name for go (Chinese board game)→逸yì11 strokesto escape→溢yì13 strokesto overflow→裔yì13 strokesdescendants→毅yì15 strokesfirm and resolute→翼yì17 strokeswing→矣yǐ7 strokesclassical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]→倚yǐ10 strokesto lean on→吟yín7 strokesto chant→荫yìn9 strokesshade→瘾yǐn16 strokesaddiction→殷yīn10 strokesflourishing→盈yíng9 strokesfull→荧yíng9 strokesa glimmer→莹yíng10 strokesluster of gems→蝇yíng14 strokesfly→鹰yīng18 strokeseagle→恿yǒng11 strokesto urge→踊yǒng14 strokesleap→佣yōng7 strokesto hire→庸yōng11 strokesordinary→佑yòu7 strokes(bound form) to bless; to protect→诱yòu9 strokes(literary) to induce; to entice→渔yú11 strokesfisherman→逾yú12 strokesto exceed→愚yú13 strokesto be stupid→舆yú14 strokes(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1])→驭yù5 strokesto drive→郁yù8 strokes(bound form) (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant→狱yù9 strokesprison→御yù12 strokes(bound form) imperial; royal→愈yù13 strokesthe more...(the more...)→宇yǔ6 strokesroom→屿yǔ6 strokesislet→淤yū11 strokessilt→缘yuán12 strokescause→辕yuán14 strokesshafts of cart→冤yuān10 strokesinjustice→渊yuān11 strokesdeep pool→岳yuè8 strokeshigh mountain→悦yuè10 strokespleased→曰yuē4 strokesto speak→耘yún10 strokesto weed→酝yùn11 strokesto brew→韵yùn13 strokesthe final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology)→熨yùn15 strokesreconciled→蕴yùn15 strokesto accumulate→陨yǔn9 strokes(bound form) to fall from the sky→伢yá6 strokes(dialect) child→岈yá7 strokesChinese character→厓yá8 strokesold form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)→玡yá8 strokesChinese character→琊yá10 strokesused in place names, notably 瑯琊山|琅琊山[Lang2 ya2 Shan1]→蚜yá10 strokesaphis→睚yá13 strokes(literary) corner of the eye; canthus→衙yá13 strokesoffice→轧yà5 strokesto crush together (in a crowd)→襾yà6 strokescover→覀yà6 strokesChinese character→迓yà7 strokesto receive (as a guest)→軋yà8 strokesChinese character→娅yà9 strokes(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters→砑yà9 strokesto calender→氩yà10 strokesargon (chemistry)→埡yà11 strokesChinese character→婭yà11 strokesChinese character→訝yà11 strokesChinese character→啞yǎ11 strokesChinese character→痖yǎ11 strokesmute, incapable of speech→亞yā8 strokesChinese character→枒yā8 strokesthe coconut tree→垭yā9 strokes(dialect) strip of land between hills→桠yā10 strokesforking branch→鴉yā15 strokesChinese character→鴨yā16 strokesChinese character→壓yā17 strokesChinese character→讠yán2 strokes"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)→闫yán6 strokessurname Yan→妍yán7 strokesbeautiful→訁yán7 strokesChinese character→阽yán7 strokesdangerous→炏yán8 strokesold variant of 炎[yan2]→嵒yán12 strokesChinese character→筵yán12 strokesbamboo mat for sitting→蜒yán12 strokesslug→閻yán16 strokesChinese character→顏yán18 strokesChinese character→簷yán19 strokesChinese character→嚴yán20 strokesChinese character→巖yán23 strokesChinese character→鹽yán24 strokesChinese character→妟yàn7 strokesChinese character→彥yàn9 strokesChinese character→彦yàn9 strokesaccomplished→砚yàn9 strokesink-stone→唁yàn10 strokesto extend condolences→晏yàn10 strokeslate→谚yàn11 strokesproverb→堰yàn12 strokesweir→焱yàn12 strokesChinese character→猒yàn12 strokesChinese character→硯yàn12 strokesChinese character→滟yàn13 strokestossing of billows→厭yàn14 strokesChinese character→酽yàn14 strokesstrong (of tea)→谳yàn15 strokesto decide judicially→餍yàn15 strokesto eat to the full→鴈yàn15 strokesChinese character→諺yàn16 strokesChinese character→赝yàn16 strokesfalse→鬳yàn16 strokesChinese character→嚥yàn19 strokesChinese character→贗yàn22 strokesChinese character→讌yàn23 strokesChinese character→饜yàn23 strokesChinese character→驗yàn23 strokesChinese character→艷yàn24 strokesChinese character→讞yàn27 strokesChinese character→豔yàn28 strokesChinese character→沇yǎn7 strokessurname Yan→兖yǎn8 strokesused in 兗州|兖州[Yan3zhou1]→奄yǎn8 strokessuddenly→俨yǎn9 strokesmajestic→兗yǎn9 strokesChinese character→匽yǎn9 strokesto hide, to secrete, to repress→弇yǎn9 strokesto cover→剡yǎn10 strokesriver in Zhejiang→偃yǎn11 strokesto lie supine→厣yǎn11 strokesoperculum (Latin: little lid)→郾yǎn11 strokesplace name→琰yǎn12 strokesgem→罨yǎn13 strokesfoment→魇yǎn15 strokesto have a nightmare→儼yǎn22 strokesChinese character→鼴yǎn22 strokesChinese character→鼹yǎn23 strokesmole→魘yǎn24 strokesChinese character→恹yān9 strokesused in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1yan1]→胭yān10 strokesrouge→崦yān11 strokesname of a mountain in Gansu→焉yān11 strokeswhere→菸yān11 strokesto wither→阉yān11 strokesto castrate→湮yān12 strokes(literary) to sink into oblivion→腌yān12 strokesto salt→傿yān13 strokesname of an immortal→煙yān13 strokesChinese character→鄢yān13 strokessurname Yan→嫣yān14 strokes(literary) lovely; sweet→醃yān15 strokesChinese character→閹yān16 strokesChinese character→懨yān17 strokesChinese character→炀yáng7 strokesmolten→佯yáng8 strokesto feign→氜yáng8 strokesold name for 氦[hai4], helium→疡yáng8 strokesulcers→徉yáng9 strokesto walk back and forth→昜yáng9 strokesold variant of 陽[yang2]→陽yáng11 strokesChinese character→揚yáng12 strokesChinese character→蛘yáng12 strokesa weevil found in rice etc→楊yáng13 strokesChinese character→煬yáng13 strokesChinese character→怏yàng8 strokesdiscontented→恙yàng10 strokessickness→烊yàng10 strokesmolten→羕yàng11 strokesChinese character→樣yàng15 strokesChinese character→飬yǎng13 strokesold variant of 餋[juan4]→養yǎng15 strokesChinese character→癢yǎng20 strokesChinese character→泱yāng8 strokesagitated (wind, cloud)→鸯yāng10 strokesmandarin duck→鞅yāng14 strokesmartingale (part of a horse's harness)→鴦yāng16 strokesChinese character→爻yáo4 strokesthe solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶→尧yáo6 strokessurname Yao→垚yáo9 strokesembankment→姚yáo9 strokeshandsome→轺yáo9 strokeslight carriage→珧yáo10 strokesmother-of-pearl→铫yáo11 strokessurname Yao→堯yáo12 strokesChinese character→殽yáo12 strokesChinese character→徭yáo13 strokescompulsory service→搖yáo13 strokesChinese character→遙yáo13 strokesChinese character→瑤yáo14 strokesChinese character→瑶yáo14 strokesjade→飖yáo14 strokesfloating in the air→窯yáo15 strokesChinese character→餚yáo16 strokesChinese character→繇yáo17 strokesfolk-song→謠yáo17 strokesChinese character→鳐yáo18 strokesskate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae)→颻yáo19 strokesChinese character→崾yào12 strokes(name of a mountain)→鹞yào15 strokessparrow hawk→曜yào18 strokesbright→藥yào19 strokesChinese character→鷂yào21 strokesChinese character→杳yǎo8 strokesdark and quiet→窅yǎo10 strokessunken eyes→窈yǎo10 strokes(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yao3])→舀yǎo10 strokesto ladle out; to scoop up→蓔yǎo14 strokesa variety of grass→幺yāo3 strokesyoungest→夭yāo4 strokes(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3])→吆yāo6 strokesto shout→揶yé11 strokesto gesticulate→铘yé11 strokesused in 鏌鋣|镆铘[Mo4ye2]→爺yé12 strokesChinese character→曳yè6 strokesto drag→邺yè7 strokessurname Ye→枼yè9 strokesChinese character→頁yè9 strokesChinese character→晔yè10 strokesbright light→烨yè10 strokesblaze of fire→掖yè11 strokesto tuck (into a pocket)→谒yè11 strokesto visit (a superior)→殗yè12 strokessickness→腋yè12 strokesarmpit→業yè13 strokesChinese character→葉yè13 strokesChinese character→曄yè15 strokesChinese character→鄴yè15 strokesChinese character→靥yè15 strokesdimple→嶪yè16 strokesChinese character→謁yè16 strokesChinese character→嘢yě14 strokes(Cantonese) thing→耶yē8 strokes(phonetic ye)→倻yē10 strokesused to represent phonetic "ya" in Korean names→噎yē15 strokesto choke (on)→蠮yē23 strokeswasp of the family Sphecidae→圯yí6 strokesbridge, bank→冝yí7 strokesChinese character→沂yí7 strokesYi River, Shandong→诒yí7 strokes(archaic) to present→饴yí8 strokesmaltose syrup→咦yí9 strokesexpression of surprise→荑yí9 strokes(grass)→贻yí9 strokesto present→巸yí10 strokesChinese character→眙yí10 strokesplace name→胰yí10 strokespancreas→痍yí11 strokesbruise→詒yí12 strokesChinese character→貽yí12 strokesChinese character→暆yí13 strokes(of the sun) declining→颐yí13 strokes(literary) chin; jaw→飴yí13 strokesChinese character→儀yí15 strokesChinese character→遺yí15 strokesChinese character→頤yí16 strokesChinese character→嶷yí17 strokesname of a mountain in Hunan→彝yí18 strokesancient wine vessel→彞yí18 strokesChinese character→乂yì2 strokesto regulate→弋yì3 strokesto shoot→刈yì4 strokesmow→仡yì5 strokesused in 仡佬族[Ge1 lao3 zu2], Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou→佚yì7 strokeslost→呓yì7 strokesto talk in one's sleep→耴yì7 strokesChinese character→邑yì7 strokescity→佾yì8 strokesrow of dancers at sacrifices→峄yì8 strokesname of hills in Shandong→怿yì8 strokespleased→泆yì8 strokeslicentious, libertine, dissipate→诣yì8 strokesto go (to visit a superior)→驿yì8 strokespost horse→奕yì9 strokesabundant→羿yì9 strokessurname Yi→轶yì9 strokesto excel→悒yì10 strokesanxiety→挹yì10 strokes(literary) to scoop up; to ladle out→埶yì11 strokesskill→埸yì11 strokesborder→殹yì11 strokes(archaic) (meaning unclear)→異yì11 strokesChinese character→翊yì11 strokesassist→翌yì11 strokesbright→豙yì11 strokesChinese character→軼yì12 strokesChinese character→睪yì13 strokesto spy out→缢yì13 strokes(literary) to die by hanging or strangulation→義yì13 strokesChinese character→肄yì13 strokesto learn→詣yì13 strokesChinese character→瘗yì14 strokesbury→蜴yì14 strokesused in 蜥蜴[xi1yi4]→億yì15 strokesChinese character→熠yì15 strokesto glow→誼yì15 strokesChinese character→镒yì15 strokesancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 兩|两[liang3]→劓yì16 strokescut off the nose→嶧yì16 strokesChinese character→憶yì16 strokesChinese character→殪yì16 strokesto exterminate→縊yì16 strokesChinese character→薏yì16 strokesChinese character→翳yì17 strokesfeather screen→臆yì17 strokes(bound form) chest; breast→鮨yì17 strokessushi→癔yì18 strokesused in 癔病[yi4bing4] and 癔症[yi4zheng4]→镱yì18 strokesytterbium (chemistry)→繹yì19 strokesChinese character→藝yì19 strokesChinese character→譯yì20 strokesChinese character→議yì20 strokesChinese character→囈yì22 strokesChinese character→懿yì22 strokes(literary) exemplary; virtuous→驛yì23 strokesChinese character→乛yǐ1 strokesChinese character→钇yǐ6 strokesyttrium (chemistry)→苡yǐ7 strokescommon plantain (Plantago major)→迤yǐ8 strokeswinding→舣yǐ9 strokesto moor a boat to the bank→扆yǐ10 strokessurname Yi→酏yǐ10 strokeselixirs→旖yǐ14 strokesused in 旖旎[yi3ni3]→蟻yǐ19 strokesChinese character→顗yǐ19 strokesChinese character→齮yǐ23 strokesChinese character→衤yī5 strokesthe left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1]→伊yī6 strokessurname Yi→祎yī8 strokesexcellent→咿yī9 strokes(onom.) to squeak→猗yī11 strokes(interj.)→铱yī11 strokesiridium (chemistry)→壹yī12 strokesone (banker's anti-fraud numeral)→揖yī12 strokesto greet by raising clasped hands→蛜yī12 strokeswoodlouse→禕yī13 strokesChinese character→漪yī14 strokesripple→噫yī16 strokesyeah (interjection of approval)→醫yī18 strokesChinese character→黟yī18 strokesblack and shining ebony→乑yín6 strokesto stand side by side→犾yín7 strokesChinese character→斦yín8 strokesChinese character→垠yín9 strokeslimit→狺yín10 strokessnarling of dogs→訚yín10 strokesrespectful→唫yín11 strokesto stutter→寅yín11 strokes3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger→淫yín11 strokesexcess→鄞yín13 strokesname of a district in Zhejiang→夤yín14 strokeslate at night→銀yín14 strokesChinese character→龈yín14 strokesgums (of the teeth)→誾yín15 strokesChinese character→霪yín19 strokesheavy rain→齦yín21 strokesChinese character→茚yìn8 strokesindene (chemistry)→胤yìn9 strokesdescendant→廴yǐn2 strokes"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc→尹yǐn4 strokes(literary) to administer; to govern→吲yǐn7 strokesused in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]→蚓yǐn10 strokesused in 蚯蚓[qiu1yin3]→飲yǐn12 strokesChinese character→檃yǐn16 strokestool used for shaping wood (old)→隱yǐn16 strokesChinese character→癮yǐn21 strokesChinese character→侌yīn8 strokesold variant of 陰|阴[yin1]→垔yīn9 strokesto restrain→洇yīn9 strokesto soak→茵yīn9 strokesmattress→氤yīn10 strokesused in 氤氳|氤氲[yin1yun1]→陰yīn10 strokesChinese character→铟yīn11 strokesindium (chemistry)→喑yīn12 strokesmute→堙yīn12 strokesbury→蔭yīn14 strokesChinese character→闉yīn17 strokesChinese character→茔yíng8 strokes(literary) a grave→荥yíng9 strokesplace name→萤yíng11 strokesfirefly→萦yíng11 strokes(literary) to wind around→塋yíng13 strokesChinese character→楹yíng13 strokespillar→滢yíng13 strokesclear→蓥yíng13 strokespolish→潆yíng14 strokeseddy→熒yíng14 strokesChinese character→瑩yíng15 strokesChinese character→嬴yíng16 strokesold variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit→營yíng16 strokesChinese character→縈yíng16 strokesChinese character→螢yíng16 strokesChinese character→鎣yíng18 strokesChinese character→巆yíng19 strokesChinese character→瀛yíng19 strokesocean→蠅yíng19 strokesChinese character→贏yíng20 strokesChinese character→媵yìng13 strokesmaid escorting bride to new home→郢yǐng9 strokesYing, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县→颍yǐng12 strokessurname Ying→瘿yǐng16 strokesgoiter→穎yǐng16 strokesChinese character→莺yīng10 strokesoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers→瑛yīng12 strokes(literary) translucent stone similar to jade→嘤yīng14 strokescalling of birds→撄yīng14 strokesoppose→缨yīng14 strokestassel→罂yīng14 strokesearthen jar with small mouth→賏yīng14 strokespearls or shells strung together→樱yīng15 strokescherry→璎yīng15 strokesnecklace→鹦yīng16 strokesused in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[ying1wu3]→嬰yīng17 strokesChinese character→應yīng17 strokesChinese character→膺yīng17 strokesbreast→罌yīng20 strokesChinese character→櫻yīng21 strokesChinese character→瓔yīng21 strokesChinese character→鶯yīng21 strokesChinese character→纓yīng23 strokesChinese character→鷹yīng24 strokesChinese character→鸚yīng28 strokesChinese character→哟yō9 strokesOh! (interjection indicating slight surprise)→唷yō11 strokes(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!→喲yō12 strokesChinese character→喁yóng12 strokes(literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water→甬yǒng7 strokesYong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1]→咏yǒng8 strokesto sing→俑yǒng9 strokeswooden figures buried with the dead→勈yǒng9 strokesold variant of 勇[yong3]→埇yǒng10 strokesraised path→湧yǒng12 strokesChinese character→詠yǒng12 strokesChinese character→蛹yǒng13 strokeschrysalis→踴yǒng16 strokesChinese character→痈yōng10 strokescarbuncle→邕yōng10 strokescity surrounded by a moat→傭yōng13 strokesChinese character→雍yōng13 strokessurname Yong→墉yōng14 strokesfortified wall→慵yōng14 strokeslethargic→壅yōng16 strokesto obstruct→擁yōng16 strokesChinese character→镛yōng16 strokeslarge bell→臃yōng17 strokesChinese character→雝yōng18 strokesChinese character→鳙yōng19 strokesChinese character→饔yōng22 strokes(literary) cooked food→鱅yōng22 strokesChinese character→癰yōng23 strokesChinese character→冘yóu4 strokesto go forward→甴yóu5 strokesused in 曱甴[yue1zha2]→斿yóu9 strokesscallops along lower edge of flag→疣yóu9 strokesnodule→莜yóu10 strokesChinese character→莸yóu10 strokesCaryopteris divaricata→郵yóu10 strokesChinese character→铀yóu10 strokesuranium (chemistry)→蚰yóu11 strokesChinese character→猶yóu12 strokesChinese character→遊yóu12 strokesChinese character→鱿yóu12 strokescuttlefish→猷yóu13 strokesto plan→鈾yóu13 strokesChinese character→蝣yóu15 strokesEphemera strigata→蝤yóu15 strokesused in 蝤蠐|蝤蛴[qiu2 qi2]→魷yóu15 strokesChinese character→蕕yóu16 strokesChinese character→侑yòu8 strokes(literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink)→囿yòu9 strokespark→宥yòu9 strokesto forgive→柚yòu9 strokespomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)→迶yòu9 strokesto walk→蚴yòu11 strokeslarva→釉yòu12 strokesglaze (of porcelain)→誘yòu14 strokesChinese character→鼬yòu18 strokes(zoology) weasel→卣yǒu7 strokeswine container→酉yǒu7 strokes10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster→莠yǒu10 strokesSetaria viridis→铕yǒu11 strokeseuropium (chemistry)→牖yǒu15 strokesto enlighten→黝yǒu17 strokesblack→攸yōu7 strokesdistant, far→呦yōu8 strokesOh! (exclamation of dismay etc)→憂yōu15 strokesChinese character→優yōu17 strokesChinese character→懮yōu18 strokesgrievous→邘yú5 strokessurname Yu→妤yú7 strokeshandsome→欤yú7 strokes(literary) (final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 呢[ne5] or 啊[a1])→玗yú7 strokessemiprecious stone→盂yú8 strokesbasin→臾yú8 strokesa moment→俞yú9 strokesyes (used by Emperor or ruler)→禺yú9 strokes(archaic) district→竽yú9 strokesfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China→舁yú9 strokesto lift→娛yú10 strokesChinese character→狳yú10 strokesused in 犰狳[qiu2 yu2]→谀yú10 strokesto flatter→馀yú10 strokessurname Yu→萸yú11 strokesused in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]→隅yú11 strokescorner→雩yú11 strokessummer sacrifice for rain→魚yú11 strokesChinese character→嵛yú12 strokesplace name in Shandong→揄yú12 strokesto draw out→渝yú12 strokesshort name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]→腴yú12 strokesfat on belly→榆yú13 strokeselm→瑜yú13 strokesexcellence→艅yú13 strokesused in 艅艎[yu2huang2]→虞yú13 strokes(literary) to expect; to anticipate→觎yú13 strokesto desire passionately→漁yú14 strokesChinese character→窬yú14 strokeshole in a wall→蝓yú15 strokesused in 蛞蝓[kuo4yu2]→諛yú15 strokesChinese character→餘yú15 strokesChinese character→覦yú16 strokesChinese character→輿yú17 strokesChinese character→齵yú24 strokesuneven (teeth)→肀yù4 strokesChinese character→聿yù6 strokes(arch. introductory particle)→芋yù6 strokestaro→妪yù7 strokesold woman→饫yù7 strokesfull (as of eating)→昱yù9 strokesbright light→峪yù10 strokesvalley→彧yù10 strokesaccomplished→钰yù10 strokestreasure→淯yù11 strokesname of river→谕yù11 strokesorder (from above)→阈yù11 strokesthreshold→矞yù12 strokesgrand→飫yù12 strokesChinese character→馭yù12 strokesChinese character→鹆yù12 strokesmynah→煜yù13 strokesbrilliant→蓣yù13 strokesChinese character→鈺yù13 strokesChinese character→預yù13 strokesChinese character→嫗yù14 strokesChinese character→毓yù14 strokes(literary) to produce; to foster; to nurture→獄yù14 strokesChinese character→蜮yù14 strokesmythical creature→慾yù15 strokesChinese character→燠yù16 strokeswarm→諭yù16 strokesChinese character→閾yù16 strokesChinese character→禦yù17 strokesChinese character→蕷yù17 strokesChinese character→藇yù17 strokessurname Xu→鹬yù17 strokescommon snipe→癒yù18 strokesChinese character→鵒yù18 strokesChinese character→譽yù20 strokesChinese character→鬻yù22 strokesto sell, esp. in strained circumstances→鷸yù23 strokesChinese character→鬱yù29 strokesChinese character→籲yù32 strokesChinese character→伛yǔ6 strokeshunchbacked→俣yǔ9 strokesbig→禹yǔ9 strokesYu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods→圄yǔ10 strokesprison→圉yǔ11 strokeshorse stable→庾yǔ11 strokessurname Yu→瘐yǔ13 strokesto maltreat (as prisoners)→與yǔ13 strokesChinese character→語yǔ14 strokesChinese character→窳yǔ15 strokesbad→龉yǔ15 strokesused in 齟齬|龃龉[ju3yu3]→嶼yǔ16 strokesChinese character→齬yǔ22 strokesChinese character→纡yū6 strokeswinding→迂yū6 strokesliteral-minded→紆yū9 strokesChinese character→瘀yū13 strokeshematoma (internal blood clot)→円yuán4 strokesyen (Japanese currency)→沅yuán7 strokesYuan river in Guizhou and Hunan→芫yuán7 strokesused in 芫荽[yan2 sui5]→垣yuán9 strokeswall→爰yuán9 strokestherefore→員yuán10 strokesChinese character→蚖yuán10 strokesProtura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod)→袁yuán10 strokessurname Yuan→鼋yuán12 strokessea turtle→園yuán13 strokesChinese character→圓yuán13 strokesChinese character→塬yuán13 strokesplateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黃土高原|黄土高原[Huang2 tu3 Gao1 yuan2]→猿yuán13 strokesape→緣yuán15 strokesChinese character→橼yuán16 strokesCitrus medica→螈yuán16 strokessalamander→轅yuán17 strokesChinese character→黿yuán17 strokesChinese character→櫞yuán19 strokesChinese character→苑yuàn8 strokes(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park→垸yuàn10 strokesChinese character→媛yuàn12 strokesused in 嬋媛|婵媛[chan2 yuan2] and in female names→掾yuàn12 strokesofficial→瑗yuàn13 strokeslarge jade ring→願yuàn19 strokesChinese character→遠yuǎn13 strokesChinese character→薳yuǎn17 strokessurname Wei→肙yuān7 strokesa small worm→鸢yuān8 strokeskite (small hawk)→眢yuān10 strokesinflamed eyelids→鸳yuān10 strokesmandarin duck→淵yuān12 strokesChinese character→蜎yuān13 strokessurname Yuan→箢yuān14 strokesused in 箢箕[yuan1 ji1] and 箢篼[yuan1 dou1]→鳶yuān14 strokesChinese character→鴛yuān16 strokesChinese character→戉yuè5 strokesChinese character→刖yuè6 strokesto amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])→悅yuè10 strokesChinese character→钺yuè10 strokesbattle-ax→粤yuè12 strokesCantonese→粵yuè13 strokesChinese character→鉞yuè13 strokesChinese character→閱yuè15 strokesChinese character→樾yuè16 strokesshade of trees→嶽yuè17 strokesChinese character→龠yuè17 strokesancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml)→瀹yuè20 strokesto cleanse→趯yuè21 strokesto jump→躍yuè21 strokesChinese character→鑰yuè25 strokesChinese character→哕yuě9 strokesto puke→噦yuě16 strokesChinese character→曱yuē5 strokesused in 曱甴[yue1zha2]→約yuē9 strokesChinese character→彟yuē20 strokesold variant of 蒦[huo4]→勻yún4 strokesChinese character→纭yún7 strokesconfused→芸yún7 strokescommon rue (Ruta graveolens)→昀yún8 strokessun light→郧yún9 strokesname of a feudal state→紜yún10 strokesChinese character→鄖yún12 strokesChinese character→雲yún12 strokesChinese character→筠yún13 strokesskin of bamboo→筼yún13 strokesChinese character→篔yún16 strokesChinese character→蕓yún16 strokesChinese character→郓yùn8 strokesplace name→恽yùn9 strokessurname Yun→鄆yùn11 strokesChinese character→愠yùn12 strokesindignant→運yùn12 strokesChinese character→慍yùn13 strokesChinese character→暈yùn13 strokesChinese character→韫yùn13 strokescontain→縕yùn16 strokesChinese character→醞yùn17 strokesChinese character→韻yùn19 strokesChinese character→蘊yùn20 strokesChinese character→狁yǔn7 strokesname of a tribe→殒yǔn11 strokes(literary) to perish; to die→隕yǔn12 strokesChinese character→殞yǔn14 strokesChinese character→氲yūn13 strokesused in 氤氳|氤氲[yin1yun1]→氳yūn14 strokesChinese character→
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