亚

second; next to; inferior; sub-; Taiwan pr. [ya3]

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #81 U+4E9A

Pictograph (象形字)

Picture of a cross-shaped house or temple

components: 一业

Asia · Heisig RSH #1351

一 one + 业 profession

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 亚 as their sound component

These characters all use 亚 (yà) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亚 sound component	yà	Asia; second
恶	è	bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
哑	yǎ	dumb, mute, hoarse
娅	yà	a mutual term of address for sons-in-law or brothers-in-law
垩	è	chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious
桠	yā	tree fork
垭	yā	used in place names
氩	yà	argon
痖	yǎ	dumb, mute

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不亚	bù yà	no less than; not inferior to
中亚	Zhōng Yà	Central Asia
三亚市	Sān yà Shì	Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]
马利亚	Mǎ lì yà	Maria (name); Mary, mother of Jesus Christ
亚拉巴马	Yà lā bā mǎ	Alabama, US state
亚文化	yà wén huà	subculture
亚金	Yà jīn	Achim (son of Zadok in Matthew 1:14)
马来西亚人	Mǎ lái xī yà rén	Malaysian person or people
亚克力	yà kè lì	(loanword) acrylic
克罗地亚	Kè luó dì yà	Croatia
西里西亚	Xī lǐ xī yà	Silesia
亚东县	Yà dōng Xiàn	Yadong, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市\|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
西亚	Xī Yà	Southwest Asia
亚里斯多德	Yà lǐ sī duō dé	Aristotle (philosopher)
克罗地亚语	Kè luó dì yà yǔ	Croatian (language)
三亚	Sān yà	see 三亞市\|三亚市[San1 ya4 Shi4]
巴西利亚	Bā xī lì yà	Brasilia, capital of Brazil
西南亚	xī nán yà	southwest Asia
巴克特里亚	Bā kè tè lǐ yà	Bactria, an ancient country of Central Asia
马来西亚	Mǎ lái xī yà	Malaysia