爷

grandpa; old gentleman

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,591 U+7237

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

父 (semantic, “father”) + 耶 (phonetic, yē)

components: 父卩

grandfather · Heisig RSH #2434

父 father + chop

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 耶

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 耶 (yē) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
耶 sound component	yē	used in transliterations
椰	yē	palm tree, coconut tree
倻	yē	used to transliterate Korean place names
揶	yé	to ridicule, to poke fun at

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
青天大老爷	qīng tiān dà lǎo ye	my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
老大爷	lǎo dà yé	uncle; grandpa; CL:位[wei4]
老爷子	lǎo yé zi	my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male
天老爷	tiān lǎo ye	see 老天爺\|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2]
老天爷	lǎo tiān yé	God; Heavens
老爷车	lǎo ye chē	classic car
空中少爷	kōng zhōng shào ye	airline steward
板儿爷	bǎn r yé	(coll.) pedicab driver
老太爷	lǎo tài yé	elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
官老爷	guān lǎo ye	nickname for official
教师爷	jiào shī yé	master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting ski…
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀	lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què	lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom); fig. don't give up hope; if you toug…
老佛爷	Lǎo fó yé	title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowage…
大爷	dà yé	arrogant idler; self-centered show-off
大爷	dà ye	(coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
家爷	jiā yé	(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
财神爷	cái shén yé	god of wealth; very wealthy man
外爷	wài ye	(dialect) maternal grandfather
老爷	lǎo ye	(respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
王爷	wáng ye	prince; marquis; nobleman