Spot 厓
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
厓 component
yá · precipice; river bank, shore; surname
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 厓
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue厓Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 厓.
捱=
扌
崖=
山
涯=
氵
睚=
目
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 厓 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
生涯shēngyá
career
HSK 3.0 · L7-9悬崖xuányáprecipice
HSK 3.0 · L7-9悬崖峭壁xuán yá qiào bìsheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
HSK 2.0 · L6咫尺天涯zhǐ chǐ tiān yáso close, yet worlds apart
地角天涯dì jiǎo tiān yáThe ends of the earth
天涯tiān yáthe other end of the world
天涯比邻tiān yá bǐ línsee 天涯若比鄰|天涯若比邻[tian1 ya2 ruo4 bi3 lin2]
天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎothe ends of the earth
学海无涯xué hǎi wú yásea of learning, no horizon
山崖shān yácliff
崖岸yá àncliff
崖壁yá bìescarpment