亞
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yà · Asia

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8Total strokes

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Top-middle-bottomCharacter structure

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二Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 亞

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Example sentences

Notice where 亞 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ gēge shì zhù zài shèng dì yā gē.我哥哥是住在聖地亞哥。

My brother is living in San Diego.

Source: Tatoeba #890613 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì ào dà lì yā rén.我是澳大利亞人。

I'm Australian.

Source: Tatoeba #13172086 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hā sà kè shì zhōng yā zuì dà de guó jiā.哈薩克是中亞最大的國家。

Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia.

Source: Tatoeba #13990627 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng bān dào ào dà lì yā qù.我想搬到澳大利亞去。

I would like to move to Australia.

Source: Tatoeba #10371744 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ qí shí bù xiǎng qù ào dà lì yā ba?你其實不想去澳大利亞吧?

You didn't actually want to go to Australia, did you?

Source: Tatoeba #13551889 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhōng guó shì yā zhōu zuì dà de guó jiā.中國是亞洲最大的國家。

China is the largest country in Asia.

Source: Tatoeba #471454 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 亞 in context

  1. Say yà, then recall the core meaning: Asia.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-middle-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 亞 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.