揠 (yà): to eradicate

揠 (yà) is a Chinese character meaning “to eradicate.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 匽 (phonetic). It ranks #3048 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 揠 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 把 (bǎ, to hold, measure word).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 扌 hand12 strokesFrequency #3048扌 semantic匽 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to eradicate

Etymology & Origin

揠

pictophonetichand

Decomposition: ⿰扌匽 (layout: left-right)

Components:扌semantic匽phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
揠苗助长yà miáo zhù zhǎngsee 拔苗助長|拔苗助长[ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3]
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Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

揠 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 揠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

苗miáo
0.52360 co-occurrences
助zhù
0.41554 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

揠字由12笔画组成，结构很巧妙。

yà zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "揠" consists of 12 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.

Character Family

扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical

挨āi按àn扒bā拔bá把bǎ摆bǎi扳bān搬bān扮bàn拌bàn

Related Characters

手shǒu打dǎ把bǎ找zhǎo换huàn接jiē推tuī拉lā拿ná指zhǐ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 揠 (yà) mean in Chinese?
揠 (yà) primarily means "to eradicate." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3048 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 揠 have?
揠 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 揠?
The radical associated with 揠 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 揠?
揠 is composed of: 扌 (semantic), 匽 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰扌匽 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 揠?
Common words with 揠 include: 揠苗助长 (yà miáo zhù zhǎng, "see 拔苗助長|拔苗助长[ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3]"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 揠 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 揠 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.