野 (yě): field, plain, open space, limit, boundary, rude
野 (yě) is a Chinese character meaning “field.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 里 (semantic) and 予 (phonetic). It ranks #845 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 野 village. Its radical form 里 (village) appears in many related characters such as 里 (lǐ, lining), 重 (chóng, to repeat), 量 (liàng, capacity).
Definitions
- field
- plain
- open space
- limit
- boundary
- rude
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 野
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野兽noun | yě shòu | beast |
| 野蛮adjective | yě mán | barbarous |
| 野餐noun | yě cān | picnic |
| 野马noun | yě mǎ | feral horse |
| 野营verb | yě yíng | to camp |
| 野心noun | yě xīn | ambition |
| 视野noun | shì yě | field of view |
| 野猫noun | yě māo | wildcat |
| 荒野noun | huāng yě | wilderness |
| 野人noun | yě rén | a savage |
| 野性noun | yě xìng | wild nature |
| 野猪noun | yě zhū | wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
| 野牛noun | yě niú | bison |
| 粗野adjective | cū yě | insolent |
| 田野noun | tián yě | field |
野 appears in 100 compound words: 53 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 12 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 野 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (13)
a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere
wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate; one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on
to fortify defences and evacuate all civilians and supplies; scorched-earth policy
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
to fortify defences and evacuate all civilians and supplies; scorched-earth policy
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate; one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on
Showing 12 of 13 idioms containing 野.
Example Sentences
我们在野外露营，晚上可以看到满天星星。
Wǒmen zài yěwài lùyíng, wǎnshang kěyǐ kàn dào mǎntiān xīngxing.
We camped in the wilderness; at night, we could see a sky full of stars.
林柏宏春节变散财童子!打麻将天天输钱 想野生捕捉快冲台大校园
lín bǎi hóng chūn jié biàn sàn cái tóng zǐ ! dǎ má jiāng tiān tiān shū qián xiǎng yě shēng bǔ zhuō kuài chōng tái dà jiào yuán
Lin Baihong became a boy with money during the Spring Festival! Playing mahjong and losing money every day, I want to catch it wild and rush to the campus of National Taiwan University
...谈家人泪崩30秒!黄金世代队友齐聚 揭“野兽”私下真面目
. . . tán jiā rén lèi bēng 3 0 miǎo ! huáng jīn shì dài duì yǒu qí jù jiē yě shòu sī xià zhēn miàn mù
... Talking about family tears for 30 seconds! Golden Generation teammates gathered to reveal the true face of the "Beast" in private
冬奥/越野滑雪收官战:瑞典名将安德松女子50公里夺...
dōng ào yuè yě huá xuě shōu guān zhàn : ruì diǎn míng jiāng ān dé sōng nǚ zǐ 5 0 gōng lǐ duó . . .
Winter Olympics/Cross-country Skiing Finale: Sweden's Andersson Women's 50km Victory...
...职》工藤改造的吕彦青首秀“期待以下” 平野惠一解释原因
. . . zhí gōng téng gǎi zào de lǚ 彦 qīng shǒu xiù qī dài yǐ xià píng yě huì yī jiě shì yuán yīn
... "Job" Kudo's transformation of Lu Yanqing's debut "looking forward to the following" Keiichi Hirano explained the reason
...万粉丝的他,为何归零重启,一头扎进金山田野?
. . . mò fěn sī de tā , wéi hé guī líng chóng qǐ , yī tóu zhā jìn jīn shān tián yě ?
... Why did he reboot from scratch and dive into the Kanayama fields?
请不要做任何有损松野家族名声的事！
Qǐng bù yào zuò rènhé yǒu sǔn sōngyě jiāzú míngshēng de shì!
Please don't do anything that would besmirch the Matsuno family name!
你认为你是什么野兽？猎犬还是老鼠？
Nǐ rènwéi nǐ shì shénme yěshòu? lièquǎn háishi lǎoshǔ?
What beast dost thou think thou art? Art thou a hound or a rat?
你想去野生动物园就乘五号巴士吧。
Nǐ xiǎng qù yěshēngdòngwù yuán jiù chéng wǔhào bāshì ba.
If you are going to the safari park, take the No.5 bus.
为了看野生动物，他去了非洲。
Wèile kàn yěshēngdòngwù, tā qù le Fēizhōu.
He went to Africa to see wild animals.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 里 (village) component
里 Radical Family — Characters sharing the village radical
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