雅

雅
yǎ = y + a3
elegant
雅 = 牙 + 隹 : Maud Younger's (y) wisdom tooth (牙) hurt a lot, but she found a very elegant (雅) way to get rid of it. In the ashram (a3) she has the sparrow (隹) pull it out for her.

雅 character breakdown

牙
yá = y + a2
tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1]
Mnemonic symbol: wisdom tooth. Maud Younger has a wisdom tooth removed just inside the ashram's kitchen.
隹
zhui̅ = zhu + ei1
short-tailed bird
隹 = 住 + 一 : A sparrow. Julian Giant Squid often visits the sparrows living in front of the Eiffel Tower, and plays his flute for them.

Characters with 雅 as component

雅 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 雅

优
優
雅
雅
grace / graceful
典
雅
refined; elegant
典
雅
refined / elegant
儒
雅
scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous
俊
雅
elegant / smart / delicate
一
日
之
雅
lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance
不
不
雅
雅
观
觀
offensive to the eye / unbecoming / unsightly / ungainly
不
雅
graceless / vulgar / indecent
克
雅
氏
症
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease CJD
不
登
大
雅
之
堂
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
俊
雅
(literary) elegant; graceful; refined

Sentences with 雅

雅 currently does not appear in any sentence.