哑

ya̅ = y + a1

(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of 呀[ya1]

yǎ = y + a3

dumb / mute / hoarse / husky / unexploded (of artillery shell etc)

哑 = 亚 + 口 : Maud Younger (y) is having the worst lunch of her life in the ashram (a3). It consists of a rotten mandarin (口) and sour mapo doufu (亚). After finishing her lunch she is so disgusted that she turns mute (哑) for several days.

哑

啞

yǎ = y + a3

mute; dumb; incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse; husky / (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud

哑 character breakdown

哑
- 亚
  - 一
  - 业
- 口

亚

亞

yà = y + a4

Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]

亚 = 一 + 业 : What is Asia famous for? Many people will say for its food. Let's say that 亚 is for 麻婆豆腐. Maud Younger is eating a plate of Mapo Doufu in the ashram's bathroom, when a bullfrog steals the plate by snatching it away with his tongue. His punishment follows at once by Maud Younger beating him over the head with a flute.

亚

亞

yà = y + a4

second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]