哑

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

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,953 U+54D1

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 亚 (phonetic, yà)

components: 口亚

mute · Heisig RSH #2760

口 mouth + 亚 Asia

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亚

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亚 (yà) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亚 sound component	yà	Asia; second
恶	è	bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
娅	yà	a mutual term of address for sons-in-law or brothers-in-law
垩	è	chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious
桠	yā	tree fork
垭	yā	used in place names
氩	yà	argon
痖	yǎ	dumb, mute

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出	yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū	to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering; some…
哑口无言	yǎ kǒu wú yán	dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words
哑巴吃黄连	yǎ ba chī huáng lián	no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮\|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不…
打哑语	dǎ yǎ yǔ	to use sign language
哑然失笑	yǎ rán shī xiào	to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
哑巴吃黄莲	yǎ ba chī huáng lián	variant of 啞巴吃黃連\|哑巴吃黄连[ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2]
哑子	yǎ zi	(dialect) a mute (person)
吃哑巴亏	chī yǎ ba kuī	to be forced to suffer in silence; unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
哑口	yǎ kǒu	as if dumb; speechless
哑语	yǎ yǔ	sign language
哑巴	yǎ ba	a mute; mute; silent
哑光	yǎ guāng	matte; non-glossy
哑点	yǎ diǎn	blind spot; dead spot
沙哑	shā yǎ	hoarse; husky; raspy
哑弹	yǎ dàn	dud
哑终端	yǎ zhōng duān	dumb terminal
哑巴亏	yǎ ba kuī	pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
装聋作哑	zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ	to play deaf-mute
哑剧	yǎ jù	pantomime; mime show
哑鼓	yǎ gǔ	drum practice pad (music); a practice drum (music)