砑

砑 · yà

to grind, to calender, to polish; to roll with a stone roller

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yà
Cantonese
ngaa6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to grind, to calender, to polish; to roll with a stone roller

Dictionary definitions & readings

砑 yà · to calender

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42419.070:yà Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1322.030:yà Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
420.170:yà Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yà粵ngaa6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ガ ゲ すりくだく みがく Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
아:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
吾駕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MRMVH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1164.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0828.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
422.10 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7811
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6810

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
砑
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngaeH · 吾駕 · 假開二去麻疑 · #2861

PHONO-ML, source line 15421; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
963.503
kDaeJaweon
1242.190
kHanYu
42419.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1242.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42419.070
kIRGKangXi
0828.210
kKangXi
0828.210
kMatthews
7218
kMorohashi
24067:E0102
kSBGY
422.10
kSMSZD2003Index
468.08
kCangjie
MRMVH
kFourCornerCode
1164.0
kMojiJoho
MJ018442 MJ018442:E0101 MJ018441:E0102
kPhonetic
951
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6D3C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CFEB
kIRG_JSource
J1-4F53
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5FB7
kIRG_KSource
K1-6628
kIRG_TSource
T2-2C4D
kRSUnicode
112.4
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
CFEB
kCCCII
226374
kCNS1986
2-2C4D
kCNS1992
2-2C4D
kEACC
226374
kGB0
7728
kGB1
7728
kJis1
4751
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4267
kTGH
2013:6810
kTaiwanTelegraph
4267
kXerox
266:166
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22072+92.5.5 C+22072+112.5.5
kCantonese
ngaa6
kDefinition
to grind, to calender, to polish; to roll with a stone roller
kFanqie
吾駕
kHangul
아:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42419.070:yà
kJapanese
ガ ゲ すりくだく みがく
kJapaneseKun
SURU
kJapaneseOn
GA GE
kKorean
A
kMandarin
yà
kSMSZD2003Readings
yà粵ngaa6
kTGHZ2013
420.170:yà
kXHC1983
1322.030:yà

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 砑0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
石 beside 牙 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰石牙$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石牙$(GHTJKP)

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