崖
yá
#2,242 most
frequent character
precipice, cliff, Taiwan pr. [yai2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
崖 yá joins 屵, a tall mountain, with 圭 guī, a sound part that is not close today. The mountain part fits the first sense, 'steep cliff or shore,' which grew to 'cliff, precipice.'
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