丫 fork of a tree

丫 fork of a tree

丫 is a pictographic character of the fork of a tree and serves as a phonetic component to form characters. 

丫 has the following meanings in modern Chinese:

1. Fork of a tree or an object

2. Little o young girl.  A girl’s hair is styled into the shape of a tree fork and she is called a 丫头 (dialect or colloquial use)

Characters formed by 丫

吖 ā or yā

Oh, 丫 is really alone…there is just one character formed by it.

Common words and set phrases of 丫

  • 丫杈
  • 丫头
  • 丫鬟
  • 枝丫
  • 丫环
  • 脚丫
  • 丫叉
  • 丫枝
  • 丫木
  • 丫童
  • 黄毛丫头
  • 丫头片子
  • 耳丫子
  • 丫巴儿
  • 浑骨丫髻
  • 郑氏丫环
  • 丫丫叉叉
  • 大丫头
  • 毛丫头
  • 撒丫子