涯 Stroke Order — How to Write 涯
涯 is written in 11 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 氵, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
涯 Radical and Character Components
涯 is a phono-semantic compound: 氵 (water) carries the meaning, while 厓 indicates the sound.
Radical: 氵 + 8 more strokes
涯 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- yá
Meanings of 涯 in Chinese
yá涯
More words with 涯
- jì际yá涯Horizon, Boundary
- máng茫wú无yá涯Boundless, Vast and endless
- shēng生yá涯career, life
- tiān天yá涯the ends of the earth, a distant place
- wú无yá涯Boundless, Limitless
- zhí职yè业shēng生yá涯Career, Professional life
- chuàng创zuò作shēng生yá涯creative career, artistic career
- jūn军lǚ旅shēng生yá涯military career, military life
- wén文xué学shēng生yá涯literary career, writing career
- yì艺shù术shēng生yá涯artistic career, art career
- yǒu有yá涯Limited, Finite
- xué学yè业shēng生yá涯academic career, academic life
- píng萍gěng梗tiān天yá涯Wander the world, Drift far and wide
- zhàng仗jiàn剑tiān天yá涯Traveling the world with a sword, Roaming the land as a swordsman
- gè各zì自tiān天yá涯Go their separate ways, Worlds apart
- tàn探xiǎn险shēng生yá涯adventure career, life of adventure
Idioms with 涯
- hǎi海jiǎo角tiān天yá涯ends of the earth
- làng浪jì迹tiān天yá涯wander the ends of the earth
- liú流luò落tiān天yá涯wander destitute to the ends of the earth
- mài卖xiào笑shēng生yá涯a life of prostitution
- róng戎mǎ马shēng生yá涯a military career
- tiān天yá涯dì地jiǎo角ends of the earth
- tiān天yá涯hǎi海jiǎo角the ends of the earth
- xué学hǎi海wú无yá涯learning is boundless
- yí一wàng望wú无yá涯boundless as far as the eye can see
- zhǐ咫chǐ尺tiān天yá涯So near, yet so far
- chóu愁hǎi海wú无yá涯boundless sea of sorrow
- dì地jiǎo角tiān天yá涯remote and distant places
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Open the tool →Questions about 涯
What does 涯 mean in Chinese?
涯 (yá) means “Water's edge” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 涯?
涯 is pronounced yá in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 涯 have?
涯 has 11 strokes.
How do you write 涯?
涯 is written in 11 strokes, starting from the radical 氵. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 涯?
The radical of 涯 is 氵, and 涯 is a phono-semantic compound.