涯
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.border
- 2.horizon
- 3.shore
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Wiktionary
- 1.bank; shore
- 2.limit; boundary; margin
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Etymology
From a root *ŋ(ˤ)rar (“slope, nearly vertical side”), whence also 巘 (OC *ŋ(r)ar(ʔ), “hill”), 山 (OC *s-ŋrar, “mountain”), and 顏 (OC *C.ŋˤrar, “forehead”) (Baxter & Sagart, 2014). Same word as 崖 (yá, “cliff”) and 睚 (yá, “rim (of the eye)”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Related words
生涯 career职涯 career天涯 the other end of the world天涯 see 天涯区[Tiān yá Qū]天涯区 Tianya, a district of Sanya City 三亚市[Sān yà Shì], Hainan天涯比邻 see 天涯若比邻[tiān yá ruò bǐ lín]戎马生涯 army life (idiom)天涯海角 the ends of the earth天涯海角 Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya 三亚[Sān yà]地角天涯 The ends of the earth学海无涯 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn浪迹天涯 to roam far and wide (idiom)