爷yé
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爷
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爷 is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 父 on the left and the phonetic 耶 on the right. The radical 父 originates as an oracle bone pictogram of a hand holding a rod, symbolizing paternal authority. The phonetic 耶 provides the sound, and the character originally meant “father” and later extended to “grandfather”.
Pinyin
yé· HSK 1