雅 Strokes Write it Listen 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined HSK 7–9 12 strokes Radical 隹 Sound + meaning 3 words Built from牙soundyátooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated隹meaningzhuīshort-tailed bird; sparrow How it works隹 hints at the meaning (bird), and 牙 yá hints at the sound.