涯 yá horizon
horizon; border; shore
How to remember 涯: 氵 water + 厓 cliff edge = horizon. The water of the sea stretches out below the cliff edge where a girl sits with her sandwich, until it meets the horizon.
Component breakdown
涯 = 氵 water + 厓 cliff edge
- 氵 water
- 厓 cliff edge
The water of the sea stretches out below the cliff edge where a girl sits with her sandwich, until it meets the horizon.
How it is used
- A shore/limit/horizon - 天涯 (tiānyá) the ends of the earth: 天涯海角 (tiānyá-hǎijiǎo) the remotest corners, 天涯若比邻 (a soulmate feels near though far).
- 生涯 (shēngyá) means one's career/life-course: 职业生涯 (zhíyè shēngyá) one's professional career. 无涯 (wúyá) boundless.