涯

yá

shore, bank, water's edge

How to write 涯, stroke by stroke

border; horizon; shore

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 厓

Made of 氵 + 厓

生涯shēng yácareer; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
天涯tiān yáthe other end of the world; a faraway place
天涯海角tiān yá hǎi jiǎothe ends of the earth; separated worlds apart
职涯zhí yácareer
地角天涯dì jiǎo tiān yáThe ends of the earth
学海无涯xué hǎi wú yásea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn; ars longa, vita brevis
浪迹天涯làng jì tiān yáto roam far and wide (idiom); to travel the world
咫尺天涯zhǐ chǐ tiān yáso close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
戎马生涯róng mǎ shēng yáarmy life (idiom); the experience of war
天涯比邻tiān yá bǐ línsee 天涯若比邻
海角天涯hǎi jiǎo tiān yásee 天涯海角
天涯区tiān yá qūTianya, a district of Sanya City 三亚市, Hainan

他的政治生涯完蛋了。
tā de zhèng zhì shēng yá wán dàn le 。
His political career is done for.
他的政治生涯结束了。
tā de zhèng zhì shēng yá jié shù le 。
His political career has ended.
海上升明月，天涯共此时。
hǎi shàng shēng míng yuè ， tiān yá gòng cǐ shí 。
As the moon rises above the sea, we share the same time though we are far apart.