雅 yǎ — what the character means in a Chinese name

What 雅 means in a Chinese nameyǎ

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正；合乎规范的；文雅。

Correct, refined — the register a thing is supposed to be in.

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容则秀雅 Bearing, not decoration

容则秀雅，稚朱颜只。

Her bearing is refined and elegant; her face still holds its young colour.

楚辞 · 大招 · our translation

Here 雅 is the correctness of bearing, not airs. A name takes the fit, not the pose. 「雅」在这里是仪容的端正，不是「高雅」的姿态。名字用「雅」，取的是这个「看起来就该这样」。

雅正清雅雅之文雅清雅

In a name

Being what it should be, on sight.

「雅」是看起来就该这样。

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