Translingual

Han character

Stroke order.

呀 (radical 30 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一女竹 (RMVH), four-corner 6104₀, composition ⿰口牙)

References

• KangXi: page 180, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3383
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 587, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5440

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

呀

1. (expressing surprise)

   呀！下雨了！  ―  Yā! Xiàyǔ le!  ―  Ah! It's raining!

2. (onomatopoeia) creak

   門呀的一聲開了。 / 门呀的一声开了。  ―  Mén yā de yī shēng kāi le.  ―  The door opened with a creak.

Pronunciation

Definitions

呀

1. sentence-final particle

   他是誰呀？ / 他是谁呀？  ―  Tā shì shéi ya?  ―  Who is he?

   ⇒ 啊

Usage notes

• The particle is only used after words ending -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü.

Synonyms

• 啊 (a) (after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi)
• 哇 (wa) (after -u, -ao)
• 哪 (na) (after -n)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: が (ga), か (ka)
• Kun: あ (a), あつ (atsu)

Korean

Hanja

呀 • ‎(ha) (hangeul 하, McCune-Reischauer ha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呀 (nhá, nha)

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