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亞
亞
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Translingual
| Traditional | 亞 |
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| Shinjitai | 亜 |
| Simplified | 亚 |
Han character
亞 (radical 7 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中中一 (MLLM), four-corner 10107)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 87, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 274
- Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 23, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4E9E
Chinese
| trad. | 亞 | |
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| simp. | 亚 | |
| alt. forms | 亜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aa3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â
- Min Dong (BUC): ā
- Min Nan (POJ): à / a / ah
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhia (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
- Wade-Giles: ya4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
- IPA (key): /i̯a̠⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, common variant)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ
- Wade-Giles: ya3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea
- IPA (key): /i̯a̠²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aa3
- Yale: a
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3
- IPA (key): /ɑː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â
- Hakka Romanization System: a´
- Hagfa Pinyim: a1
- IPA: /a²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ā
- IPA (key): /a³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: à
- Tâi-lô: à
- Phofsit Daibuun: ax
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /a²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a
- Tâi-lô: a
- Phofsit Daibuun: af
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah
- Tâi-lô: ah
- Phofsit Daibuun: aq
- IPA (Quanzhou): /aʔ⁵/
- Note: à - literary; a/ah - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhia (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦiᴀ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 亞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 衣嫁切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔˠaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔᵚaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔaɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/aH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔaH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yà |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 亞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yà |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔæH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*ʔˤrak-s/ |
| English | secondary |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 亞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14212 |
| Phonetic component |
亞 |
| Rime group |
暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
亞 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qraːɡs/ |
Definitions
亞
Compounds
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References
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 亜)
- rank
- follow
- sub- prefix
Readings
References
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Usage notes
Korean
Hanja
亞 • (a) (hangeul 아, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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References
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 亞
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Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 椏 | *qaːʔ, *qraː |
| 錏 | *qraː |
| 鵶 | *qraː |
| 啞 | *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ |
| 瘂 | *qraːʔ |
| 亞 | *qraːɡs |
| 婭 | *qraːɡs |
| 俹 | *qraːɡs |
| 稏 | *qraːɡs |
| 惡 | *qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ |
| 噁 | *qaːɡs |
| 堊 | *qaːɡ |
| 蝁 | *qaːɡ |
Pictogram (象形) : an overhead view of a house's interior with four corners. Originally meaning "house".