ㄚ

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See also: 丫, ㆩ, and Y

ㄚ U+311A, ㄚ
BOPOMOFO LETTER A
← ㄙ
 		Bopomofo ㄛ →

Translingual

Stroke order
3 strokes

Letter

ㄚ

  1. type: monophthong rhyme
  2. general transliteration: a
  3. keyboard key: 8

Descendants

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".

Etymology

Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. 22nd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 31st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (general) Sound IPA(key): /ä/
    help (Pinyin: a), which is commonly present in Chinese.
  2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA(key): /ˀä/
    help (Pinyin: a)
  3. (Mazu dialect if pronounced with the 1st, 2nd, 5th, or 8th tone) Sound IPA(key): /a/ (Pinyin: a).
  4. (Miao dialect, Mazu dialect if pronounced with the 3rd, 4th, or 7th tone) Sound IPA(key): /ɑ/ (Pinyin: a).
  5. (Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Sound IPA(key): /ã/ (Pinyin: ai)

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 31st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /a/ (Hutton): a

References

  • Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
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