婭

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See also: 娅
婭 U+5A6D, 婭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A6D
← 婬
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 婮 →

Translingual

Traditional 婭
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𫰫
Simplified 娅

Han character

婭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女一中一 (VMLM), four-corner 41417, composition ⿰女亞)

  1. mutual term of address used by sons-in-law
  2. a brother-in-law

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6441
  • Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1055, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5A6D

Chinese

trad. 婭
simp. 娅
alternative forms 亞／亚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 婭
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
Baxter 'aeH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aa3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 婭
Reading # 1/1
No. 14213
Phonetic
component 		亞
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		亞
Old
Chinese 		/*qraːɡs/

Definitions

婭

  1. (literary) term of address used between husbands of sisters
  2. Used in 婭奼／娅姹 (yàchà).

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

婭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

婭: Hán Nôm readings: ả

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