아

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아 U+C544, 아
HANGUL SYLLABLE A
Composition:ㅇ + ㅏ
← 앃
 		Hangul Syllables 악 →
㈕ U+3215, ㈕
PARENTHESIZED HANGUL IEUNG A
← ㈔
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈖ →
㉵ U+3275, ㉵
CIRCLED HANGUL IEUNG A
← ㉴
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㉶ →
See also: -아 and -아-

(see above for suffixes and particles)

See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"
아악앆앇안앉않
앋알앍앎앏앐앑
앒앓암압앖앗았
앙앚앛앜앝앞앟
씨 ←→ 애

Cia-Cia

Numeral

아 (a)

  1. one; prenominal form of 이세
    아 미아 ― a-mia ― one person

References

  • Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.
  • Lee, Hwang & Abidin (2009). 바하사 찌아찌아 1. Hunminjeongeum Society: Seoul.

Korean

Etymology 1

Imitative; compare English ah, Chinese 啊 (ā), Japanese ああ (ā).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?a
McCune–Reischauer?a
Yale Romanization?a

Interjection

아 • (a)

  1. ah; oh
    아, 제가 실수했네요! ― A, je-ga silsuhaenneyo! ― Ah, I made a mistake!

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 我, from the Middle Korean reading 아〯 (Yale: ǎ), from Middle Chinese 我 (MC ngaX).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?a
McCune–Reischauer?a
Yale Romanization?ā

Noun

아 • (a) (hanja 我)

  1. (literary, philosophy) the ego; the self

Pronoun

아 • (a) (hanja 我)

  1. (archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) I; me
  2. (archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) we; us; our

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

아 • (a)

  1. Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Yukjin form of 아이 (ai, “child, kid”).
    • 1982 January 31, 현진식 [hyeonjinsik], “거짓말 잘하는 사위 구하기 [geojinmal jalhaneun sawi guhagi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 경상남도 의령군 정곡면 [gyeongsangnamdo uiryeonggun jeonggongmyeon]:
      그래 대감의 성질이 어떻냐 할 겉으머, 대략 이 아를, 이 사람을 들온 거를 말이지...
      Geurae daegam-ui seongjir-i eotteon-nya hal geoteumeo, daeryak i a-reul, i saram-eul deuron georeul mari-ji...
      If you wonder what this lord's temper was like, this child, this person once went inside...
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

아 • (a)

More information
  1. 丫:
    (MC reading: 丫 (MC 'ae))
  2. 亜:
    (MC reading: 亜)
  3. 亞:
    (MC reading: 亞 (MC 'aeH))
  4. 俄:
    (MC reading: 俄 (MC nga))
  5. 俹:
    (MC reading: 俹 (MC 'aeH))
  6. 偎:
    (MC reading: 偎 (MC 'woj))
  7. 児:
    (MC reading: 児)
  8. 兒:
    (MC reading: 兒 (MC nye|ngej))
  9. 厊:
    (MC reading: 厊 (MC ngaeX))
  10. 哦:
    (MC reading: 哦 (MC nga))
  11. 唖:
    (MC reading: 唖)
  12. 唲:
    (MC reading: 唲 (MC nye))
  13. 啊:
    (MC reading: 啊)
  14. 啞:
    (MC reading: 啞 (MC 'aeX|'aeH|'aek|'eak))
  15. 娥:
    (MC reading: 娥 (MC nga))
  16. 娿:
    (MC reading: 娿 (MC 'a|'aX))
  17. 婀:
    (MC reading: 婀 (MC 'aX))
  18. 峨:
    (MC reading: 峨 (MC nga))
  19. 峩:
    (MC reading: 峩)
  20. 崴:
    (MC reading: 崴 (MC 'weaj))
  21. 嵔:
    (MC reading: 嵔 (MC 'jw+jX|'wojX))
  22. 御:
    (MC reading: 御 (MC ngjoH))
  23. 我:
    (MC reading: 我 (MC ngaX))
  24. 歪:
    (MC reading: 歪)
  25. 渨:
    (MC reading: 渨 (MC 'woj))
  26. 煨:
    (MC reading: 煨 (MC 'woj))
  27. 牙:
    (MC reading: 牙 (MC ngae))
  28. 猗:
    (MC reading: 猗 (MC 'je|'jeX))
  29. 疴:
    (MC reading: 疴 (MC khaeH))
  30. 砑:
    (MC reading: 砑 (MC ngaeH))
  31. 碨:
    (MC reading: 碨 (MC 'weaj|'wojX))
  32. 磈:
    (MC reading: 磈 (MC 'jw+jX|khwojX))
  33. 笌:
    (MC reading: 笌)
  34. 聵:
    (MC reading: 聵 (MC ngweajH))
  35. 芽:
    (MC reading: 芽 (MC ngae))
  36. 莪:
    (MC reading: 莪 (MC nga))
  37. 蛾:
    (MC reading: 蛾 (MC nga|ngjeX))
  38. 衙:
    (MC reading: 衙 (MC ngjo|ngae|ngjoX))
  39. 訝:
    (MC reading: 訝 (MC ngaeH))
  40. 迓:
    (MC reading: 迓 (MC ngaeH))
  41. 錏:
    (MC reading: 錏 (MC 'ae))
  42. 阿:
    (MC reading: 阿 (MC 'a))
  43. 隗:
    (MC reading: 隗 (MC ngwojX))
  44. 雅:
    (MC reading: 雅 (MC ngaeX))
  45. 餓:
    (MC reading: 餓 (MC ngaH))
  46. 鴉:
    (MC reading: 鴉 (MC 'ae))
  47. 鵝:
    (MC reading: 鵝 (MC nga))
  48. 鵞:
    (MC reading: 鵞)

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