亜

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See also: 亞 and 亚

亜 U+4E9C, 亜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9C
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亝 →

Translingual

Traditional 亞
Shinjitai 亜
Simplified 亚
Stroke order
Japan

Han character

亜 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一中中一 (MLLM) or 難一中中一 (XMLLM), four-corner 10107, composition ⿱𫝁一 or ⿻工中)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 87, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 272
  • Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 21, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E9C

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 亜 – see 亞 (“a house; second; inferior; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 亞).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai

亜

Kyūjitai

亞
亜

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亞)

  1. rank
  2. follow
  3. sub- prefix
  4. Used in transliteration of place names.

Readings

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  • Go-on: え (e)
  • Kan-on: あ (a, Jōyō)
  • Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 亜ぐ)
  • Nanori: つぎ (tsugi)、みつる (mitsuru)

Compounds

See derived terms sections below.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
亜
あ
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
亞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 亞 (MC 'aeH).

Pronunciation

Prefix

亜(あ) • (a-) 

  1. (chemistry) indicates a lower oxidation number: -ous
    亜(あ)硫(りゅう)酸(さん) ― aryūsan ― sulfurous acid

Derived terms

Derived terms

Affix

亜(あ) • (a) 

  1. ranking next, coming after, sub-
    亜(あ)種(しゅ) ― ashu ― subspecies
    亜(あ)熱(ねっ)帯(たい) ― anettai ― subtropics
  2. Used as a phonetic element in transliterations, especially:
    1. Short for アジア／亜細亜 (Ajia, “Asia (a continent)”).
    2. (obsolete) Short for アメリカ／亜米利加 (Amerika): America, the United States
      replaced with 米 (bei) in modern times
  3. Alternative spelling of 堊 (a): white earth

Derived terms

Derived terms

Proper noun

亜(あ) • (A) 

  1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

亜 (eumhun 버금 아 (beogeum a))

  1. Alternative form of 亞 (“hanja form? of 아 (“second; sub-”)”)

References

Vietnamese

A variant of the Lord's Prayer in Vietnamese (Kinh Thiên Chúa 經天主) written in chữ Nôm in the book, 聖教經願 Thánh giáo kinh nguyện. (A-men can be seen written as 亜綿)

Han character

亜: Hán Việt readings: á, a

  1. Variant of 亞, see there for more details.
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