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Translingual
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Japan
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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
- 唖, 悪, 𪰥, 𤉁, 𣊰, 𣱌, 𢳩, 𡏍, 𫰫, 𬂲, 𰤐
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). |
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Japanese
Kanji
亜
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亞)
- rank
- follow
- sub- prefix
- Used in transliteration of place names.
Readings
(Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)
Compounds
See derived terms sections below.
Etymology
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| 亞 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 亞 (MC 'aeH).
Pronunciation
Prefix
亜 • (a-)
- (chemistry) indicates a lower oxidation number: -ous
- 亜硫酸 ― aryūsan ― sulfurous acid
Derived terms
Affix
亜 • (a)
- ranking next, coming after, sub-
- 亜種 ― ashu ― subspecies
- 亜熱帯 ― anettai ― subtropics
- Used as a phonetic element in transliterations, especially:
- Short for アジア／亜細亜 (Ajia, “Asia (a continent)”).
- (obsolete) Short for アメリカ／亜米利加 (Amerika): America, the United States
- replaced with 米 (bei) in modern times
- Alternative spelling of 堊 (a): white earth
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 亜鉛 (aen, “zinc”)
- 亜鉛華 (aenka, “zinc oxide”)
- 亜音速 (aonsoku, “subsonic speed”)
- 亜温帯 (aontai, “subtemperate zone”)
- 亜科 (aka, “suborder, subfamily (taxonomy)”)
- 亜槐 (akai, “Synonym of 大納言 (dainagon)”)
- 亜寒帯 (akantai, “subarctic zone”)
- 亜急性 (akyūsei, “subacute”)
- 亜群 (agun, “subgroup”)
- 亜綱 (akō, “subclass”)
- 亜高山帯 (akōzantai, “subalpine zone”)
- 亜種 (ashu, “subspecies”)
- 亜相 (ashō, “Synonym of 大納言 (dainagon)”)
- 亜将 (ashō, “deputy of the imperial guard”)
- 亜字欄 (ajiran, “railing in the shape of 亜”)
- 亜聖 (asei, “sage of the second order”)
- 亜成層圏 (aseisōken, “sub-stratosphere”)
- 亜属 (azoku, “subgroup, subgenus”)
- 亜族 (azoku, “subgroup”)
- 亜大陸 (atairiku, “subcontinent”)
- 亜脱臼 (adakkyū, “subluxation”)
- 亜炭 (atan, “brown coal, lignite”)
- 亜土壌 (adojō, “subsoil”)
- 亜父 (afu, “a second to one's father”)
- 亜熱帯 (anettai, “subtropics”)
- 亜麻 (ama, “flax”)
- 亜米利加, 亜墨利加 (Amerika, “America, United States”)
- 亜目 (amoku, “suborder”)
- 亜門 (amon, “subphylum”)
- 亜剌比亜, 亜拉毘亜 (Arabia, “Arabia”)
- 亜流 (aryū, “epigone”)
- 亜爾加里, 亜児加里 (arukari, “alkali”)
- 亜爾然丁 (Aruzenchin, “Argentina”)
- 亜鈴 (arei, “dumbbell”)
- 欧亜 (Ōa, “Eurasia”)
- 亜欧 (Aō, “Eurasia”)
- 興亜 (kō-A, “Asian development”)
- 東南亜 (Tōnan'a, “Southeast Asia”)
- 東亜 (Tōa, “East Asia”)
- 白亜 (hakua, “chalk”)
Proper noun
亜 • (A)
- a female given name
Korean
Hanja
亜 (eumhun 버금 아 (beogeum a))
- Alternative form of 亞 (“hanja form? of 아 (“second; sub-”)”)
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