亜

See also: 亞 and 亚

亜	U+4E9C, 亜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9C

← 些
[U+4E9B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

亝 →
[U+4E9D]

Translingual

Traditional	亞
Shinjitai	亜
Simplified	亚

Han character

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

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 87, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 272

Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 21, character 1

Unihan data for U+4E9C

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 亜 – see 亞 (“a house ; second; inferior; etc.”). (This character, 亜, is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 亞.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	亜
Kyūjitai	亞

亜

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亞)

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

亜 (あ)槐 (かい) (akai)
亜 (ア)細 (ジ)亜 (ア) (Ajia, “Asia”)
亜 (あ)相 (しょう) (ashō)
亜 (あ)字 (じ)欄 (らん) (ajiran)
亜 (あ)父 (ふ) (afu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
亜
あ Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 亞 (MC ʔˠa^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA^(key): [a̠]

Prefix

亜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 亞, hiragana あ, rōmaji a-)

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

Derived terms

亜 (あ)砒 (ひ)酸 (さん) (ahisan, “arsenious acid”)
亜 (あ)燐 (りん)酸 (さん) (arinsan, “phosphorous acid”)
亜 (あ)硫 (りゅう)酸 (さん) (aryūsan, “sulfurous acid”)
亜 (あ)硝 (しょう)酸 (さん) (ashōsan, “nitrous acid”)
亜 (あ)酸 (さん)化 (か)窒 (ちっ)素 (そ) (asanka chisso, “nitrous oxide”)
次 (じ)亜 (あ) (jia, “hypo- -ous”)

Affix

亜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 亞, hiragana あ, rōmaji a)

ranking next, coming after, sub-
亜 (あ)種 (しゅ) ― ashu ― subspecies

亜 (あ)熱帯 (ねったい) ― anettai ― subtropics
Used as a phonetic element in transliterations, especially:
1. Short for 亜細亜 (Ajia): Asia
2. (obsolete) Short for 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

亜 (あ)鉛 (えん) (aen, “zinc”)
亜 (あ)音 (おん)速 (そく) (aonsoku, “subsonic speed”)
亜 (あ)温 (おん)帯 (たい) (aontai, “subtemperate zone”)
亜 (あ)科 (か) (aka, “suborder, subfamily (taxonomy)”)
亜 (あ)寒 (かん)帯 (たい) (akantai, “subarctic zone”)
亜 (あ)急 (きゅう)性 (せい) (akyūsei, “subacute”)
亜 (あ)群 (ぐん) (agun, “subgroup”)
亜 (あ)綱 (こう) (akō, “subclass”)
亜 (あ)高 (こう)山 (ざん)帯 (たい) (akōzantai, “subalpine zone”)
亜 (あ)種 (しゅ) (ashu, “subspecies”)
亜 (あ)聖 (せい) (asei, “sage of the second order”)
亜 (あ)成 (せい)層 (そう)圏 (けん) (aseisōken, “sub-stratosphere”)
亜 (あ)属 (ぞく) (azoku, “subgroup, subgenus”)
亜 (あ)族 (ぞく) (azoku, “subgroup”)
亜 (あ)大 (たい)陸 (りく) (atairiku, “subcontinent”)
亜 (あ)脱 (だっ)臼 (きゅう) (adakkyū, “subluxation”)
亜 (あ)炭 (たん) (atan, “brown coal, lignite”)
亜 (あ)土 (ど)壌 (じょう) (adojō, “subsoil”)
亜 (あ)熱 (ねっ)帯 (たい) (anettai, “subtropics”)
亜 (あ)麻 (ま) (ama, “flax”)
亜 (ア)米 (メ)利 (リ)加 (カ) (Amerika, “America, United States”)
亜 (あ)目 (もく) (amoku, “suborder”)
亜 (あ)門 (もん) (amon, “subphylum”)
亜 (ア)剌 (ラ)比 (ビ)亜 (ア) (Arabia, “Arabia”)
亜 (あ)流 (りゅう) (aryū)
亜 (ア)爾 (ル)加 (カ)里 (リ), 亜 (ア)児 (ル)加 (カ)里 (リ) (arukari, “alkali”)
亜爾然丁 (アルゼンチン) (Aruzenchin, “Argentina”)
亜 (あ)鈴 (れい) (arei, “dumbbell”)
欧 (おう)亜 (あ) (Ōa, “Eurasia”)
亜 (あ)欧 (おう) (Aō, “Eurasia”)
興 (こう)亜 (あ) (kō-A, “Asian development”)
東 (とう)南 (なん)亜 (あ) (Tōnan'a, “Southeast Asia”)
東 (とう)亜 (あ) (Tōa, “East Asia”)
白 (はく)亜 (あ) (hakua, “chalk”)

Proper noun

亜 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 亞, hiragana あ, rōmaji A)

a female given name

References

JIS: 3021
Kuten: 1601
Shift JIS: 889f
EUC-JP: B0A1
Frequency: 1509
Nelson: 43

New Nelson: 81
Halpern: 3540
Halpern Learners: 2204
Heisig: 1809
Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a7.14

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