呀

呀 U+5440, 呀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5440
← 吿
[U+543F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呁 →
[U+5441]

Translingual

Han character
Stroke order.

呀 (radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一女竹 (RMVH), four-corner 61040, composition ⿰口牙)

References
  • KangXi: page 180, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3383
  • Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 587, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5440

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 呀

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (牙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
邪 *ljaː, *laː
衺 *ljaː
牙 *ŋraː
芽 *ŋraː
齖 *ŋraː, *ŋraːs
呀 *ŋraː, *hŋraː
枒 *ŋraː, *ŋraːs
雅 *ŋraːʔ
厊 *ŋraːʔ
庌 *ŋraːʔ
訝 *ŋraːs
迓 *ŋraːs
砑 *ŋraːs
犽 *ŋraːs
疨 *hŋraː
岈 *hŋraː
谺 *hŋraː
颬 *hŋraː
鴉 *qraː
釾 *laː

Pronunciation 1
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 呀
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 五加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋˠa/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋaɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ŋa/
Wang
Li		 /ŋa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yá
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 呀
Reading # 1/2
No. 14180
Phonetic
component		 牙
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 牙
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋraː/

Definitions

呀

  1. to be surprised
  2. (expressing surprise)
    呀！下雨了！  ―  Yā! Xiàyǔ le!  ―  Ah! It's raining!
  3. (onomatopoeia) creak
    門呀的一聲開了。 / 门呀的一声开了。  ―  Mén yā de yī shēng kāi le.  ―  The door opened with a creak.
  4. a classifier

Pronunciation 2
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

呀

  1. sentence-final particle
    他是誰呀？ / 他是谁呀？  ―  Tā shì shéi ya?  ―  Who is he?
    ⇒ 啊
Usage notes
  • The particle is usually only used after words ending -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü.

Synonyms
  • 啊 (a) (after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi)
  • 哇 (wā) (after -u, -ao)
  • 哪 (na) (after -n)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

呀

(Cantonese)
  1. Final interrogative particle.
    你頭先去咗邊度呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你头先去咗边度呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    Nei5 tau4 sin1 heoi3 zo2 bin1 dou6 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Where did you just go?
  2. Final particle used to ask for confirmation of a statement.
    原來係佢呀。 / 原来系佢呀。 [Cantonese]  ―  Jyun4 loi4 hai6 keoi5 aa3. [Jyutping]  ―  So it was him?
  3. Final particle used to assert something.
    唔係我呀！ / 唔系我呀！ [Cantonese]  ―  M4 hai6 ngo5 aa3! [Jyutping]  ―  It wasn't me!
  4. Particle used after list items in a list of examples.
See also

Pronunciation 4
Rime
Character 呀
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 許加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hˠa/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /haɨ/
Li
Rong		 /xa/
Wang
Li		 /xa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiā
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 呀
Reading # 2/2
No. 14191
Phonetic
component		 牙
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 煆
Old
Chinese		 /*hŋraː/
Notes 見漢賦

Definitions

呀

  1. (of mouth) opened
  2. empty

Japanese

Kanji
呀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

呀 • (ha) (hangeul 하, McCune–Reischauer ha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呀 (nhá, nha)

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