亜

See also 亞, and 亚

Translingual

Han character

亜 (radical 7 二+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一中中一 (MLLM), X一中中一 (XMLLM))

1. Asia
2. second

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

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Japanese

shinjitai	亜
simplified	亚
traditional	亞

Kanji

亜 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Asia
2. rank next
3. come after
4. -ous suffix　(chemistry)
5. sub- prefix

Readings

• Go'on: え
• Kan'on: あ (a), あつ (atsu), おう (ō)
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu), みにくい (minikui)

Compounds

欧亜 (おうあ, oua) Eurasia 興亜 (こうあ, koua) Asian development 次亜 (じあ, jia) hypo- (chemistry) 東南亜 (とうなんあ, tounan'a) Southeast Asia 東亜 (とうあ, toua) East Asia 白亜 (はくあ, hakua) chalk 亜砒酸 (あひさん, ahisan) arsenious acid 亜燐酸 (ありんさん, arinsan) phosphoric acid 亜鉛 (あえん, aen) zinc 亜鉛鉄 (あえんてつ, aentesu) galvanized iron 亜欧 (あおう, aou) eurasia 亜温帯 (あおんたい, aontai) subtemperate zone 亜音速 (あおんそく, aonsoku) subsonic speed 亜科 (あか, aka) suborder, subfamily (taxonomy) 亜寒帯 (あかんたい, akantai) subarctic zone (climate zone) 白亜館 (はくあかん, hakuakan) The White House 白亜紀 (はくあき, hakuaki) Cretaceous period (paleontology) 白亜質 (はくあしつ, hakuashitsu) chalky 亜急性 (あきゅうせい, akyuusei) subacute 亜群 (あぐん, agun) subgroup

亜綱 (あこう, akou) subclass 亜高山帯 (あこうざんたい, akouzantai) subalpine zone 亜酸化窒素 (あさんかちっそ, asanka chisso) nitrous oxide 亜種 (あしゅ, ashu) sub-species 亜硝酸 (あしょうさん, ashousan) nitrous acid 亜成層圏 (あせいそうけん, aseisouken) substratosphere 亜聖 (あせい, asei) sage of the second order 亜属 (あぞく, azoku) subgroup, subgenus 亜族 (あぞく, azoku) subgroup 亜大陸 (あたいりく, atairiku) subcontinent 亜脱臼 (あだっきゅう, adakkyuu) subluxation 亜炭 (あたん, atan) brown coal, lignite 亜熱帯 (あねったい, anettai) subtropics 亜麻 (あま, ama) flax 亜目 (あもく, amoku) 亜門 (あもん, amon) 亜流 (ありゅう, aryuu) 亜硫酸 (ありゅうさん, aryuusan) 亜鈴 (あれい, arei)

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

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

• 新字体 (shinjitai) new form character
• Also used phonetically for あ (a)

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Korean

Hanja

亜 (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

亜 (pinyin yà (ya4), zhāi (zhai1), zī (zi1), Wade-Giles ya⁴, chai¹, tzu¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

亜 (á)