Translingual

Stroke order
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Han character

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(radical 170 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一弓口 (NLMNR), four-corner 71220, composition)

  1. prefix for people's names
  2. used in transliteration for /a/

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 1348, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41599
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1850, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4119, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+963F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

(jyutping aa2, aa3, aak3, o1, Yale a2, a3, aak3, o1)


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Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds


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Korean

Hanja

(hangeul , , revised a, ok, McCune-Reischauer a, ok, Yale a, ok)

Compounds


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Mandarin

Pronunciation

Hanzi

(pinyin ā (a1), ē (e1), Wade-Giles a1)

Particle

  1. Used in front of persons' given names (traditionally in rural or southern Chinese dialects)

Compounds


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Vietnamese

Han character

(a, à)

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Last modified on 28 April 2013, at 17:44