ạ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"

ạ U+1EA1, ạ LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̣ [U+0323] ← Ạ [U+1EA0] Latin Extended Additional Ả → [U+1EA2]

Translingual

Letter

ạ (upper case Ạ)

1. The letter a with a dot below.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• (Letters using dot sign):  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ặặ  Ậậ  Ǡǡ  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ċċ  Ḋḋ  Ḍḍ  Ėė  Ẹẹ  Ḟḟ  Ġġ  Ḣḣ  Ḥḥ  Ii  İi  Iı  Ịị  Ḳḳ  Ḷḷ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  Ṅṅ  Ṇṇ  Ȯȯ  Ọọ  Ợợ  Ṗṗ  Ṙṙ  Ṛṛ  Ṡṡ  Ṣṣ  ẛ  Ṫṫ  Ṭṭ  Ụụ  Ựự  Ṿṿ  Ẇẇ  Ẉẉ  Ẋẋ  Ẏẏ  Ỵỵ  Żż  Ẓẓ

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩˨]

Particle

ạ • (𠶚)

1. (polite) a particle at the end of the sentence to express formal politeness, especially to seniors

   Chào cụ ạ.

   How do you do? (to an older person)

Verb

ạ • (𠶚)

1. to use the particle ạ when speaking to someone

   Con hư quá! Phải ạ chú đi chứ!

   That's not polite of you! Don't forget to use politeness particles!