婭

See also: 娅

婭 U+5A6D, 婭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A6D ← 婬 [U+5A6C] CJK Unified Ideographs 婮 → [U+5A6E]

Translingual

Traditional	婭
Shinjitai (extended)	𫰫
Simplified	娅

Han character

婭 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女一中一 (VMLM), four-corner 4141₇, composition ⿰女亞)

1. mutual term of address used by sons-in-law
2. a brother-in-law

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 265, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6441
• Dae Jaweon: page 532, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1055, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5A6D

Chinese

trad.		婭
simp.		娅
alternative forms		亞／亚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
椏	*qaːʔ, *qraː
錏	*qraː
鵶	*qraː
啞	*qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
瘂	*qraːʔ
亞	*qraːɡs
婭	*qraːɡs
俹	*qraːɡs
稏	*qraːɡs
惡	*qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
噁	*qaːɡs
堊	*qaːɡ
蝁	*qaːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yà, yā, yǎ (ya⁴, ya¹, ya³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ, ㄧㄚ, ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ / ngaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yà
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴
    • Yale: yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yah
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ya³
    • Yale: yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa³ / ngaa³
    • Yale: a / nga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ / ngaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ / nga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³/, /ŋaː³³/

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

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• Middle Chinese: 'aeH

Rime
Character	婭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	衣嫁切
Baxter	'aeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨH/
Li Rong	/ʔaH/
Wang Li	/aH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婭
Reading #	1/1
No.	14213
Phonetic component	亞
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	亞
Old Chinese	/*qraːɡs/

Definitions

婭

1. (literary) term of address used between husbands of sisters
2. Used in 婭奼／娅姹 (yàchà).

Compounds

• 姻婭／姻娅
• 婭奼／娅姹
• 婭婿／娅婿
• 婭嬛／娅嬛
• 婭鬟／娅鬟
• 梅拉尼婭／梅拉尼娅 (Méilāníyà)
• 閭黨姻婭／闾党姻娅

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00658
• “婭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

婭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: あ (a)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: あいむこ (aimuko); こしもと (koshimoto)

Vietnamese

Han character

婭: Hán Nôm readings: ả

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