U+C544, 아
HANGUL SYLLABLE A
Composition: +

[U+C543]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C545]
U+3215, ㈕
PARENTHESIZED HANGUL IEUNG A

[U+3214]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3216]
U+3275, ㉵
CIRCLED HANGUL IEUNG A

[U+3274]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3276]
See also: -아 and -아-

(see above for suffixes and particles)





씨 ←→ 애

Cia-Cia edit

Numeral edit

(a)

  1. one; prenominal form of 이세
    아 미아a-miaone person

References edit

  • Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.
  • Lee, Hwang & Abidin (2009). 바하사 찌아찌아 1. Hunminjeongeum Society: Seoul.

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

Imitative; compare English ah, Chinese (ā), Japanese ああ (ā).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?a
McCune–Reischauer?a
Yale Romanization?a

Interjection edit

(a)

  1. ah; oh
    , 실수했네요!A, je-ga silsuhaenneyo!Ah, I made a mistake!

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading 아〯 (Yale: ǎ), from Middle Chinese (MC ngaX).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?a
McCune–Reischauer?a
Yale Romanization?ā

Noun edit

(a) (hanja )

  1. (literary, philosophy) the ego; the self

Pronoun edit

(a) (hanja )

  1. (archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) I; me
  2. (archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) we; us; our

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

(a)

  1. Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Yukjin form of 아이 (ai, child, kid).
    • 1982 January 31, 현진식 [hyeonjinsik], “거짓말 잘하는 사위 구하기 [geojinmal jalhaneun sawi guhagi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상남도 의령군 정곡면 [gyeongsangnamdo uiryeonggun jeonggongmyeon]:
      그래 대감 성질 어떻 겉으머, 대략 , 사람 들온 거를 ...
      Geurae daegam-ui seongjir-i eotteon-nya hal geoteumeo, daeryak i a-reul, i saram-eul deuron georeul mari-ji...
      If you wonder what this lord's temper was like, [once] this child, this person once went inside...
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable edit

(a)

Extended content
  1. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'ae))
  2. :
    (MC reading: )
  3. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'aeH))
  4. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga))
  5. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'aeH))
  6. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'woj))
  7. :
    (MC reading: )
  8. :
    (MC reading: (MC nye|ngej))
  9. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaeX))
  10. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga))
  11. :
    (MC reading: )
  12. :
    (MC reading: (MC nye))
  13. :
    (MC reading: )
  14. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'aeX|'aeH|'aek|'eak))
  15. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga))
  16. 娿:
    (MC reading: 娿 (MC 'a|'aX))
  17. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'aX))
  18. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga))
  19. :
    (MC reading: )
  20. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'weaj))
  21. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'jw+jX|'wojX))
  22. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngjoH))
  23. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaX))
  24. :
    (MC reading: )
  25. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'woj))
  26. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'woj))
  27. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngae))
  28. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'je|'jeX))
  29. :
    (MC reading: (MC khaeH))
  30. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaeH))
  31. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'weaj|'wojX))
  32. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'jw+jX|khwojX))
  33. :
    (MC reading: )
  34. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngweajH))
  35. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngae))
  36. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga))
  37. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga|ngjeX))
  38. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngjo|ngae|ngjoX))
  39. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaeH))
  40. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaeH))
  41. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'ae))
  42. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'a))
  43. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngwojX))
  44. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaeX))
  45. :
    (MC reading: (MC ngaH))
  46. :
    (MC reading: (MC 'ae))
  47. :
    (MC reading: (MC nga))
  48. :
    (MC reading: )

See also edit