あ

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Hiragana character 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 Kanji reading

[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 安 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

あ (romaji a)

1. The /a/ syllable.
2. The first character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The next character is い. The equivalent katakana character is ア.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with あ (a) see: Special:Allpages/あ

[edit] Kanji reading

あ (romaji a)

• 亜: secondary
• 阿
• 唖
• 痾
• 鴉