あ

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See also ぁ, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

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[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ かゕが さざ ただ な はばぱ ま やゃ ら わゎ ん
いぃ きぎ しじ ちぢ に ひびぴ み り ゐ
うぅゔ くぐ すず つっづ ぬ ふぶぷ む ゆゅ る
えぇ けゖげ せぜ てで ね へべぺ め れ ゑ
おぉ こご そぞ とど の ほぼぽ も よょ ろ を
Additional symbols
あ
Unicode: U+3042Katakana: アHepburn romanization: aNihon-shiki romanization: aPolivanov cyrillization: аJapanese braille: ⠁

[edit] Syllable

あ

  1. The hiragana syllable at あ行あ段 (row A, section A) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Etymology 1

The short form of are.

[edit] Alternative spellings

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

あ (kanji 我, romaji a)

  1. first-person personal pronoun; I, me
    宇都世美能 夜蘇許登乃敝波 思気久等母 安良蘇比可祢弖 安乎許登奈須那
    宇知日佐須 美夜能和我世波 夜麻登女乃 比射麻久其登尓 安乎和須良須奈
    奈勢能古夜 等里乃乎加恥志 奈可太乎礼 安乎祢思奈久与 伊久豆君麻弖尓
    思麻良久波 祢都追母安良牟乎 伊米能未尓 母登奈見要都追 安乎祢思奈久流
    あが君、生き出で給へ。いと、いみじき目な見せ給ひそ
[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Etymology 2

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
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[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Kanji reading

あ (romaji a)

[edit] References

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