ア
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See also ァ
See also Appendix:Variations of "a"
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[edit] Translingual
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| アァ | カヵガ | サザ | タダ | ナ | ハㇵバパ | マ | ヤャ | ラㇻ | ワヮ | ン |
| イィ | キギ | シㇱジ | チヂ | ニ | ヒㇶビピ | ミ | リㇼ | ヰ | ||
| ウゥヴ | クㇰグ | スㇲズ | ツッヅ | ヌㇴ | フㇷブプ | ムㇺ | ユュ | ルㇽ | ||
| エェ | ケヶゲ | セゼ | テデ | ネ | ヘㇸベペ | メ | レㇾ | ヱ | ||
| オォ | コゴ | ソゾ | トㇳド | ノ | ホㇹボポ | モ | ヨョ | ロㇿ | ヲ | |
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Katakana halfwidth syllables
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ア
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[edit] Syllable
ア
[edit] Japanese
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[edit] Etymology
Simplified in the Heian period from the man'yōgana kanji 阿, taken from the left part of the character. This is one of many katakana characters that were formed by writing only the first few strokes of a kanji and omitting the rest.
[edit] Katakana character
ア (romaji a)
- The [a] phoneme, typically in words of non-Japanese origin.
- The first character in the gojūon ordering of katakana. The next character is イ. The equivalent hiragana character is あ.
[edit] Related terms
- For a list of words starting with ア (a) see: Special:Allpages/ア