丫

Translingual

Han character

丫 (radical 2 丨+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 金中 (CL), XX金中 (XXCL), four-corner 8020₀)

1. forked
2. bifurcation

References

• KangXi: page 79, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 71
• Dae Jaweon: page 158, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 28, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E2B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

丫 (Yale a1)

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Japanese

Kanji

丫 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bifurcation
2. fork

Readings

• On: あ (a)
• Kun: ふたまた (futamata), あげまき (agemaki)

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Korean

Hanja

丫
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 아 (revised: a, McCune-Reischauer: a)

• Name (hangeul): 가닥 (revised: gadak, McCune-Reischauer: kadak)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丫

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Mandarin

Hanzi

丫 (pinyin yā (ya1), zhòng (zhong4), Wade-Giles ya¹, chung⁴)

Noun

丫 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yā)

1. bifurcation
2. fork

Compounds

• 丫杈
• 丫头

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Vietnamese

Han character

丫 (a, nha)

References

• Nom Foundation