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Translingual [edit]

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Han character [edit]

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(radical 170 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一弓口 (NLMNR), four-corner 71220, composition)

  1. prefix for people's names
  2. used in transliteration for /a/

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1348, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41599
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1850, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4119, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+963F

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping aa2, aa3, aak3, o1, Yale a2, a3, aak3, o1)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , , revised a, ok, McCune-Reischauer a, ok, Yale a, ok)

Compounds [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin ā (a1), ē (e1), Wade-Giles a1)

Particle [edit]

  1. Used in front of persons' given names (traditionally in rural or southern Chinese dialects)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(a, à)