雅

Translingual

Han character

雅 (radical 172 隹+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一竹人土 (MHOG), four-corner 7021₄, composition ⿰牙隹)

1. elegant, graceful, refined

References

• KangXi: page 1365, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41973
• Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4094, character 2
• Unihan data for U+96C5

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎ, yā, yá (ya³, ya¹, ya²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ, ㄧㄚ, ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹, ngaa⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): ngá,ngé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ya³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: ya¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ya²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹, ngaa⁵
    • Yale: ā, ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹, ngaa⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ɑː⁵⁵/, /ŋɑː¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngá,ngé
    • Tâi-lô: ngá,ngé
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋa,ŋe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋa,ŋe⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (雅, reconstructed)
Character (雅), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 五下切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣaX/	/ŋaX/	/ŋaX/	/ŋɯaX/	/ŋaɨX/	/ŋaX/	/ŋaX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (雅, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
雅								yǎ								‹ ngæX ›								/*N-ɢˤraʔ/								proper, refined
雅								yǎ								‹ ngæX ›								/*[N-ɢ]ˤraʔ/								kind of musical instrument
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
雅					14182					牙					魚					0					雅					/*ŋraːʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

• 典雅
• 高雅
• 雅淡
• 雅观
• 雅号
• 雅洁
• 雅静
• 雅丽
• 雅量
• 雅趣
• 雅士
• 雅俗共赏
• 雅玩
• 雅望
• 雅兴
• 雅言
• 雅意
• 雅乐
• 雅正
• 雅致
• 雅座
• 雅座儿

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Japanese

Kanji

雅

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: え (e), げ (ge)
• Kan’on: あ (a), が (ga)
• Kun: みやびやか (miyabiyaka), つね (tsune)
• Nanori: まさ (masa)

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Korean

Hanja

雅 (a) (hangeul 아, revised a, McCune-Reischauer a, Yale a)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雅 (nhã)

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