ぁ

See also: あ

Japanese

Etymology

Small form of the hiragana character あ (a).

Combining form

1. Small combining form of hiragana あ (a).

   ふぁ - the sound [ɸa] rather than [ɸu] (ふ) or [ha] (は)

   ふぁん - transliteration of English fan

Usage notes

• Small combining kana ぁ, ぃ, ぅ, ぇ and ぉ are used in the following ways.
  1. After a kana of the same vowel, representing a nonstandard lengthening of the vowel.

     はぁ (hā) - (sound of breathing)

     うぉぉぉぉぉぉぉ (wooooooo) - (cry of excitement)

  2. After ふ (fu), ゔ (vu), し (shi), じ (ji), ち (chi), つ (tsu), replacing the preceding vowel.

     じぇ (je)

     つぁ (tsa)

     Three special combinations, すぃ (si), てぃ (ti), とぅ (tu), and their voiced versions are also used in this way.

  3. After other kana ending in -i or -u, changing the preceding vowel to a semivowel.

     いぇ (ye)

     くぃ (kwi)

Related terms

• ァ (katakana small a)
• あ (full-size a)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ