亜

See also: 亞 and 亚

Translingual

Traditional	亞
Shinjitai	亜
Simplified	亚

Han character

亜 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一中中一 (MLLM) or 難一中中一 (XMLLM), four-corner 1010₇, composition ⿱𫝁一 or ⿻工中)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 87, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 272
• Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 21, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E9C

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 亜 – see 亞 (“a house; second; inferior; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 亞).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	亜
Kyūjitai	亞

亜

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亞)

Readings

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• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あ (a, Jōyō)
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 亜ぐ)
• Nanori: つぎ (tsugi); みつる (mitsuru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 亜(あ)槐(かい) (akai)
• 亜細亜(アジア) (Ajia, “Asia”)
• 亜(あ)相(しょう) (ashō)
• 亜(あ)字(じ)欄(らん) (ajiran)
• 亜(あ)父(ふ) (afu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
亜
あ Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
亞 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 亞 (MC 'aeH).

Prefix

1. (chemistry) indicates a lower oxidation number: -ous

   亜(あ)硫(りゅう)酸(さん) ― aryūsan ― sulfurous acid

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 亜(あ)砒(ひ)酸(さん) (ahisan, “arsenious acid”)
• 亜(あ)燐(りん)酸(さん) (arinsan, “phosphorous acid”)
• 亜(あ)硫(りゅう)酸(さん) (aryūsan, “sulfurous acid”)
• 亜(あ)硝(しょう)酸(さん) (ashōsan, “nitrous acid”)
• 亜(あ)酸(さん)化(か)窒(ちっ)素(そ) (asanka chisso, “nitrous oxide”)
• 次(じ)亜(あ) (jia, “hypo- -ous”)

Affix

1. ranking next, coming after, sub-

   亜(あ)種(しゅ) ― ashu ― subspecies

   亜(あ)熱(ねっ)帯(たい) ― anettai ― subtropics

2. Used as a phonetic element in transliterations, especially:
   1. Short for 亜細亜 (Ajia): Asia
   2. (obsolete) Short for 亜米利加 (Amerika): America, the United States

      replaced with 米 (bei) in modern times

3. Alternative spelling of 堊 (a): white earth

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 亜(あ)鉛(えん) (aen, “zinc”)
• 亜(あ)音(おん)速(そく) (aonsoku, “subsonic speed”)
• 亜(あ)温(おん)帯(たい) (aontai, “subtemperate zone”)
• 亜(あ)科(か) (aka, “suborder, subfamily (taxonomy)”)
• 亜(あ)寒(かん)帯(たい) (akantai, “subarctic zone”)
• 亜(あ)急(きゅう)性(せい) (akyūsei, “subacute”)
• 亜(あ)群(ぐん) (agun, “subgroup”)
• 亜(あ)綱(こう) (akō, “subclass”)
• 亜(あ)高(こう)山(ざん)帯(たい) (akōzantai, “subalpine zone”)
• 亜(あ)種(しゅ) (ashu, “subspecies”)
• 亜(あ)聖(せい) (asei, “sage of the second order”)
• 亜(あ)成(せい)層(そう)圏(けん) (aseisōken, “sub-stratosphere”)
• 亜(あ)属(ぞく) (azoku, “subgroup, subgenus”)
• 亜(あ)族(ぞく) (azoku, “subgroup”)
• 亜(あ)大(たい)陸(りく) (atairiku, “subcontinent”)
• 亜(あ)脱(だっ)臼(きゅう) (adakkyū, “subluxation”)
• 亜(あ)炭(たん) (atan, “brown coal, lignite”)
• 亜(あ)土(ど)壌(じょう) (adojō, “subsoil”)
• 亜(あ)熱(ねっ)帯(たい) (anettai, “subtropics”)
• 亜(あ)麻(ま) (ama, “flax”)
• 亜米利加(アメリカ) (Amerika, “America, United States”)
• 亜(あ)目(もく) (amoku, “suborder”)
• 亜(あ)門(もん) (amon, “subphylum”)
• 亜剌比亜(アラビア) (Arabia, “Arabia”)
• 亜(あ)流(りゅう) (aryū)
• 亜爾加里(アルカリ), 亜児加里(アルカリ) (arukari, “alkali”)
• 亜爾(アル)然(ゼン)丁(チン) (Aruzenchin, “Argentina”)
• 亜(あ)鈴(れい) (arei, “dumbbell”)
• 欧(おう)亜(あ) (Ōa, “Eurasia”)
• 亜(あ)欧(おう) (Aō, “Eurasia”)
• 興(こう)亜(あ) (kō-A, “Asian development”)
• 東(とう)南(なん)亜(あ) (Tōnan'a, “Southeast Asia”)
• 東(とう)亜(あ) (Tōa, “East Asia”)
• 白(はく)亜(あ) (hakua, “chalk”)

Proper noun

1. a female given name