呀

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order.

呀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口一女竹 (RMVH), four-corner 6104₀, composition ⿰口牙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 180, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3383
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5440

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Chinese

trad.		呀
simp. #		呀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ / haa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa¹ / haa¹
    • Yale: ā / hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ / haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ / ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵/, /haː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngae, xae

Rime
Character	呀	呀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	五加切	許加切
Baxter	ngae	xae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠa/	/hˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚa/	/hᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋa/	/xa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨ/	/haɨ/
Li Rong	/ŋa/	/xa/
Wang Li	/ŋa/	/xa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋa/	/xa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yá	xiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaa4	haa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraː/, /*hŋraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呀	呀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14180	14191
Phonetic component	牙	牙
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	牙	煆
Old Chinese	/*ŋraː/	/*hŋraː/
Notes		見漢賦

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呀

1. sentence-final particle

   See also: 啊

Usage notes

• Only used after words ending -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü.

Synonyms

• 啊 (a) (after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi)
• 哇 (wa) (after -u, -ao)
• 哪 (na) (after -n)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呀

1. (onomatopoeia) creak

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Japanese

Kanji

呀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): が (ga), か (ka)
• Kun: あ (a), あつ (atsu)

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Korean

Hanja

呀 • (ha) (hangeul 하, McCune–Reischauer ha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 呀 (nhá, nha)

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