亜

See also: 亞 and 亚

亜	U+4E9C, 亜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9C

← 些
[U+4E9B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

亝 →
[U+4E9D]

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 X一中中一 (XMLLM), four-corner 1010₇, composition ⿱𫝁一 or ⿻工中)

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 亜 – see 亞 (“a house; second; inferior; etc.”). (This character, 亜, is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, 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.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00057-001

Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	亜
Kyūjitai	亞

亜

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

rank
follow
sub- prefix

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

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 ʔˠa^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

IPA^(key): [a̠]

Prefix

亜(あ) • (a-)

(chemistry) indicates a lower oxidation number: -ous
亜(あ)硫(りゅう)酸(さん) ― aryūsan ― sulfurous acid

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

亜(あ) • (a)

ranking next, coming after, sub-
亜(あ)種(しゅ) ― ashu ― subspecies
亜(あ)熱(ねっ)帯(たい) ― anettai ― subtropics
Used as a phonetic element in transliterations, especially:
1. Short for アジア／亜細亜 (Ajia, “Asia (a continent)”).
2. (obsolete) Short for アメリカ／亜米利加 (Amerika): America, the United States
  replaced with 米 (bei) in modern times
Alternative spelling of 堊 (a): white earth

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

亜(あ) • (A)

a female given name

Korean

Hanja

亜 (eumhun 버금 아 (beogeum a))

Alternative form of 亞 (亞, “Hanja form^? of 아 (“second; sub-”).”)

References

Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 27.