呀

呀

呀 U+5440, 呀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5440 ← 吿 [U+543F] CJK Unified Ideographs 呁 → [U+5441]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order.

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		呀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (牙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
邪	*ljaː, *laː
衺	*ljaː
牙	*ŋraː
芽	*ŋraː
齖	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
呀	*ŋraː, *hŋraː
枒	*ŋraː, *ŋraːs
雅	*ŋraːʔ
厊	*ŋraːʔ
庌	*ŋraːʔ
訝	*ŋraːs
迓	*ŋraːs
砑	*ŋraːs
犽	*ŋraːs
疨	*hŋraː
岈	*hŋraː
谺	*hŋraː
颬	*hŋraː
鴉	*qraː
釾	*laː

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): a / ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹
    • Yale: ā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹
    • IPA ^(key): /äː⁵⁵/

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

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a / ia
    • Tâi-lô: a / ia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: af, iaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴/, /ia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³/, /ia³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴/, /ia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴/, /ia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴/, /ia⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠa/▼

Rime
Character	呀
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨ/
Li Rong	/ŋa/
Wang Li	/ŋa/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yá

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraː/

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

Definitions

呀

1. to be surprised
2. (expressing surprise)

   呀！下雨了！  ―  Yā! Xiàyǔ le!  ―  Ah! It's raining!

3. (onomatopoeia) creak

   門呀的一聲開了。 / 门呀的一声开了。  ―  Mén yā de yī shēng kāi le.  ―  The door opened with a creak.

4. a classifier

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ya (ya⁵)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ya
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄧㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁵
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ia
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yå
    • IPA ^(key): /jä/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³
    • Yale: a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³
    • IPA ^(key): /äː³³/

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

Definitions

呀

1. sentence-final particle

   他是誰呀？ / 他是谁呀？  ―  Tā shì shéi ya?  ―  Who is he?

   ⇒ 啊

Usage notes

• The particle is usually only used after words ending -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü.

Synonyms

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

Compounds

哎呀 (āiyā)

Pronunciation 3

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³
    • Yale: a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³
    • IPA ^(key): /äː³³/

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

Definitions

呀

(Cantonese)

1. Final interrogative particle.

   你頭先去咗邊度呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你头先去咗边度呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei⁵ tau⁴ sin¹ heoi³ zo² bin¹ dou⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Where did you just go?

2. Final particle used to ask for confirmation of a statement.

   原來係佢呀。 / 原来系佢呀。 [Cantonese]  ―  Jyun⁴ loi⁴ hai⁶ keoi⁵ aa³. [Jyutping]  ―  So it was him?

3. Final particle used to assert something.

   唔係我呀！ / 唔系我呀！ [Cantonese]  ―  M⁴ hai⁶ ngo⁵ aa³! [Jyutping]  ―  It wasn't me!

4. Particle used after list items in a list of examples.

   • 因為國呀、權呀、榮呀、皆係你有、至到世世、誠心所願。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     因为国呀、权呀、荣呀、皆系你有、至到世世、诚心所愿。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1882, 馬太福音傳 羊城土白 (Matthew in Canton Colloquial) 6:13b

     Jan¹ wai⁴ gwok³ aa³, kyun⁴ aa³, wing⁴ aa³, gaai¹ hai⁶ nei⁵ jau⁵, zi³ dou³ sai³ sai³, sing⁴ sam¹ so² jyun⁶. [Jyutping]

     For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

See also

• 咩 (me1)
• 㗎 (gaa4)
• (Mandarin) 啊 (ā)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiā (xia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shia
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sia
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠa/▼

Rime
Character	呀
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	許加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/xa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨ/
Li Rong	/xa/
Wang Li	/xa/
Bernard Karlgren	/xa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiā

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋraː/

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

Definitions

呀

1. (of mouth) opened
2. empty

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Japanese

Kanji

呀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: が (ga)
• Kan’yō-on: や (ya)
• 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

呀 (nhá, nha)

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