아

(see above for suffixes and particles)

See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"

씨 ←	→ 애
아악앆앇안앉않 앋알앍앎앏앐앑 앒앓암압앖앗았 앙앚앛앜앝앞앟

아	U+C544, 아 HANGUL SYLLABLE A

Composition:

ㅇ + ㅏ

← 앃
[U+C543]

Hangul Syllables

악 →
[U+C545]

㈕	U+3215, ㈕ PARENTHESIZED HANGUL IEUNG A

← ㈔
[U+3214]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㈖ →
[U+3216]

㉵	U+3275, ㉵ CIRCLED HANGUL IEUNG A

← ㉴
[U+3274]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㉶ →
[U+3276]

See also: -아 and -아-

Cia-Cia

Numeral

아 (a)

one; prenominal form of 이세
아 미아 ― a-mia ― one person

References

Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes, pp. 305-324.
Lee, Hwang & Abidin (2009). 바하사 찌아찌아 1. Hunminjeongeum Society: Seoul.

Korean

Etymology 1

Imitative; compare English ah, Chinese 啊 (ā), Japanese ああ (ā).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠]
Phonetic hangul: [아]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	a
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	a
McCune–Reischauer^?	a
Yale Romanization^?	a

Interjection

아 • (a)

ah; oh
아, 제가 실수했네요! ― A, je-ga silsuhaenneyo! ― Ah, I made a mistake!

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 我, from the Middle Korean reading 아〯 (Yale: ǎ), from Middle Chinese 我 (MC ŋɑ^X).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠(ː)]
Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	a
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	a
McCune–Reischauer^?	a
Yale Romanization^?	ā

Noun

아 • (a) (hanja 我)

(literary, philosophy) the ego; the self
- 1931, Sin Chaeho, 신채호(申采浩), “總(총)論(론) [Introduction]”, in 朝(조)鮮(선)上(상)古(고)史(사) (Joseon sanggosa) [Ancient history of Korea]:
  歷(역)史(사)란 무엇인가? 人(인)類(류) 社(사)會(회)의 我(아)와 非(비)我(아)의 鬪(투)爭(쟁) […]
  Yeoksa-ran mueos-in'ga? Illyu sahoe-ui a-wa bia-ui tujaeng […]
  What is meant by the word "history"? [It is the record of] the fight between the "ego" and the "non-ego" of human society [that has] […]

Pronoun

아 • (a) (hanja 我)

(archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) I; me
(archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) we; us; our
- 1919, 己(기)未(미)獨(독)立(립)宣(선)言(언)書(서) (Gimi dongnip seoneonseo) [Proclamation of Korean Independence]:
  吾(오)等(등)은 玆(자)에 我(아) 朝(조)鮮(선)의 獨(독)立(립)國(국)임과 朝(조)鮮(선)人(인)의 自(자)主(주)民(민)임을 宣(선)言(언)하노라 […]
  odeung-eun ja-e a Joseon-ui dongnipgugim-gwa joseonin-ui jajuminim-eul seoneon-hanora […]
  We herewith proclaim the independence of our Korea and the liberty of the Korean people.

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 我 for Sino-Korean compounds of 아 (我, a).

Noun

아 • (a)

Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Yukjin form of 아이 (ai, “child, kid”).
- 1982 January 31, 현진식, “거짓말 잘하는 사위 구하기”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 경상남도 의령군 정곡면:
  그래 대감의 성질이 어떻냐 할 겉으머, 대략 이 아를, 이 사람을 들온 거를 말이지...
  Geurae daegam-ui seongjir-i eotteon-nya hal geoteumeo, daeryak i a-reul, i saram-eul deuron georeul mari-ji...
  If you wonder what this lord's temper was like, [once] this child, this person once went inside...

Derived terms

얼라 (eolla, “child”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

아 (a)

Extended content

丫:
(MC reading: 丫 (MC ʔˠa))
亜:
(MC reading: 亜)
亞:
(MC reading: 亞 (MC ʔˠa^H))
俄:
(MC reading: 俄 (MC ŋɑ))
俹:
(MC reading: 俹 (MC ʔˠa^H))
偎:
(MC reading: 偎 (MC ʔuʌi))
児:
(MC reading: 児)
兒:
(MC reading: 兒 (MC ȵiᴇ, ŋei))
厊:
(MC reading: 厊 (MC ŋˠa^X))
哦:
(MC reading: 哦 (MC ŋɑ))
唖:
(MC reading: 唖)
唲:
(MC reading: 唲 (MC ȵiᴇ))
啊:
(MC reading: 啊)
啞:
(MC reading: 啞 (MC ʔˠa^X, ʔˠa^H, ʔˠæk̚, ʔˠɛk̚))
娥:
(MC reading: 娥 (MC ŋɑ))
娿:
(MC reading: 娿 (MC ʔɑ, ʔɑ^X))
婀:
(MC reading: 婀 (MC ʔɑ^X))
峨:
(MC reading: 峨 (MC ŋɑ))
峩:
(MC reading: 峩)
崴:
(MC reading: 崴 (MC ʔˠuɛi))
嵔:
(MC reading: 嵔 (MC ʔʉi^X, ʔuʌi^X))
御:
(MC reading: 御 (MC ŋɨʌ^H))
我:
(MC reading: 我 (MC ŋɑ^X))
歪:
(MC reading: 歪)
渨:
(MC reading: 渨 (MC ʔuʌi))
煨:
(MC reading: 煨 (MC ʔuʌi))
牙:
(MC reading: 牙 (MC ŋˠa))
猗:
(MC reading: 猗 (MC ʔˠiᴇ, ʔˠiᴇ^X))
疴:
(MC reading: 疴 (MC kʰˠa^H))
砑:
(MC reading: 砑 (MC ŋˠa^H))
碨:
(MC reading: 碨 (MC ʔˠuɛi, ʔuʌi^X))
磈:
(MC reading: 磈 (MC ʔʉi^X, kʰuʌi^X))
笌:
(MC reading: 笌)
聵:
(MC reading: 聵 (MC ŋˠuɛi^H))
芽:
(MC reading: 芽 (MC ŋˠa))
莪:
(MC reading: 莪 (MC ŋɑ))
蛾:
(MC reading: 蛾 (MC ŋɑ, ŋˠiᴇ^X))
衙:
(MC reading: 衙 (MC ŋɨʌ, ŋˠa, ŋɨʌ^X))
訝:
(MC reading: 訝 (MC ŋˠa^H))
迓:
(MC reading: 迓 (MC ŋˠa^H))
錏:
(MC reading: 錏 (MC ʔˠa))
阿:
(MC reading: 阿 (MC ʔɑ))
隗:
(MC reading: 隗 (MC ŋuʌi^X))
雅:
(MC reading: 雅 (MC ŋˠa^X))
餓:
(MC reading: 餓 (MC ŋɑ^H))
鴉:
(MC reading: 鴉 (MC ʔˠa))
鵝:
(MC reading: 鵝 (MC ŋɑ))
鵞:
(MC reading: 鵞)