Translingual
Han character
亜 (radical 7 二+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一中中一 (MLLM) or X一中中一 (XMLLM), four-corner 10107, composition ⿳一⿻⿰丨丨口一)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 87, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 272
- Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 21, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4E9C
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 亜 – see 亞.
(This character, 亜, is a variant form of 亞.) |
Japanese
Kanji
亜
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亞)
- Abbreviation of 亜細亜 (Asia).
- rank next
- come after
- (chemistry) -ous suffix
- sub- prefix
Readings
Compounds
second rank, sub-
- 亜鉛 (あえん, aen) zinc
- 亜鉛鉄 (あえんてつ, aentetsu) galvanized iron
- 亜音速 (あおんそく, aonsoku) subsonic speed
- 亜温帯 (あおんたい, aontai) subtemperate zone
- 亜寒帯 (あかんたい, akantai) subarctic zone (climate zone)
- 亜熱帯 (あねったい, anettai) subtropics
- 亜大陸 (あたいりく, atairiku) subcontinent
- 亜脱臼 (あだっきゅう, adakkyū) subluxation
- 亜急性 (あきゅうせい, akyūsei) subacute
- 亜成層圏 (あせいそうけん, aseisōken) substratosphere
- 亜高山帯 (あこうざんたい, akōzantai) subalpine zone
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- 亜群 (あぐん, agun) subgroup
- 亜綱 (あこう, akō) subclass
- 亜科 (あか, aka) suborder, subfamily (taxonomy)
- 亜種 (あしゅ, ashu) sub-species
- 亜属 (あぞく, azoku) subgroup, subgenus
- 亜族 (あぞく, azoku) subgroup
- 亜目 (あもく, amoku) suborder
- 亜門 (あもん, amon) subphylum
- 亜流 (ありゅう, aryū)
- 亜聖 (あせい, asei) sage of the second order
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References
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- New Nelson: 81
- Halpern: 3540
- Halpern Learners: 2204
- Heisig: 1809
- Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a7.14
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Usage notes
- 新字体 (shinjitai) new form character
- Also used phonetically for あ (a)
- 亜 is put before a word in the sense of the -ous suffix.
