ㄚ

See also: 丫, ㆩ, and Y

ㄚ U+311A, ㄚ BOPOMOFO LETTER A ← ㄙ [U+3119] Bopomofo ㄛ → [U+311B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄚ

1. type: monophthong rhyme
2. general transliteration: a
3. keyboard key: 8

Descendants

• ㆩ, ㄚ̃, ㄚ:

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".

Etymology

Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ā (a¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: a
    • Wade–Giles: a¹
    • Yale: ā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: a
    • Palladius: а (a)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵/

(general) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “a” /ä/:

(file)

(when pronounced alone) Phoneme:

Audio (Pinyin); “a” /ˀä/:

(file)

(Mazu variety if pronounced with the 1st, 2nd, 5th, or 8th tone) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /a/ (Pinyin: a)

(Miao variety, Mazu variety if pronounced with the 3rd, 4th, or 7th tone) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /ɑ/ (Pinyin: a)

(Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Phoneme: IPA^(key): /ã/ (Pinyin: ai)

Letter

ㄚ

1. 22nd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 31st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

References

• 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
• Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf

Northern Qiandong Miao

Pronunciation

• Phoneme: IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

ㄚ (a) (Hutton)

1. 31st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

References

• Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198