亞

亞 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中中一 (MLLM), four-corner 1010₇, composition ⿴二⿰⿳丨一𠃑⿳𠃑一丨)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №506

• 俹, 啞, 埡, 婭, 孲, 𡹄, 𢛟, 掗, 𣵾, 椏, 𤦩, 𦜖, 𥏝, 䃁, 稏, 𥺼, 𦩒, 𠼞, 䛩, 𨁶, 錏, 𩜄, 𩤃, 𩩤, 𩸋, 䢝, 𩗽
• 㝞, 𦲕, 𥦳, 𠨣, 壼, 𥮳, 𠁏, 𠆊, 𠁕, 𩭯, 𢑹, 𡱻, 𢩔, 瘂, 氬, 堊, 𡹅, 惡, 𣇩, 𤊗, 琧, 𤲢, 蝁, 𣉩, 𩸖, 𠁐, 閸, 𡈀, 𬘃
• 𠜲, 𣂪, 㰳, 𫡷, 𤲾, 𩓩, 𬪿, 𩸇, 鵶, 𣛽, 𥉢, 𧓥, 𠠇, 斵, 𧢗, 𣤼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 274
• Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 23, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E9E

Pictogram (象形): an overhead view of a construction, likely a 亞-shaped tomb. Perhaps borrowed phonetically to mean "second; inferior".

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔrak (“inferior; dependent”), whence Tibetan རག (rag, “to depend on; subject; subservient; dependent”) (Bodman, 1980; Coblin, 1986).

Karlgren (1957) connects it to 惡 (OC *qaːɡ, “evil”), but Schuessler (2007) considers this to be unlikely due to the semantics.

The shangsheng pronunciation in Mandarin (yǎ) is a result of influence from the pronunciation of 啞／哑 (yǎ), whose written form contains 亞 as a component (Fu, 1958).

亞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a house (four walls & windows, seen from above)
2. second; inferior

   亞軍／亚军  ―  yàjūn  ―  second place

   不亞於／不亚于  ―  bù yàyú  ―  not inferior to

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 婭 / 娅
4. a surname

亞

1. Used in transcription.

   亞美尼亞／亚美尼亚  ―  Yàměiníyà  ―  Armenia

   哥倫比亞／哥伦比亚  ―  Gēlúnbǐyà  ―  Colombia

   薩摩亞／萨摩亚  ―  Sàmóyà  ―  Samoa

   亞格拉／亚格拉  ―  Yàgélā  ―  Agra

   亞琛／亚琛  ―  Yàchēn  ―  Aachen

   亞眠／亚眠  ―  Yàmián  ―  Amiens

   亞當／亚当  ―  Yàdāng  ―  Adam

   亞氏保加症／亚氏保加症  ―  Yàshìbǎojiāzhèng  ―  Asperger syndrome

   1. (～洲) short for 亞細亞／亚细亚 (Yàxìyà): Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

      東亞／东亚  ―  Dōngyà  ―  East Asia

      亞裔／亚裔  ―  yàyì  ―  Asian (ethnicity)

      亞太地區／亚太地区  ―  Yàtài dìqū  ―  Asia-Pacific

亞

1. (chiefly dialectal) alternative form of 阿 (“kinship prefix”)

亞

1. (Nanning Pinghua) this

   亞件衫／亚件衫 [Nanning Pinghua]  ―  aa³ gyun⁶ saam¹ [Jyutping++]  ―  this shirt

• “亞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00057

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 亜)

1. rank
2. follow
3. sub- prefix

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: あ (a)、あつ (atsu)、おう (ō)
• Kun: つぎ (tsugi, 亞ぎ)、つぐ (tsugu, 亞ぐ)

• 旧字体 (kyūjitai) old form character
• Also used phonetically for あ (a)

From Middle Chinese 亞 (MC 'aeH).

• (phonetic element in transliterations):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아]
• (second; sub-; ranking next; etc.):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource

亞 (eumhun 버금 아 (beogeum a))

1. hanja form^? of 아 (“second; sub-”)
2. hanja form^? of 아 (“ranking next; coming after”)
3. hanja form^? of 아 : Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean) (abbreviation)
4. hanja form^? of 아 (“used as a prefix to names”)

亞 • (A) (hangeul 아)

1. (in headlines) clipping of 亞細亞아세아 (Asea): Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)

A common convention in news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

亞: Hán Nôm readings: á, a

1. Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
2. Asiatic

• Nom Foundation
• Chunom.org