亜

See also: 亞 and 亚

亜	U+4E9C, 亜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E9C

← 些
[U+4E9B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

亝 →
[U+4E9D]

Translingual

Traditional	亞
Shinjitai	亜
Simplified	亚

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 ⿱𫝁一)

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 (“second; inferior; Asia; etc.”). (This character, 亜, is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 亞.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	亜
Kyūjitai	亞

Kanji

亜

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 亞)

Abbreviation of 亜細亜 (Asia).
rank next
come after
(chemistry) as a prefix, equivalent to the -ous suffix
sub- prefix

Readings

Goon: え (e)
Kan’on: あ (a, Jōyō); あつ (atsu); おう (ō)
Kun: つぎ (tsugi, 亜ぎ); つぐ (tsugu, 亜ぐ)

Compounds

abbreviation for Asia

-ous (Chemistry)

次亜 (じあ, jia) hypo- -ous (chemistry)
亜砒酸 (あひさん, ahisan) arsenious acid
亜燐酸 (ありんさん, arinsan) phosphorous acid
亜硫酸 (ありゅうさん, aryūsan) sulfurous acid
亜硝酸 (あしょうさん, ashōsan) nitrous acid
亜酸化窒素 (あさんかちっそ, asanka chisso) nitrous oxide

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

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

(others)

白亜 (はくあ, hakua) chalk
白亜紀 (はくあき, hakuaki) Cretaceous period (paleontology)
白亜質 (はくあしつ, hakuashitsu) chalky

亜炭 (あたん, atan) brown coal, lignite
亜麻 (あま, ama) flax
亜鈴 (あれい, arei) dumbbell

References

JIS: 3021
Kuten: 1601
Shift JIS: 889f
EUC-JP: B0A1
Frequency: 1509
Nelson: 43

New Nelson: 81
Halpern: 3540
Halpern Learners: 2204
Heisig: 1809
Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a7.14

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.

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