丫

See also: ㄚ, ㆩ, and Y

丫	U+4E2B, 丫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2B

← 个
[U+4E2A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

丬 →
[U+4E2C]

Translingual

Han character

丫 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 金中 (CL) or XX金中 (XXCL), four-corner 8020₀ or 8020₇, composition ⿱丷丨)

Derived characters

吖, 𣏎, 𫊦, 𮨸, 𮬨, 𡷉, 𩫾, 𰿛

Descendants

ㄚ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References

KangXi: page 79, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 71
Dae Jaweon: page 158, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 6
Unihan data for U+4E2B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丫
alternative forms		椏／桠枒／丫

Glyph origin

Appeared c. 1000, much later than the alternative forms.

Pictogram (象形) . A fork in a branch or path.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹
Min Nan (POJ): a
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹ia; ¹o

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yā
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ya
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹
  - Yale: yā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
  - Palladius: я (ja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yār
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yar
  - Wade–Giles: yarh¹
  - Yale: yār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ial
  - Palladius: яр (jar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa¹
  - Yale: ā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a
  - Tâi-lô: a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: af
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹ia; ¹o
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia̱⁵³/, /o⁵³/

Note:

1o - colloquial;
1ia - literary.

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠa/

Rime
Character	丫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於加切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔa/
Wang Li	/a/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aa¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丫
Reading #	1/1
No.	14174
Phonetic component	丫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鴉
Old Chinese	/*qraː/
Notes	椏晚起字

Definitions

丫

bifurcation; fork
forked
(Beijing, colloquial, derogatory) he; she
(Beijing, colloquial) A derogatory appositive attached to second- and third-person pronouns.

Compounds

丫叉
丫子 (yāzi)
丫撬
丫杈 (yāchà)
丫枝 (yāzhī)
丫髻 (yājì)

丫鬟 (yāhuan)
杈丫
楂丫
老丫
丫巴兒／丫巴儿
丫頭／丫头 (yātou)

南丫島／南丫岛 (Nányā Dǎo)
大腳丫／大脚丫
渾骨丫髻／浑骨丫髻
腳丫子／脚丫子 (jiǎoyāzi)
臭腳丫子／臭脚丫子

Japanese

Kanji

丫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: あ (a)
Kan-on: あ (a)
Kun: ふたまた (futamata, 丫); あげまき (agemaki, 丫)

Korean

Hanja

丫 (eumhun 가닥 아 (gadak a))

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References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丫

Vietnamese

Han character

丫: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha

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References

Nom Foundation

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