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 難難金中 (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 Dictionary: 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

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yǎ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): nga¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): a¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ia; ¹o
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nga¹

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• 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: ya¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ial
    • Palladius: яр (jar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑɻ⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: yǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • 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.

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: a¹
    • Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ia; ¹o
    • MiniDict: ia^平; o^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ia; ¹o
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia⁵³/, /o⁵³/

Note:

• 1o - colloquial;
• 1ia - literary.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa̠³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ae

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
Baxter	'ae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔa/
Wang Li	/a/
Bernhard 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

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

Compounds

• 丫叉
• 丫子 (yāzi)
• 丫巴兒 / 丫巴儿
• 丫撬
• 丫杈 (yāchà)
• 丫枝 (yāzhī)
• 丫頭 / 丫头 (yātou)
• 丫髻 (yājì)
• 丫鬟 (yāhuan)
• 南丫島 / 南丫岛 (Nányā Dǎo)
• 大腳丫 / 大脚丫
• 杈丫
• 楂丫
• 渾骨丫髻 / 浑骨丫髻
• 老丫
• 腳丫子 / 脚丫子 (jiǎoyāzi)
• 臭腳丫子 / 臭脚丫子

Japanese

Kanji

丫

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bifurcation, fork
2. an ancient type of children's haircut
   1. Synonyms: 揚巻 (agemaki), 角髪 (tsunogami)

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