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

Descendants

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

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • 1o - colloquial;
  • 1ia - literary.
    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/
    Bernard
    Karlgren    		 /ʔa/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex    		 yā
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex    		 aa1
    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

    Japanese

    Kanji
    丫

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. bifurcation
    2. fork

    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

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    丫: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha

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    References
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