A (hiragana: あ, katakana: ア) is a Japanese kana that represents the mora consisting of single vowel [a]. The hiragana character あ is based on the sōsho style of kanji安, while the katakana ア is from the radical of kanji 阿. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, it occupies the first position of the alphabet, before い. Additionally, it is the 36th letter in Iroha, after て, before さ. The Unicode for あ is U+3042, and the Unicode for ア is U+30A2.
The katakana ア derives, via man'yōgana, from the left element of kanji阿. The hiragana あ derives from cursive simplification of the kanji 安.
Variant formsedit
Scaled-down versions of the kana (ぁ, ァ) are used to express sounds foreign to the Japanese language, such as ファ (fa). In some Okinawan writing systems, a small ぁ is also combined with the kana く (ku) and ふ (fu or hu) to form the digraphs くぁ kwa and ふぁ hwa, although others use a small ゎ instead. In hentaigana, a variant of あ is appeared with a stroke written exactly as wakanmuri. The version of the kana with dakuten (あ゙, ア゙) are used to represent either a gurgling sound, a voiced pharyngeal fricative (/ʕ/), or other similarly articulated sound.
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A hiragana あ katakana ア is a Japanese kana that represents the mora consisting of single vowel a The hiragana character あ is based on the sōsho style of kanji 安 while the katakana ア is from the radical of kanji 阿 In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order it occupies the first position of the alphabet before い Additionally it is the 36th letter in Iroha after て before さ The Unicode for あ is U 3042 and the Unicode for ア is U 30A2 ahiraganakatakanatransliterationahiragana origin安katakana origin阿Man yōgana阿 安 英 足 鞅spelling kana朝日のア Asahi no a Form Rōmaji Hiragana Katakana Normal a i u e o あ行 a gyō a あ ア aaa ああ あぁあー アア アァアー Contents 1 Derivation 2 Variant forms 3 Stroke order 4 Other communicative representations 5 Footnotes 6 ReferencesDerivation editThe katakana ア derives via man yōgana from the left element of kanji 阿 The hiragana あ derives from cursive simplification of the kanji 安 Variant forms editScaled down versions of the kana ぁ ァ are used to express sounds foreign to the Japanese language such as ファ fa In some Okinawan writing systems a small ぁ is also combined with the kana く ku and ふ fu or hu to form the digraphs くぁ kwa and ふぁ hwa although others use a small ゎ instead In hentaigana a variant of あ is appeared with a stroke written exactly as wakanmuri The version of the kana with dakuten あ ア are used to represent either a gurgling sound a voiced pharyngeal fricative ʕ or other similarly articulated sound Stroke order edit nbsp Stroke order in writing あ nbsp Stroke order in writing ア nbsp Stroke order in writing あ The Hiragana あ is made with three strokes 1 At the top a horizontal stroke from left to right A downward vertical stroke starting above and in the center of the last stroke At the bottom a loop like the Hiragana の nbsp Stroke order in writing ア The Katakana ア is made with two strokes 2 At the top a stroke consisting of a horizontal line and a short horizontal line proceeding downward and to the left Starting at the end of the last stroke a curved line proceeding downward and to the left Other communicative representations editJapanese radiotelephony alphabet Wabun code 朝日のア Asahi no A nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Japanese Navy Signal Flag Japanese semaphore Japanese manual syllabary fingerspelling Braille dots 1 Japanese Braille Full Braille representation あ ア in Japanese Braille あ ア a ああ アー a あ ー chōon nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp When lengthening a syllables in Japanese braille a chōon is always used as in standard katakana usage instead of adding an あ ア Computer encodings Character information Preview あ ア ｱ Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER A KATAKANA LETTER A HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER A CIRCLED KATAKANA A Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex Unicode 12354 U 3042 12450 U 30A2 65393 U FF71 13008 U 32D0 UTF 8 227 129 130 E3 81 82 227 130 162 E3 82 A2 239 189 177 EF BD B1 227 139 144 E3 8B 90 Numeric character reference amp 12354 wbr amp x3042 wbr amp 12450 wbr amp x30A2 wbr amp 65393 wbr amp xFF71 wbr amp 13008 wbr amp x32D0 wbr Shift JIS 3 130 160 82 A0 131 65 83 41 177 B1 EUC JP 4 164 162 A4 A2 165 162 A5 A2 142 177 8E B1 GB 18030 5 164 162 A4 A2 165 162 A5 A2 132 49 151 51 84 31 97 33 129 57 209 54 81 39 D1 36 EUC KR 6 UHC 7 170 162 AA A2 171 162 AB A2 Big5 non ETEN kana 8 198 166 C6 A6 198 249 C6 F9 Big5 ETEN HKSCS 9 198 232 C6 E8 199 124 C7 7C Character information Preview ぁ ァ ｧ Unicode name HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL A KATAKANA LETTER SMALL A HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL A Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex Unicode 12353 U 3041 12449 U 30A1 65383 U FF67 UTF 8 227 129 129 E3 81 81 227 130 161 E3 82 A1 239 189 167 EF BD A7 Numeric character reference amp 12353 wbr amp x3041 wbr amp 12449 wbr amp x30A1 wbr amp 65383 wbr amp xFF67 wbr Shift JIS 3 130 159 82 9F 131 64 83 40 167 A7 EUC JP 4 164 161 A4 A1 165 161 A5 A1 142 167 8E A7 GB 18030 5 164 161 A4 A1 165 161 A5 A1 132 49 150 51 84 31 96 33 EUC KR 6 UHC 7 170 161 AA A1 171 161 AB A1 Big5 non ETEN kana 8 198 165 C6 A5 198 248 C6 F8 Big5 ETEN HKSCS 9 198 231 C6 E7 199 123 C7 7BFootnotes edit Gilhooly 2003 p 62 Gilhooly 2003 p 128 a b Unicode Consortium 2015 12 02 1994 03 08 Shift JIS to Unicode a b Unicode Consortium IBM EUC JP 2007 International Components for Unicode a b Standardization Administration of China SAC 2005 11 18 GB 18030 2005 Information Technology Chinese coded character set a b Unicode Consortium IBM IBM 970 International Components for Unicode a b Steele Shawn 2000 cp949 to Unicode table Microsoft Unicode Consortium a b Unicode Consortium 2015 12 02 1994 02 11 BIG5 to Unicode table complete a b van Kesteren Anne big5 Encoding Standard WHATWG References edit nbsp Look up あ ぁ ア or ァ in Wiktionary the free dictionary Gilhooly Helen 2003 1999 Beginner s Japanese Script Teach Yourself London Hodder Headline ISBN 0 340 86024 3 OCLC 56469680 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A kana amp oldid 1216792680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
