ㄚ

ㄚ

1. type: monophthong rhyme
2. general transliteration: a
3. keyboard key: 8

• ㆩ, ㄚ̃, ㄚ:

Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".

Derived from 丫 (yā) (Mandarin: yā), "fork".

1. 22nd letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
2. 31st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

1. (general) Sound IPA^(key): /ä/ (Pinyin: a), which is commonly present in Chinese.
2. (when pronounced alone) Sound IPA^(key): /ˀä/ (Pinyin: a)
3. (Mazu dialect if pronounced with the 1st, 2nd, 5th, or 8th tone) Sound IPA^(key): /a/ (Pinyin: a).
4. (Miao dialect, Mazu dialect if pronounced with the 3rd, 4th, or 7th tone) Sound IPA^(key): /ɑ/ (Pinyin: a).
5. (Hokkien when in a syllable that starts with a nasal consonant (ㄇ, ㄋ, ㄫ, or ㄬ)) Sound IPA^(key): /ã/ (Pinyin: ai)

• 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
• Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf

1. 31st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

1. sound IPA^(key): /a/ (Hutton): a

• Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198