啊 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 11 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 愛好と厭悪の声。
  2. 驚嘆を表す。
  3. 文末に用いて疑問、勧告の意を示す。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

exclamatory particle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • こえ
Other languages
  • 拼音a5
  • 拼音a1
  • 拼音a2
  • 拼音a3
  • 拼音a4
  • 한글a
  • Hán-ViệtA
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-Việt

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+554A

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口阿

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Lookup codes

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