# 丫

| 丫 | U+4E2B, &#20011; 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 8020$_0$ or 8020$_7$, 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
### Glyph origin

Appeared c. 1000, much later than the alternative forms.
Pictogram (象形) . A fork in a branch or path.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yā (ya$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ia; $^1$o
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yā
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ya
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^1$
*** Yale: yā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
*** Palladius: я (ja)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yār
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yar
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yār
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ial
*** Palladius: яр (jar)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^1$
*** Yale: ā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː⁵⁵/
* 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: $^1$ia; $^1$o
*** MiniDict: ia$^平$; o$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ia; $^1$o
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia⁵³/, /o⁵³/
* 1o - colloquial;
* 1ia - literary.
* 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | aa$^1$ |
* 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
* bifurcation; fork
* forked
* (Beijing Mandarin, colloquial, derogatory) he; she
* (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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* bifurcation
* 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

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丫

## Vietnamese
### Han character

丫: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha
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#### References

* Nom Foundation