亞 [亚] yà
: Asia; Asian; second; next to; inferior; sub-
亜ぐ | つぐ tsugu
godan verb with gu ending | intransitive verb
: to rank next to; to come after
亜 | あ a
prefix
: sub-
: -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite
亞軍 [亚军] ya4jun1: second place (in a sports contest); runner-up
亞[亚]洲 ya4zhou: Asia; abbr. for 亞細亞洲
亞[亚]太 ya4tai4: Asia-Pacific
東亞 [东亚] dong1ya4: East Asia [東亜 | とうあ toua: East Asia; the Orient]
南亞[亚] nan2ya4: southern Asia
西亞[亚] xi1ya4: Southwest Asia
三亞[亚] san1ya4: Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
韓亞龍 [韩亚龙] han2 ya4 long2: Han ah Reum; H Mart, Korean supermarket chain in US and Canada
亞爾發和奧米加 [亚尔发和奥米加] ya4 er3 fa1 he2 ao4 mi3 jia1: Alpha and Omega
[アルファとオメガ arufua to omega]
Japanese common word | expression
脱亜入欧 | だつあにゅうおう datsuanyuuou
: leave Asia, enter Europe (Fukuzawa Yukichi)
Chinese expression
脫亞入歐 [脱亚入欧] tuo1 ya4 ru4 ou1
: to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe; refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan’s subsequent colonization projects in Asia
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a cross-shaped building compound, meaning “clan temple”.
簡體 Simplified.
亚. Created as generic character simplification #115 (亞 » 亚) via omission of part of the traditional character.
Historical / Japanese Variant:
亜 ya4: Asia
Look-alike:
並 [并] bing4
: equal to, side by side, furthermore
[kun: なみ nami, ならび narabi, ならぶ narabu, なべて nabete, なめて namete, ならべる naraberu, narabini. on: ヘイ hei, ホウ hou]
業[业] ye4
: profession, business, trade
[kun: わざ waza, なりわい nariwai. on: ぎょう gyou, ごう gou]
Examples:
我是馬來西亞人。
wo3 shi4 ma3lai2 xi1ya4 ren2
I’m a Malaysian.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
