亜
亜 — Asia
Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
On’yomiア (a)
Kun’yomiつぐ (tsugu)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 亜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東亜 | とうあ toua | East Asia; the Orient |
| 亜鉛 | あえん aen | zinc (Zn) |
| 亜熱帯 | あねったい anettai | subtropics |
| 亜流 | ありゅう aryuu | (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation |
| 白亜 | はくあ hakua | chalk (rock); white wall |
| 亜種 | あしゅ ashu | subspecies |
Study notes
亜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1509 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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