A (kana)
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| kana - gojūon | |||||||||||
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| n | wa | ra | ya | ma | ha | na | ta | sa | ka | a | |
| tsu | wi | ri | mi | hi | ni | chi | shi | ki | i | ||
| ã‚› | ru | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su | ku | u | ||
| ー | we | re | me | he | ne | te | se | ke | e | ||
| wo | ro | yo | mo | ho | no | to | so | ko | o | ||
ã‚ in hiragana or ã‚¢ in katakana (romanised a) is one of the Japanese kana that each respresent one mora. ã‚ is based on the sÅsho style of kanji 安, and ã‚¢ is from the radical of kanji 阿. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, it is occupies the first position of the alphabet, before ã„. Additionally, it is the 36th letter in Iroha, after ã¦, before ã•. Its hiragana resembles the kana no combined with a cross. The Unicode for ã‚ is U+3040, and the Unicode for ã‚¢ is U+30A2.
The pronunciation is normally transcribed [a]; more precisely, it is [aÌŸ] or [É‘Ì ].
| Form | RÅmaji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal a/i/u/e/o (ã‚è¡Œ a-gyÅ) |
a | ã‚ | ã‚¢ |
| aa, ah Ä |
ã‚ã‚, ã‚ã ã‚ー |
アア, アァ アー |
[edit] Variant forms
Scaled-down versions of the kana (ã, ã‚¡) are used to express morae foreign to the Japanese language, such as ファ (fa).
[edit] Alternative forms
In Japanese Braille, ã‚ or ã‚¢ is represented as:
| â— | ï¼ |
| ï¼ | ï¼ |
| ï¼ | ï¼ |
The Morse code for ã‚ or ã‚¢, is ï¼ï¼ãƒ»ï¼ï¼.
In Japanese phonetic alphabet, one would say "æœæ—¥ã®ã‚¢" (Asahi no A.)
[edit] Strokes
