Zi:亞
亞(S亚) [yà] inferior, second (亞軍 ‘runner-up’); 亞洲 Yàzhōu Asia [yā] 丫/椏: 枝丫 [è] 惡; 堊 [wù] (HDC:) 亞駞/駝 (神名); 厭惡, 憎惡
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►aa3 亞 b.f./char. ►aa3 si6 亞視 ►naam4 aa3 jan4 se4 南亞人蛇
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►²yà 亚[亞] {E} b.f. ①inferior ►yàyú 亚于 ②second ►yàjūn 亚军 ◆ab. Yàzhōu Asia
HDZ: 亞 : yà : (甲) 亞字象隅角之形; 次一等, 次于; 匹配, 等同; 挨着, 靠近; 掩, 闭 (掩闭: 关闭; 隐瞒,包庇); 少; 丑, 难看; 婭: 姐妹丈夫的互称; 壓: 俯, 低垂; (简称) 亚洲 (欧亚大陆); (姓) • yā : 丫/椏: 枝丫 (cf. 𣏎); (象声) • è : 惡; 堊
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 亚:) The simple-form character 亚 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 亞 (8 strokes), replacing the complex inner bent full-form strokes with a simpler shape (4 strokes) like the top of 业/業.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 亞() yà ‘ugly (hunchback)’ is said to depict the bulging back (repulsive figure) of a (hideously deformed/inferior) person with a hunchback/humpback (局背=驼背).
Compare: 哑/啞() yā ‘(on.) sound of surprised laughter’ (䷲); 哑/啞 yǎ ‘dumb/mute; hoarse (throat)’.
Compare: 䛩() wù ‘bad-talk each other; fear/hate/shame/mock’; 铔/錏() yā ‘neck/throat armor/mail’.
Older graphs associated with 亞 are said to depict the corners of a cross-shaped building/monument/shrine/grave.
Compare: 恶(惡) è/wù ‘offense/error/crime/evil’, formerly also wr. 亞.
Compare: 桠/椏 yā ‘fork of a tree’, formerly wr. 亞, later also 丫.
Note: 亚细亚 Yàxìyà ‘Asia’; 澳大利亚 Australia; 利比亚 Libya; 马来西亚 Malaysia; ….
Compare: 壶(𡔲壺) hú ‘pot/kettle’; 覀/襾() yà ‘cover/stopper’.
“[亞] Picture of a humpback.” —Karlgren(AD).
“[亞] A 工 work deformed; ugly, as a hunchback. The vertical line is doubled, to show a deformation in different directions. The meaning ‘second’, derived from 二, is jiǎjiè.” —Wieger.
►references: Karlgren:GSR805a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.23.2; Mathews:7225; Guǎngyùn:421.43; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:87.13; EDOC:1
►components: 二𫸪一弓
►Cantonese: a- nga-
Shuōwén: (亞)
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<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
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</cdl>
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<stroke type='h' points='7,40 41,40' head='cut' tail='cut' />
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</cdl>
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