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Chinese name character 亞, simplified 亚

yà

Simplified: 亚

The character 亞 (Mandarin yà) appears in 9 names and 2 syllables in this reference and is spelled Ah and Ya in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “familiar prefix”, “second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)” and “second; Asia”.

Names and syllables
11
Malaysian spellings
2
Strokes
8
Attested in records
6

11 names and syllables in this reference have 亞 as one of their character options. For 6 of them, 亞 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 亞: the recorded options

  • familiar prefix

    in 15 character options · attested

  • second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)

    in 1 character options · attested

  • second; Asia

    in 1 character options

Unihan definition: Asia; second; used as a prefix to names

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 亞

亞 Ah Hokkien · Cantonese · Hakka +1 Ya Mandarin
亞 yields 2 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
AhHokkien · Cantonese · Hakka +1attested in name records
YaMandarinpossible

Readings of 亞 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī a Ah
CantoneseJyutping aa3 Ah
HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳ á Ah
TeochewPeng’im a1 Ah
MandarinHanyu Pinyin yā, yà Ya

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin yà and Cantonese aa3.

9 names that can be written with 亞

2 syllables that can stand for 亞

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 亞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 亞 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+4E9E · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 亞 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 亞, including “familiar prefix”, “second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)” and “second; Asia”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 亞 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 亞 is spelled Ah (Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) and Ya (Mandarin). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Ah written 亞?

Not necessarily. The spelling Ah can also stand for 亚, 阿. Only the family knows which character was chosen.