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Ah Shak name meaning
- 亞石familiar prefix; stone
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- A
- Romanization
- Hakka
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters亞石
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Ah Shak
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Ah Shak is a Chinese boy's nickname; Shak matches the Hakka reading of 石 'stone', though the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Ah Shak
This spelling is common in Hakka romanization.
- 亞石
familiar prefix; stone
Hakka á sa̍k (Hailu shag) / Mandarin yā shí
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Ah Shak
Ah is a familiar prefix in Chinese nicknames, written 亞 or 阿 (亞 serves as a variant of 阿 in this use). Shak matches the Hakka reading of 石 (sa̍k, Hailu shag), meaning stone. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose, and other characters for Shak are uncertain.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hakka |
| Parts | Ah + Shak |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with A |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 亞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 亞 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 石 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 石 · mdbg.net · meaning
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