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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86_(%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE)" title="আ (কানা) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আ (কানা)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82" title="あ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="あ" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(Kana)" title="A (Kana) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="A (Kana)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82" title="あ – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="あ" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kanao)" title="A (kanao) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="A (kanao)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82" title="あ – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="あ" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82" title="あ – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="あ" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82" title="あ – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="あ" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82(%D5%A1)" title="あ(ա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="あ(ա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82" title="あ – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="あ" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1_(%E1%80%81%E1%80%94)" title="အ (ခန) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အ (ခန)" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(kana)" title="A (kana) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="A (kana)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kana_gojuon_sidebar" title="Template:Kana gojuon sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kana_gojuon_sidebar" title="Template talk:Kana gojuon sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kana_gojuon_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kana gojuon sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>A</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">hiragana</a>: あ, <a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">katakana</a>: ア) is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">kana</a> that represents the <a href="/wiki/Mora_(linguistics)" title="Mora (linguistics)">mora</a> consisting of single vowel <a href="/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel" title="Open front unrounded vowel"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[a]</span></a>. The hiragana character あ is based on the <a href="/wiki/Grass_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Grass script">sōsho style</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">安</span></span>, while the katakana ア is from the <a href="/wiki/Radical_(Chinese_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radical (Chinese character)">radical</a> of kanji <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">阿</span></span>. In the modern Japanese system of <a href="/wiki/Alphabetical_order" title="Alphabetical order">alphabetical order</a>, it occupies the first position of the alphabet, before <a href="/wiki/%E3%81%84" class="mw-redirect" title="い">い</a>. Additionally, it is the 36th letter in <a href="/wiki/Iroha" title="Iroha">Iroha</a>, after て, before さ. The <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> for あ is U+3042, and the Unicode for ア is U+30A2. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Form </th> <th><a href="/wiki/R%C5%8Dmaji" class="mw-redirect" title="Rōmaji">Rōmaji</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">Hiragana</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">Katakana</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Normal <i>a</i>/<i>i</i>/<i>u</i>/<i>e</i>/<i>o</i><br />(<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">あ行</span></span> <i>a-gyō</i>) </th> <td><i>a</i> </td> <td>あ </td> <td>ア </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>aa</i><br /><i>ā</i> </td> <td>ああ, あぁ<br />あー </td> <td>アア, アァ<br />アー </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Derivation">Derivation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_(kana)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Derivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The katakana ア derives, via <a href="/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dgana" title="Man'yōgana">man'yōgana</a>, from the left element of <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:阿">阿</a></span></span>. The hiragana あ derives from cursive simplification of the kanji <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:安">安</a></span></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variant_forms">Variant forms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_(kana)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Variant forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scaled-down versions of the kana (ぁ, ァ) are used to express sounds foreign to the Japanese language, such as ファ (fa). In some <a href="/wiki/Okinawan_writing_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Okinawan writing system">Okinawan writing systems</a>, a small ぁ is also combined with the kana く (<i>ku</i>) and ふ (<i>fu</i> or <i>hu</i>) to form the digraphs くぁ <i>kwa</i> and ふぁ <i>hwa</i>, although others use a small ゎ instead. In <a href="/wiki/Hentaigana" title="Hentaigana">hentaigana</a>, a variant of あ is appeared with a stroke written exactly as <i><a href="/wiki/Radical_14" title="Radical 14">wakanmuri</a></i>. The version of the kana with <a href="/wiki/Dakuten_and_handakuten" title="Dakuten and handakuten">dakuten</a> (あ゙, ア゙) are used to represent either a gurgling sound, a <a href="/wiki/Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative" title="Voiced pharyngeal fricative">voiced pharyngeal fricative</a> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/<a href="/wiki/Voiced_pharyngeal_fricative" title="Voiced pharyngeal fricative">ʕ</a>/</span>), or other similarly articulated sound. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stroke_order">Stroke order</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_(kana)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stroke order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hiragana_%E3%81%82_stroke_order_animation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stroke order in writing あ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Hiragana_%E3%81%82_stroke_order_animation.gif/170px-Hiragana_%E3%81%82_stroke_order_animation.gif" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Hiragana_%E3%81%82_stroke_order_animation.gif/255px-Hiragana_%E3%81%82_stroke_order_animation.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Hiragana_%E3%81%82_stroke_order_animation.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Stroke order in writing あ</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katakana_%E3%82%A2_stroke_order_animation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stroke order in writing ア" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Katakana_%E3%82%A2_stroke_order_animation.gif/170px-Katakana_%E3%82%A2_stroke_order_animation.gif" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Katakana_%E3%82%A2_stroke_order_animation.gif/255px-Katakana_%E3%82%A2_stroke_order_animation.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Katakana_%E3%82%A2_stroke_order_animation.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Stroke order in writing ア</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E3%81%82-bw.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Stroke order in writing あ"><img alt="Stroke order in writing あ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/%E3%81%82-bw.png/200px-%E3%81%82-bw.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/%E3%81%82-bw.png/300px-%E3%81%82-bw.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/%E3%81%82-bw.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption>Stroke order in writing あ</figcaption></figure> <p>The Hiragana あ is made with three <a href="/wiki/Stroke_(CJK_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stroke (CJK character)">strokes</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>At the top, a horizontal stroke from left to right.</li> <li>A downward vertical stroke starting above and in the center of the last stroke.</li> <li>At the bottom, a loop like the Hiragana <a href="/wiki/%E3%81%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="の">の</a>.</li></ol> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E3%82%A2-bw.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Stroke order in writing ア"><img alt="Stroke order in writing ア" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/%E3%82%A2-bw.png/150px-%E3%82%A2-bw.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/%E3%82%A2-bw.png/225px-%E3%82%A2-bw.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/%E3%82%A2-bw.png/300px-%E3%82%A2-bw.png 2x" data-file-width="364" data-file-height="118" /></a><figcaption>Stroke order in writing ア</figcaption></figure> <p>The Katakana ア is made with two strokes:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>At the top, a stroke consisting of a horizontal line and a short horizontal line proceeding downward and to the left.</li> <li>Starting at the end of the last stroke, a curved line proceeding downward and to the left.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_communicative_representations">Other communicative representations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_(kana)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other communicative representations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="width: 400px;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align: center; background: white;"> <tbody><tr style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 125%;"> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; line-height:1.3em; padding:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_radiotelephony_alphabet" title="Japanese radiotelephony alphabet">Japanese radiotelephony alphabet</a> </td> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Wabun_code" title="Wabun code">Wabun code</a> </td></tr> <tr style="font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; font-size:150%"> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">朝日のア</span></span><br /><i style="font-size:75%">Asahi no "A"</i> </td> <td width="50%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; font-size: large;"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion nounderlines"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/0\/05\/%C3%91%2C_%C5%83_Morse_Code.oga\/%C3%91%2C_%C5%83_Morse_Code.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"<style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1268038863\">.mw-parser-output .morse{font-family:monospace;font-size:37.5%;vertical-align:.75em;white-space:pre-wrap}.mw-parser-output .morse~.morse::before{content:\"\\a0 \"}<\/style><span class=\"morse\">&#160;&#9604;&#9604;&#9604;&#160;&#9604;&#9604;&#9604;&#160;&#9604;&#160;&#9604;&#9604;&#9604;&#160;&#9604;&#9604;&#9604;&#160;<\/span>"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"\u00d1, \u0143 Morse Code.oga"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/05/%C3%91%2C_%C5%83_Morse_Code.oga/%C3%91%2C_%C5%83_Morse_Code.oga.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1268038863">.mw-parser-output .morse{font-family:monospace;font-size:37.5%;vertical-align:.75em;white-space:pre-wrap}.mw-parser-output .morse~.morse::before{content:"\a0 "}</style><span class="morse"> ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ </span></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%91,_%C5%83_Morse_Code.oga" title="File:Ñ, Ń Morse Code.oga">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align: center; background: white;"> <tbody><tr style="height: 80px;"> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg/50px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg/75px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg/100px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg/50px-Japanese_Semaphore_Basic_Stroke_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="42" class="mw-file-element" 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<td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; border-top: 1px solid silver; padding:0.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_A_Braille.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="⠁"><img alt="⠁" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Japanese_A_Braille.svg/77px-Japanese_A_Braille.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Japanese_A_Braille.svg/116px-Japanese_A_Braille.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Japanese_A_Braille.svg/154px-Japanese_A_Braille.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="154" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 125%;"> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver; padding-bottom:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Navy_Signal_Flags" title="Japanese Navy Signal Flags">Japanese Navy Signal Flag</a> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_semaphore" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese semaphore">Japanese semaphore</a> </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_manual_syllabary" title="Japanese manual syllabary">Japanese manual syllabary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fingerspelling" title="Fingerspelling">fingerspelling</a>) </td> <td width="25%" style="border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="/wiki/Braille_pattern_dots-1" title="Braille pattern dots-1">Braille dots-1</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Braille" title="Japanese Braille">Japanese Braille</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <ul><li>Full Braille representation</li></ul> <table class="wikitable nowrap" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">あ / ア in <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Braille" title="Japanese Braille">Japanese Braille</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>あ / ア <br /><b>a</b></td> <td>ああ / アー <br /><b>ā</b></td> <td>+あ / +ー <br /><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Don" class="mw-redirect" title="Chōon">chōon</a>* </td></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1262716500">.mw-parser-output .brai_img img{background:#f8f9fa!important}.mw-parser-output .brai_img_transparent img{background:transparent!important}</style><span class="brai_img" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_A_Braille.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) U+2801"><img alt="⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Japanese_A_Braille.svg/30px-Japanese_A_Braille.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Japanese_A_Braille.svg/45px-Japanese_A_Braille.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="font-size:150%">あ</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">ア</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">ｱ</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">㋐ </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273787049">.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child{height:50px}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]{height:100%}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]>div{height:100%;display:flex;justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]>div>div{display:flex;flex-direction:column;padding:0 0.5em}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap tr:first-child th[colspan]>div>div>span:nth-child(2){margin:auto;padding:10px 0;font-size:150%;font-family:monospace;line-height:1}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap .smallcaps-cm{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap td:first-child{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output table.template-charmap .template-charmap-numchr td:nth-child(n/**/+2){font-size:90%;font-family:monospace;padding:2px}</style>Unicode name </th> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">HIRAGANA LETTER A </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">KATAKANA LETTER A </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER A </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">CIRCLED KATAKANA A </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Encodings</th> <th>decimal</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a></td> <td>12354</td> <td>U+3042</td> <td>12450</td> <td>U+30A2</td> <td>65393</td> <td>U+FF71</td> <td>13008</td> <td>U+32D0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a></td> <td>227 129 130</td> <td>E3 81 82</td> <td>227 130 162</td> <td>E3 82 A2</td> <td>239 189 177</td> <td>EF BD B1</td> <td>227 139 144</td> <td>E3 8B 90 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Numeric_character_reference" title="Numeric character reference">Numeric character reference</a></td> <td>&#12354;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x3042;<wbr /></td> <td>&#12450;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x30A2;<wbr /></td> <td>&#65393;<wbr /></td> <td>&#xFF71;<wbr /></td> <td>&#13008;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x32D0;<wbr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shift_JIS" title="Shift JIS">Shift JIS</a><sup id="cite_ref-shift_jis-utc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shift_jis-utc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>130 160</td> <td>82 A0</td> <td>131 65</td> <td>83 41</td> <td>177</td> <td>B1</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EUC-JP" class="mw-redirect" title="EUC-JP">EUC-JP</a><sup id="cite_ref-euc-jp-2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euc-jp-2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>164 162</td> <td>A4 A2</td> <td>165 162</td> <td>A5 A2</td> <td>142 177</td> <td>8E B1</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/GB_18030" title="GB 18030">GB 18030</a><sup id="cite_ref-gb18030_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gb18030-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>164 162</td> <td>A4 A2</td> <td>165 162</td> <td>A5 A2</td> <td>132 49 151 51</td> <td>84 31 97 33</td> <td>129 57 209 54</td> <td>81 39 D1 36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EUC-KR" class="mw-redirect" title="EUC-KR">EUC-KR</a><sup id="cite_ref-euc-kr-ibm970_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euc-kr-ibm970-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / <a href="/wiki/Unified_Hangul_Code" title="Unified Hangul Code">UHC</a><sup id="cite_ref-uhc-ms949_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uhc-ms949-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>170 162</td> <td>AA A2</td> <td>171 162</td> <td>AB A2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Big5" title="Big5">Big5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big5#Kana_and_Cyrillic" title="Big5">non-ETEN kana</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-big5noneten-utc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-big5noneten-utc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>198 166</td> <td>C6 A6</td> <td>198 249</td> <td>C6 F9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Big5" title="Big5">Big5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big5#ETEN_extensions" title="Big5">ETEN</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Supplementary_Character_Set" title="Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set">HKSCS</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-big5hkscs-html5_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-big5hkscs-html5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>198 232</td> <td>C6 E8</td> <td>199 124</td> <td>C7 7C</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable template-charmap" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Character information </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center"> <th scope="row">Preview</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">ぁ</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">ァ</th> <th colspan="2" style="font-size:150%">ｧ </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273787049">Unicode name </th> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL A </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">KATAKANA LETTER SMALL A </td> <td colspan="2" class="smallcaps-cm">HALFWIDTH KATAKANA LETTER SMALL A </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Encodings</th> <th>decimal</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex</th> <th>dec</th> <th>hex </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a></td> <td>12353</td> <td>U+3041</td> <td>12449</td> <td>U+30A1</td> <td>65383</td> <td>U+FF67 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a></td> <td>227 129 129</td> <td>E3 81 81</td> <td>227 130 161</td> <td>E3 82 A1</td> <td>239 189 167</td> <td>EF BD A7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Numeric_character_reference" title="Numeric character reference">Numeric character reference</a></td> <td>&#12353;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x3041;<wbr /></td> <td>&#12449;<wbr /></td> <td>&#x30A1;<wbr /></td> <td>&#65383;<wbr /></td> <td>&#xFF67;<wbr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shift_JIS" title="Shift JIS">Shift JIS</a><sup id="cite_ref-shift_jis-utc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shift_jis-utc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>130 159</td> <td>82 9F</td> <td>131 64</td> <td>83 40</td> <td>167</td> <td>A7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EUC-JP" class="mw-redirect" title="EUC-JP">EUC-JP</a><sup id="cite_ref-euc-jp-2007_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euc-jp-2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>164 161</td> <td>A4 A1</td> <td>165 161</td> <td>A5 A1</td> <td>142 167</td> <td>8E A7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/GB_18030" title="GB 18030">GB 18030</a><sup id="cite_ref-gb18030_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gb18030-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>164 161</td> <td>A4 A1</td> <td>165 161</td> <td>A5 A1</td> <td>132 49 150 51</td> <td>84 31 96 33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EUC-KR" class="mw-redirect" title="EUC-KR">EUC-KR</a><sup id="cite_ref-euc-kr-ibm970_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euc-kr-ibm970-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / <a href="/wiki/Unified_Hangul_Code" title="Unified Hangul Code">UHC</a><sup id="cite_ref-uhc-ms949_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uhc-ms949-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>170 161</td> <td>AA A1</td> <td>171 161</td> <td>AB A1</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Big5" title="Big5">Big5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big5#Kana_and_Cyrillic" title="Big5">non-ETEN kana</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-big5noneten-utc_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-big5noneten-utc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>198 165</td> <td>C6 A5</td> <td>198 248</td> <td>C6 F8</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Big5" title="Big5">Big5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Big5#ETEN_extensions" title="Big5">ETEN</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Supplementary_Character_Set" title="Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set">HKSCS</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-big5hkscs-html5_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-big5hkscs-html5-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>198 231</td> <td>C6 E7</td> <td>199 123</td> <td>C7 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