— Asia, rank next, come after, -ous

  • JLPT N1
  • 7 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 二
  • #1509 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
Kun'yomi
つ.ぐ

Example words

  • 亜細亜アジア(1) Asia (esp. "the Far East") (2) Asian; Asiatic
  • 亜米利加アメリカAmerica
  • (1) sub- (2) -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite