ā

prefix before names; sound in loanwords

HSK 3 #471

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 471st character
Radical ⾩ (170.5)
Strokes 7
Index # 913

Definitions

阿 ā
  1. 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
  2. 2. used in transliteration
  3. 3. also pr. à
  4. 4. abbr. for Afghanistan ā fù hàn
阿 ē
  1. 1. flatter

Stroke order

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阿 stroke order animation

Words containing 阿

Word Meaning
a cappella (loanword)
Arcadia (loanword)
Acadia University (Canada)
Acadia University (Canada)
Ashina Qutlugh, a Turkic khan
Ashina Qutlugh, a Turkic khan
Aheqi, a county in Xinjiang, China
Aheqi County in Xinjiang, China
Aheqi County in Xinjiang, China
Achilles, Greek hero in the Iliad
honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
Artux, a city in Xinjiang
Artux, a city in Xinjiang, China
Artux City in Xinjiang, China
Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu
Atushi County in Xinjiang
Atush County, in Xinjiang, China
country bumpkin; redneck (derog)
Acheng district of Harbin
Acheng District, Harbin, Heilongjiang
Acheng District, Harbin city
money; this thing (old)
(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing")
Azerbaijan (person)
Aba, Tibetan and Qiang prefecture in Sichuan