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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Words containing 阿

Word Meaning
Ngawa (Aba), a prefecture in Sichuan, China
Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan-Qiang prefecture in Sichuan
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang prefecture in Sichuan
Ngawa County in Sichuan
Aba County in Sichuan, China
Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang prefecture, Sichuan
surname Adorno
surname Adorno
Achilles, Greek hero in the Iliad
azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic); Zithromax
surname Aquinas
surname Aquinas
granny
Amu Darya River in Central Asia
grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse
grandma (Tw)
grandma (Tw)
husband's mother
Afghan (language); Pashto language
Afghan (language); Pashto language
(chemistry) aniline (loanword)
Aba, southeast Nigerian city
Abag Banner, county in Inner Mongolia
Appalachian Mountains in North America