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

阿 stroke order diagram
阿 stroke order animation

Words containing 阿

Word Meaning
Arafura Sea
Alamo, city in United States
University of Alaska
University of Alaska
Alaskan malamute
Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
Aral, city in Xinjiang, China
Aral city in Xinjiang
Aral City in Xinjiang, China
Aral City in Xinjiang, China
Araba or Álava
Aramaic (language)
Aramaic (language)
Abbasid Caliphate; Abbasid dynasty in Islam
atropinization
Book of Amos in the Bible
Book of Amos in the Bible
ammonia (loanword)
ammonia (loanword)
ammonia solution
ammonia solution
Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician
Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician
aspirin (loanword) (Tw)
aspirin (loanword) (Tw)