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
Atlantis
Addison's disease
Arthur County, Nebraska
Arthur County, Nebraska
Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
Armani (fashion designer)
Awat, a county in Xinjiang, China
Awat County in Xinjiang
Awat County in Xinjiang, China
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
Aleutian Islands near Alaska
atabrine; quinacrine antimalarial drug
Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
Alxa League in Inner Mongolia
Aruba, variant of ā lǔ bā
Aruba, variant of ā lǔ bā
Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia)
Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia)