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
Asturias, region and former kingdom in Spain
Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
Alberta province in Canada
Aleutian Islands near Alaska
Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
Renoir (name)
Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
Accra, capital of Ghana
Alicante
Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
younger sister
grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse
Assen, city in the Netherlands
Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
Assam, India
auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
Book of Hosea
Book of Hosea
upright and plainspoken
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga