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阿
Ā
1. abbr. for Afghanistan [[阿富汗<Āfùhàn>]]
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

阿
ā
an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

巴阿
BāĀ
Pakistan-Afghan
阿Q
ĀQ
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q [[阿Q正傳|阿Q正传<ĀQZhèngzhuàn>]]
阿三
āsān
(derog.) an Indian
阿丹
Ādān
Adam (name)
阿亨
Āhēng
Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
阿佤
Āwǎ
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
阿来
Ālái
Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel [[塵埃落定|尘埃落定<Chénāiluòdìng>]] "Red Poppies"
阿们
āmen
amen (loanword)
阿伦
Ālún
Aalen, town in Germany
阿兄
āxiōng
elder brother
阿公
āgōng
(old) grandfather
阿卡
Ākǎ
Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
阿哥
āgē
(familiar) elder brother
阿嚏
ātì
(onom.) atchoo!
阿囡
ānān
honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
阿土
ātǔ
country bumpkin
阿城
Āchéng
Acheng district of Harbin [[哈爾濱|哈尔滨<Hāěrbīn>]] in Heilongjiang
阿坝
Ābà
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam [[馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇<Mǎěrkāngzhèn>]]
阿奶
ānǎi
granny
阿妹
āmèi
younger sister

Alternate Entries

阿
ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. <à>
阿
ē
flatter

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
470
Word Frequency Rank
232 of 84,292