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阿
ā
1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
2. used in transliteration
3. also pr. <à>
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (20)

阿混
āhùn
(dialect) idler
阿飘
āpiāo
(coll.) ghost (Tw)
阿斗
Ādǒu
A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan [[劉禪|刘禅]] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
阿比
Ābǐ
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
阿兰
Ālán
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)
阿难
Ēnán
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
阿巴
Ābā
Aba, southeast Nigerian city
阿拉
ālā
(dialect) my
阿昌
Āchāng
Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group)
阿森
Āsēn
Assen, city in the Netherlands
阿片
āpiàn
opium (loanword)
阿苏
Āsū
Aso volcano in Kyūshū [[九州]], Japan, a continuously active volcano
阿乡
āxiāng
(coll.) country folk
阿婆
āpó
granny
阿家
āgū
husband's mother
阿扁
Ābiǎn
A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian [[陳水扁|陈水扁<ChénShuǐbiǎn>]]
阿拉
Ālā
Allah (Arabic name of God)
阿城
Āchéng
Acheng district of Harbin [[哈爾濱|哈尔滨<Hāěrbīn>]] in Heilongjiang
阿哥
āgē
(familiar) elder brother
阿土
ātǔ
country bumpkin

Alternate Entries

阿
Ā
abbr. for Afghanistan [[阿富汗<Āfùhàn>]]
阿
ē
flatter

Metadata

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