阿 (ā)
prefix for names or kinship terms
How 阿 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — town
- Traditional
- 阿
- Simplified
- 阿 (unchanged)
阿 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- ā
- abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
- ē
- flatter
Common words using 阿
- 阿姨 āyí
- maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker
- 沙特阿拉伯 shātèālābó
- Saudi Arabia
- 邁阿密 màiāmì
- Miami (Florida)
- 阿們 āmen
- amen
- 阿倫 ālún
- Aalen, town in Germany
- 阿克蘇 ākèsū
- Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang; Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city
- 阿公 āgōng
- father-in-law (regional dialect)
- 阿凡達 āfándá
- Avatar (movie)
- 阿司匹林 āsīpǐlín
- aspirin
- 阿哥 āgē
- (familiar) elder brother
- 阿妹 āmèi
- younger sister
- 阿姆斯特丹 āmǔsītèdān
- Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
阿 in a sentence
阿嬤煮的菜很好吃。
Āmà zhǔ de cài hěn hǎochī.
“The food Grandma cooks is delicious.”
How common is 阿?
阿 is the 471st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 74.5% of all running text.
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