阿 — Chinese character
阿
ā
an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
- Pinyin
- ā
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 阝 可
- Formation
- pictophonetic — place; meaning component 阝; sound component 可
- Japanese
- 阿 as a kanji
Common words with 阿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿姨 | ā yí | maternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation |
| 阿拉 | ā lā | (Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our |
| 阿门 (阿門) | ā mén | (loanword) amen |
| 阿尔法 (阿爾法) | ā ěr fǎ | alpha (Greek letter Α, α) |
| 阿哥 | ā gē | (familiar) elder brother |
| 阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯) | ā ěr bēi sī | alps (mountain range) |
| 阿公 | ā gōng | (old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law |
| 阿嬷 (阿嬤) | ā mā | (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má]) |
| 阿飞 (阿飛) | ā fēi | hoodlum; hooligan |
| 阿婆 | ā pó | granny; mother-in-law |
| 阿妹 | ā mèi | younger sister |
| 阿訇 | ā hōng | (loanword from Persian) imam; ahung |
English words written with 阿
阿 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Mencius 2A.2
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.