Chinese symbol for “alpha”
阿尔法
ā ěr fǎ
Traditional: 阿爾法
alpha (Greek letter Α, α)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alpha is 阿尔法 (ā ěr fǎ), defined as: alpha (Greek letter Α, α).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阿尔法.
| 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 |
| 阿哥 | ā gē | (familiar) elder brother |
| 阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯) | ā ěr bēi sī | alps (mountain range) |
| 偶尔 (偶爾) | ǒu ěr | occasionally; once in a while |
| 摩尔 (摩爾) | mó ěr | mole (chemistry) |
| 高尔夫 (高爾夫) | gāo ěr fū | (loanword) golf |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alpha”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.