Chinese symbol for “indian”
阿三
ā sān
(derog.) an Indian
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indian is 阿三 (ā sān), defined as: (derog.) an Indian.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阿三.
| 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) |
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indian”.
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.