阿 — kanji meaning “Africa”
阿
Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess
- Meanings
- Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess
- On'yomi
- ア (a)、オ (o)
- Kun'yomi
- おもね.る、くま
- Name readings
- ほとり、あず、あわ、おか、きた、な
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1126 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 170
- Chinese reading
- ā, ē, a, á, à — Chinese character page
Words with 阿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿弥陀 | あみだ amida | Amitabha (Buddha); Amida |
| 阿呆 | あほ aho | fool; idiot; simpleton |
| 阿波 | あわ awa | Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture) |
| 阿修羅 | あしゅら ashura | Asura; demigod; anti-god |
| 阿鼻叫喚 | あびきょうかん abikyoukan | agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells |
| 阿吽 | あうん aun | Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma |
| 阿片 | あへん ahen | opium |
| 阿闍梨 | あじゃり ajari | high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest |
| 阿蘭陀 | オランダ oranda | Netherlands; Holland |
| 阿漕 | あこぎ akogi | greedy; ruthless; cruel |
| 阿弥陀堂 | あみだどう amidadou | temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha |
| 阿羅漢 | あらかん arakan | arhat |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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