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阿 - ā

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; Afghanistan

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; Afghanistan

How to read 阿

Click 阿 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

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Englishprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; Afghanistan
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

阿三 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 阿丹. Please read 阿亨 one more time.

Common words with this character

an Indian
Adam; Aden, capital of Yemen
Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Aix-la-Chapelle; also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen1]
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 阿 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 阿三 and 阿丹 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 阿.