阿
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prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] "Afghanistan"
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #110 U+963F
How 阿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 可 (phonetic, kě)
How to remember it
Apollo · Heisig RSH #1055
pinnacle + 可 can
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 可
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 可 (kě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可 sound component | kě | may, can, -able; possibly |
| 河 | hé | river, stream; the Yellow river |
| 柯 | kē | axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname |
| 呵 | hē | to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated) |
| 诃 | hē | to scold loudly, to curse, to abuse |
| 苛 | kē | severe, harsh; rigorous, exacting |
| 坷 | kē | uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil |
| 轲 | kě | axle |
| 蚵 | é | oyster |
| 岢 | kě | the name of a mountain |
| 疴 | kē | sickness, illness; pain |
| 哿 | gě | excellent, capable; happy; to commend |
| 舸 | gě | barge, large boat |
| 钶 | kē | columbium |
Words containing 阿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿尔山市 | Ā ěr shān Shì | Arxan, a county-level city in Hinggan League 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 阿拉尔市 | Ā lā ěr shì | Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang |
| 阿拉山口市 | Ā lā shān kǒu Shì | Alashankou, a county-level city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治… |
| 阿斯马拉 | Ā sī mǎ lā | Asmara, capital of Eritrea |
| 阿尔山 | Ā ěr shān | see 阿爾山市|阿尔山市[A1 er3 shan1 Shi4] |
| 阿拉斯加大学 | Ā lā sī jiā Dà xué | University of Alaska |
| 阿拉斯 | Ā lā sī | Arras, town in northern France |
| 阿拉山口 | Ā lā shān kǒu | see 阿拉山口市[A1 la1 shan1 kou3 Shi4] |
| 阿里地区 | Ā lǐ Dì qū | Ngari, prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] |
| 阿拉尔 | Ā lā ěr | Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang |
| 阿特拉斯 | Ā tè lā sī | Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology; Atlas Mountains in North Africa |
| 阿特金斯 | Ā tè jīn sī | Atkins (name) |
| 山阿 | shān ē | a nook in the mountains |
| 阿克拉 | Ā kè lā | Accra, capital of Ghana |
| 阿法尔 | Ā fǎ ěr | Afar region of northeast Ethiopia; Afar people |
| 阿尔法 | ā ěr fǎ | alpha (Greek letter Α, α) |
| 阿拉巴马 | Ā lā bā mǎ | Alabama, US state |
| 阿物儿 | ā wù r | thing; (you) useless thing |
| 阿里山 | Ā lǐ Shān | Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan |
| 阿拉法特 | Ā lā fǎ tè | Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian lea… |