阿

阿 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一弓口 (NLMNR), four-corner 7122₀, composition ⿰阝可)

• 啊, 婀, 娿, 痾, 屙, 㢌, 䋪, 錒(锕)
• 𡹣, 𣶰, 𠥍, 𫮄, 𫕖, 𨼼, 𨵌(𬮰)
• 𮥌, 𮀄, 𮀫, 𭊎, 𬯜, 𬁭, 𬯣, 𬯩

• ア
• 𛀄

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1348, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41599
• Dae Jaweon: page 1850, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4119, character 11
• Unihan data for U+963F

Historical forms of the character 阿
Warring States
Bronze inscriptions

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːl) : semantic 阜 + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ): Originally meaning a big mound.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa(ŋ/k)- (“noun prefix”) (STEDT).

“atto-”

Borrowed from English atto-.

阿

1. Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness (traditionally used in rural or southern Chinese dialects).

   alt. forms: 亞／亚 dated, 牙 Hong Kong Cantonese neologism

   阿爸  ―  ābà  ―  dad

   阿扁  ―  Ā Biǎn  ―  Ah Bian (Chen Shui-bian)

   《阿Q正傳》／《阿Q正传》  ―  “Āqiū Zhèngzhuàn”  ―  The True Story of Ah Q

   • 阿珍愛上了阿強 / 在一個有星星的夜晚 [MSC, trad.]
     阿珍爱上了阿强 / 在一个有星星的夜晚 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, 仁科, 茂涛 (lyrics and music), 《阿珍爱上了阿强》, performed by 五条人

     Ā Zhēn àishàng le Ā Qiáng  /  zài yīge yǒu xīngxīng de yèwǎn [Pinyin]

     A Zhen fell in love with A Qiang / One night under a starlit sky

2. (Hokkien, honorific) Prefix to rank seniority for kinship terms.

   阿兄 [Hokkien]  ―  a-hiaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  eldest brother

3. (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) Interrogative particle

   倷阿姓趙？ [Suzhounese, trad.]
   倷阿姓赵？ [Suzhounese, simp.]

   From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 20

   Is your surname Chao?

4. Alternative form of 啊 (ā, á, ǎ, à, a, “particle”)
5. Short for 阿富汗 (Āfùhàn, “Afghanistan”).
6. Short for 阿爾巴尼亞／阿尔巴尼亚 (Ā'ěrbāníyà, “Albania”).
7. Short for 阿拉伯 (Ālābó, “Arabic”).
8. atto- (SI unit prefix)

• → English: Ah

阿

1. big mound; mountain
2. hillside
3. fine silks
4. (literary, of a mountain or stream) bend; corner
5. waterside
6. nearby; near
7. to flatter; to pander to

   阿諛奉承／阿谀奉承  ―  ēyúfèngchéng  ―  sweet-talking

8. to be unfairly partial to
9. Alternative form of 屙 (ē, “to excrete”)
10. a surname

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

• Go-on: あ (a)
• Kan-on: あ (a)
• Kun: くま (kuma, 阿); おもねる (omoneru, 阿る)
• Nanori: お (o); くま (kuma)

From Middle Chinese 阿 (MC 'a).

• IPA^(key): [a̠]

阿(あ) • (a) 

1. The first letter of Sanskrit, अ (a).

• 阿(あ)字(じ) (aji)
• 阿(あ)吽(うん) (aun)

• 吽(うん) (un)
• 梵(ぼん)字(じ) (bonji)

阿(あ) • (a) 

1. to flatter; to pander to
2. ridge (of roof); eaves
3. A prefix expressing familiarity.
4. Used as a phonetic element, especially in words from Sanskrit.
5. Short for アフリカ (Afurika, “Africa”).
6. Short for 阿波国 (Awa no kuni, “Awa Province”).

阿 (eumhun 언덕 아 (eondeok a))
阿 (eumhun 호칭 옥 (hoching ok))

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• 아편 (阿片, apyeon)

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 阿

阿: Hán Việt readings: a, á
阿: Nôm readings: a, à

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