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a  
a (also: à)
【prefix in people's name】*
Frequency #519
Grade3
Strokes8
Radical ⾩ [170.5]
IPA [ aː˧ ] north   [ aː˧ ] south
IDS ⿰阝可
Unicode: U+963F - 阿  —  Lookup at: UNICODE | MDBG | JDIC | VDICT | NOMFOUNDATION | NOMDICT | WIKTIONARY

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Grade 3阿a a  【prefix in people's name】*

Grade 0阿片a phiến a phiến  opium

Grade 0阿彌陀佛A di đà Phật A di đà Phật  Amitābha (name of a celestial Buddha)

* 【Morphemic definitions are given in square brackets like these】

Unihan data

Cantonese aa2 aa3 aak3 o1
Hangul 아
HanyuPinlu ā(169)
HanyuPinyin 64119.110:ē,ě,ā,ǎ,à
JapaneseKun KUMA OMONERU O
JapaneseOn A
Korean A OK
Mandarin ā
Tang qɑ
XHC1983 0001.010:ā 0002.081:a 0282.010:ē
Definition (Chinese) prefix for people's names; used in transliteration