Memory phrase for the character: 阿

阿

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Meaning

exclamation of approval or doubt

Pronunciation

ā, ē

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)

Mnemonic


 
(From an elevated point the sound is transmitted easily a bigger distance:) A hill gives the possibility of an exclamation (that is heard far away).

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
可 be possible




 Vocabulary

阿尔及利亚 Ā ěr jí lì yà  Algeria
阿伏伽德罗常数 Ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù  Avogadro's number; the number of molecules in a mole, about 6.022 x 10^23
 
阿芙蓉 ā fú róng  opium
阿拉斯加雪撬犬 Ā lā sī jiā Xuě qiào quǎn  Alaskan Malamute
 
阿喀琉斯 Ā kā liú sī  Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
 
阿耳忒弥斯 Ā ěr tè mí sī  Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon)
阿梵达 ā fàn dá  avatar (loanword)
阿联酋长国 ā lián qiú zhǎng guó  United Arab Emirates
 


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