← Back

阿

Africa
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingア、オ
Kun readingおもね.る、くま
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. africaRtK
    当社のセールスマネージャーの阿部をご紹介します。May I introduce our sales manager, Abe?tatoeba
    信濃川と阿賀野川ではどちらが長いですか。Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?tatoeba
  2. flatter
  3. fawn upon
  4. corner
  5. nook
  6. recess
  1. shade
  2. shadow

Radicals and components

Radical阜mound
Components
How it's built
阿
  • →
  • →
    • →
      • →
      • →
    • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

africa · pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · can · mouth (口) · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1391

Compound words

阿呆あほ
fool; idiot; simpleton
阿弥陀あみだ
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
阿るおもねる
to flatter
阿吽あうん
Om
阿媽アマ
amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)
阿諛あゆ
flattery
阿魏あぎ
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
阿ねるおもねる
to flatter
阿僧祇あそうぎ
a number so great it can never be counted to
阿多福おたふく
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
阿芙蓉あふよう
poppy
阿部槙あべまき
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
阿部槇あべまき
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
阿片窟あへんくつ
opium den
阿蘭陀オランダ
Netherlands
阿媽港あまこう
Macao
阿彌陀あみだ
Amitabha (Buddha)
阿耆尼あぎに
Agni (Vedic god of fire)
阿闍梨あじゃり
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils)
加加阿カカオ
cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)
阿亀鸚哥おかめいんこ
cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
阿鼻叫喚あびきょうかん
agonizing cries
阿弗利加アフリカ
Africa
阿米利加アメリカ
(United States of) America

Additional Examples

私は阿蘇山に登った。
I climbed Mt. Aso.tatoeba
阿蘇山は活火山だ。
Mt. Aso is an active volcano.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 阿

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step