阿

Africa; flatter; fawn upon; corner; nook; recess

8 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1126.

Readings

• ア (on reading): 阿弥陀如来 (あみだにょらい) Amitabha Tathagata; 阿鼻叫喚 (あびきょうかん) agonizing cries
• オ (on reading): 阿多福豆 (おたふくまめ) large broad bean; 阿菊虫 (おきくむし) chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
• おもねる (kun reading): 大衆に阿る (たいしゅうにおもねる) to sell out to the masses
• くま (kun reading)

Components

• ⻖
• 可
• 一 radical one
• 亅 radical hook
• 口 radical mouth
• ⻖ radical mound; hill, left-side form of 阜

Kanji containing 阿

• 婀 charm
• 痾 chronic illness

Words using 阿

• 阿弥陀如来 (あみだにょらい) Amitabha Tathagata
• 阿鼻叫喚 (あびきょうかん) agonizing cries
• 阿弥陀 (あみだ) Amitabha (Buddha)
• 阿 (あ) first Sanskrit alphabet letter
• 阿弥陀堂 (あみだどう) temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
• 阿多福豆 (おたふくまめ) large broad bean
• 阿菊虫 (おきくむし) chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)
• 阿叔 (おとおじ) uncle (one's father's younger brother)
• 阿国歌舞伎 (おくにかぶき) Okuni kabuki
• 大衆に阿る (たいしゅうにおもねる) to sell out to the masses

72 words in all.

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