阿
commonAfrica; flatter; fawn upon; corner; nook; recess
Radical: 阜 (mound). Strokes: 8画. Elements: 一口亅⻖. Variants: 隈. . Hangul: 아 [a] 옥 [og]. Nanori: ほとり / あず / あわ / おか / きた / なhotori / azu / awa / oka / kita / na.
Jinmeiyō Kanji. JLPT N1.
Example compounds:
| アA | 阿魔【あまama】nun; bitch 阿弥陀【あみだamida】Amitabha 阿弗利加【アフリカafurika】Africa |
| オO | 阿蘭陀【オランダoranda】Holland; The Netherlands 阿る【おもねるomoneru】to flatter 阿多福【おたふくotafuku】homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman |
| おもねるomoneru | 阿る【おもねるomoneru】to flatter 大衆に阿る【たいしゅうにおもねるtaishūniomoneru】to sell out to the masses |
| くまkuma | 阿【くまkuma】corner; a shadow |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 963f | – | Unicode |
| 16-4 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-5 | – | SKIP |
| 2d5.6 | – | TKD |
| 7122.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 4985 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 6435 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 346 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 256 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1295 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 1515 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 569 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 41599 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 11 p. 798 |
| 2258 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 1304 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |