Kanji

阿

阿

Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

阜部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ア, オ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おもねる, くま

Nanori (Name Reading)

お, くま

Example sentences

阿呆 あほ
あんな 阿呆な 真似 は 二度と するな 。

Don't do such a foolish thing ever again.

阿鼻叫喚 あびきょうかん
事故 現場 は 、 阿鼻叫喚 の 地獄 絵図 だった 。

The accident scene was a hellscape of shrieking pandemonium.

Example Vocabulary

阿呆

あほ

fool; idiot; foolishness

阿鼻叫喚

あびきょうかん

shrieking pandemonium; hellish chaos

阿

あ

阿

あ

阿修羅

あしゅら

阿吽の呼吸

あうんのこきゅう

四阿

あずまや

南無阿弥陀仏

なむあみだぶつ

元の木阿弥

もとのもくあみ

阿波

あわ

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