Kanji1 / 8
阿 kanji
Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
アオ
Kun readings
おもねるくま
Words with 阿
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —阿膠donkey hide gelatin; ejiao; high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides
- —阿片窟opium den
- —阿羅漢arhat
- —阿修羅Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
- —阿僧祇a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)
- —阿仙薬gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
- —ド阿呆total idiot
- —阿闍梨high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
- —阿蘭若isolated place; hermitage
- —阿耆尼Agni (Vedic god of fire)
- —阿逸多Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
- —阿呆口stupid chatter; foolish talk
- —阿仁鉱anilite
- —阿梨樹Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum); common basil; tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling
- —阿片木kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)
- —阿芙蓉poppy
- —木阿弥ending up right back where one started
- —阿呆陀羅fool; oaf; airhead; mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events
- —阿鼻叫喚agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
- —阿諛追従excessive flattery; adulation