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
- —阿呆らしいridiculous
- —阿弥陀被りwearing a hat pushed back on one's head
- —阿弥陀くじghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
- —阿弥陀如来Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
- —阿しゅく仏Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
- —小阿仁千鳥Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)
- —阿弥陀三尊Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
- —阿片チンキlaudanum; opium tincture
- —阿毘羅吽欠a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)
- —呉下の阿蒙person who has made no progress; someone who remains as ignorant as before
- —南無阿弥陀仏Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
- —阿しゅく如来Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
- —阿呆の三杯汁only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons
- —阿呆の話食いan idiot will swallow anything; an idiot will believe anything they hear; fools act without thinking
- —阿呆の足下使いfools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things
- —阿弥陀にかぶるto wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
- —阿毘達磨倶舍論Abhidharma Storehouse Treatise
- —呉下の阿蒙に非ずto no longer be the same old person; to have made remarkable progress; to have improved significantly (through study)
- —阿毘羅吽欠蘇婆訶a-bi-ra-un-ken so-wa-ka (mantra directed to Vairocana)
- —踊る阿呆に見る阿呆you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance