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
- —阿闍世コンプレックスAjase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)
- —阿南工業高等専門学校Anan National College of Technology; ACT
- —阿呍Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
- —阿魔Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister; bitch; Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture); Amazon (online retailer)
- —阿房fool; idiot; simpleton
- —阿閦Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
- —南阿South Africa
- —阿行the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
- —阿座ace of batons (high-scoring card in mekuri karuta)
- —阿彌陀Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
- —阿うんOm; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
- —阿わ雪light snow; light snowfall; thin layer of snow; jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar
- —阿呆鳥albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
- —阿婆擦bitch; shameless woman
- —阿漕ぎgreedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
- —阿候鯛Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); red rockfish; red scorpionfish
- —ど阿呆total idiot
- —怒阿呆total idiot
- —度阿呆total idiot
- —阿乙呉mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot