abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 阿姨 (a1yi2), "auntie"

= + : Auntie, Albert Einstein and the Pope are having a contest in front of the ashram: Who can sit longer on a bed of nails? The Pope secretly calls God's power and just hovers a little over the bed of nails. Albert Einstein calculates exactly how he has to place his body to not excert too much force on any body part. Auntie just sits down on the bed of nails, and wins in the end.
flatter
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

阿 character breakdown

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

= + : Karl Marx (k) is challenging his abilities (可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He tries to force a nail (丁) into a mandarin (口), just by using his head. On top of that he tries to do so one thousand times, in order to create a bed of nails (mnemonic symbol for 可).

= + : Alternative mnemonic symbol: kebab, from the pronunciation "ke". Karl Marx (k) is preparing a kebab (mnemonic symbol for 可) in the elevator's living room (e3). He also skewers mandarins (口) on the long steel nails (丁) and will only allow (可) his guests to eat the rest of the kebab if they eat their mandarins first.
used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
Character component without intrinsic meaning

When on the left hand side of any character, it's the pope, but when it's on the right hand side of any character, it's the emperor.

Characters with 阿 as component

interjection of surprise / Ah! / Oh!

= + : Auntie was supposed to meet Albert Einstein in front of the ashram, but Albert is nowhere to be seen. There is just a huge mandarin lying around. After auntie has waited for a long time, she finally decides to peel the mandarin. As she peels of the first piece, Albert Einstein jumps out of the mandarin, shouting "阿姨! Surprise!" Auntie in turn just screams "啊" in surprise as she swiftly suffers from a heart attack.
interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what?
a = Ø + a5
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
interjection of surprise or doubt / Eh? / My! / what's up?
interjection or grunt of agreement / uhm / Ah, OK / expression of recognition / Oh, it's you!
actinium (chemistry)
variant of 婀[e1]
graceful / willowy / unstable
(dialect) to excrete (urine or feces)
disease / also pr. [e1]
(literary) disease / also pr. [e1]

Words with 阿

grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family

Sentences with 阿

阿 currently does not appear in any sentence.