Meanings
- Africa
- flatter
- fawn upon
- corner
- nook
- recess
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#1126 of 2,500
Kanji N1
阿: Africa, flatter, fawn upon
阿 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning Africa, flatter, fawn upon, written with 8 strokes. It is read ア, オ (on) and おもねる, くま (kun). It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names. You will see it in 阿弗利加 (アフリカ, Africa) and 阿弥陀 (あみだ, Amitabha).
阿
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ア
- オ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- おもねる
- くま
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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