阿
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷); also pr.
Write it by hand
Watch the stroke order, then trace it and reproduce it from memory.
1 · trace the strokes2 · from memory 🧠
watch, then trace the guide
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How this character is built
A memory hook from its parts — not a settled history.
形聲 · Phono-semantic compound