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啊ā · a

ah, oh (exclamation). 10 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 2.

Pinyin ā · aStrokes 10Radical 口Band HSK 2Words 1

How to write 啊

Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–10 write 阿.

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Stroke order chart for 啊 — 10 strokes, radical 口

Write 啊 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 啊 · the stroke-order rules

What 啊 is made of

口 (kǒu, mouth) and 阿 (ā, an initial particle).

口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 阿 carries the sound.

Words that use 啊

啊(ā) ah, oh (exclamation)
表示惊讶或感叹的语气词

啊,这片春天的山川真美丽!Ah, how beautiful these spring mountains are!

Lesson 5, 好朋友 · 谨言慎行与辨微格物 · Discernment, Daily Judgment & Nuance

More characters with the radical 口

All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.

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