CHARACTERS / A

“a” is 2 characters.

Chinese has many characters with the same sound. The tone and the shape tell them apart.

  1. 啊àinterjection or grunt of agreementHSK 3 · TONE 4
  2. 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarityHSK 3 · TONE 1