Zi:阿

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[ā] (n. pref.) 阿​ auntie; (​) 阿​ Arab [ē] (bend in a) large mound/hill/earthwork; fawn/cater; 阿​; (HDZ:) … [ě] 阿/​/​ [ǎ] (​) [à] (​)

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

²ā {B} pref. (used familiarly before)(childhood name)Ā Bǎo 阿宝 Precious(a monosyllabic personal name or surname)Ā X 阿X(name of a relative)Ā Mā 阿妈 Mom(birth-order number)Ā Sān 阿三 Third Son
²ē {E} char. ►ēyúfèngcheng 阿谀奉承 ►Ēmítuófó 阿弥陀佛 ►fǎbù'ēguì 法不阿贵 ►Tài'ē 太阿

The Shuōwén Seal form of 阿(​􂢫) ē ‘(bend in a) large mound/hill/earthwork’ combines ​(​ fù) ‘terraced hillside’, and ​(​􀴵) kě (phonosemantic): a large (long and high) man-made mound/hill (with bends), or a bend in a chain of man-made earthen mounds/hills (defensive/etc. earthwork/breastwork).
    Older graphs associated with 阿 are wr. ​𫮄, with ​ ‘earth’ below (HDZ).
    “Mountain ridge, river bank; lean towards, favor, flatter...” —Karlgren(AD).
    HDZ: 阿 : ē : ​; ​; ​; ​; ​; ​, 阿​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, (​) ​; (​) ​ (cf. ​/​); (​) ​; (​); (​) • ě : 阿/​/​: ​ • ā : (​) ​, ​; (​) ​: ​, ​, ​, ​ • ǎ : (​) • à : (​) (​) ​ (阿​?: ​?: ​?; 阿​?: ​?; ​?)
    HDC: 阿​ : ēqū : 阿​; ​; ​
    HDC: ​ : (​) ​ (​, …)
    HDC: 阿​ : ēfù : ​, ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:161.31; Karlgren:AD1,GSR1m; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.4119.11; Mathews:1; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1348.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:063.1.03; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: a- o\
Shuōwén: ​􂢫(阿)
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