阿 [ā à a ē ĕ ă] - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
radical: 阝 [fù]: mound
decomposition: ⿰阝可 etymology: pictophonetic
phonetic: 可 hint: place 
Click on "Try it yourself" to draw the character 阿 on the grid above.
Integrated Chinese Vocabulary:
阿司匹林 [āsīpǐlín]: aspirin (L19-1)
阿姨 [āyí]: aunt (L20-1)
Stroke Sequence:
Stroke order animation courtesy of Hanzi Writer.