Home/Pinyin chart/aa in Mandarin ā á ǎ à The syllable a is spelled with no initial plus the final a. 401 characters use it across the tones below, ordered from most to least common. āfirst tone · high and level · 5 characters Listen啊ā阿ā吖ā锕ā錒ā Full chart ai → 1 of 401 syllables