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あ in hiragana or ア in katakana (romanised a) is one of the Japanese kana that each represent one mora. あ is based on the sōsho style of kanji 安, and ア is from the radical of kanji 阿. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, it occupies the first position of the alphabet, before い. Additionally, it is the 36th letter in Iroha, after て, before さ. Its hiragana resembles the kana no combined with a cross. The Unicode for あ is U+3041, and the Unicode for ア is U+30A2.

Ak Ana-Selene, the "White Mother", is the primordial creator-goddess of the Khanty and Mansi peoples of Siberia. She is also known as the goddess of the moon in Greek Mythology, merged in Artemis and Hecate. She was the consort of Kara Khan.