Used in the transliteration of foreign names; also used as an abbreviation for countries like 阿富汗 ā​fù​hàn or 阿尔及利亚 ā'ěr​jí​lì​yà.

(bound form) used to represent the sounds of "lu" or "ru" in loanwords

Horqin; a major Mongol subgroup and the historical region they inhabit in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning. The name literally means 'archer' in Mongolian.