• 885th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 110 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ěr (er3)ear • handle (archaeology) • and that is all (classical Chinese)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ěr (er3)The component is pronounced as 'èr' (er4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for ěr (er3)The component is pronounced as 'ěr' (er3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

耳朵 
耳机 (耳機)

Uncommon

刺耳 
土耳其 
木耳 
耳光 
耳垂 
耳塞 
耳屎 
耳洞 
耳环 (耳環)
耳目一新 
耳聋 (耳聾)
耳膜 
耳语 (耳語)
耳边风 (耳邊風)
耳钉 (耳釘)
耳鸣 (耳鳴)
耳麦 (耳麥)
银耳 (銀耳)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)
黑木耳 

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  • 680th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 161 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huán (Huan2)surname Huan
2. huán (huan2)ring • hoop • loop • (chain) link • classifier for scores in archery etc • to surround • to encircle • to hem in

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

循环 (循環)
环保 (環保)
环境 (環境)
环球 (環球)
耳环 (耳環)

Uncommon

中环 (中環)
五环 (五環)
光环 (光環)
拉环 (拉環)
日环食 (日環食)
玉环 (玉環)
环保局 (環保局)
环城 (環城)
环岛 (環島)
环形 (環形)
环抱 (環抱)
环节 (環節)
环线 (環線)
环绕 (環繞)
环路 (環路)
环顾 (環顧)
连环 (連環)
连环画 (連環畫)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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