ér
and
Original meaning:
beard
Originally a pictograph of a beard, now written as 耏. The current use as a conjunction is a phonetic loan.
Bronze script
Seal script
Clerical script
Regular script
ér
and; and then; and yet; but; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*nə | nyi | ér | and, but |
HSK level 4
Appears in 98.6064% of movies
113th most common character in movies
36th most common character in books
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+800C |
Shuowen | “而,頰毛也。象毛之形。《周禮》曰:‘作其鱗之而。’” |