Chinese Character Wiki
耳

ěr

ear

Pictograph of an ear.

Evolution

耳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
耳 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
耳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
耳 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
耳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

耳  

ěr

ear; merely, only; handle; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)

Most common words with 耳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

耳朵

ear

耳

ear

耳机

headphones

土耳其

Turkey

耳环

earring

Component uses

Meaning component in 29 characters (13 verified)

聲 聽 联 聯 職 职 聞 闻 聰 聪 聊 聘 聆 聳 耸 耻 耽 聋 聾 珥 耷 聒 聵 聩 聃 佴 聱 聍 耵

Sound component in 7 characters (0 verified)

餌 饵 茸 珥 洱 铒 佴

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

取 聖 聶 聂 咠

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

恥 耿

Distinguishing component in 1 character (1 verified)

耶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.nəʔ

nyiX

ěr

ear

*nəʔ

nyiX

ěr

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Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 34.1022% of movies

1101st most common character in movies

887th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+8033

Shuowen

“耳，主聽也。象形。”


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