é, e
sudden(ly)
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 俄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Russia | ||
suddenly | ||
Russia | ||
Russian (language) | ||
China-Russia |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.0889% of movies
1259th most common character in movies
975th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+4FC4 |
Shuowen | “俄,行頃也。从人,我聲。” |
Sources
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