è
adversity, distress
Pictograph of a yoke or harness attached to a work animal, such as a horse or ox.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 厄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
distressed | ||
bad luck | ||
Ecuador | ||
El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific | ||
Eritrea |
Component uses
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qˤ<r>[i]k | 'eak | è | part of a yoke |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.7504% of movies
1765th most common character in movies
2407th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+5384 |
Shuowen | “厄，科厄，木節也。从卪，厂聲。賈侍中說以為厄，裹也。一曰：厄，蓋也。” |
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