ěr
ear
Pictograph of an ear.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 29 characters (13 verified)
Distinguishing component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.nəʔ | nyiX | ěr | ear |
*nəʔ | nyiX | ěr | #NAME? |
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。” |
Sources
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