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娥

é

Character

What 娥 means

1. good
2. beautiful

Words starting with 娥

• 娥眉é méivariant of 蛾眉

Words containing 娥

• 嫦娥Cháng éChang'e, the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology); one of the Chang'e series of PRC lunar…
• 窦娥冤Dòu É yuānThe Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 关汉卿
• 姮娥Héng ésee 嫦娥

Characters built on 我

These share the phonetic component 我 (wǒ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 哦éto chant
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 鹅égoose
• 蛾é(bound form) moth
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 娥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 械xièappliance; tool; weapon
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 姨yímother's sister; aunt
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 姚yáohandsome; good-looking

Sounds the same

Read é, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哦to chant
• 额forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 俄suddenly; very soon
• 鹅goose
• 讹error; false; to extort
• 峨lofty; name of a mountain
• 蛾(bound form) moth
• 莪zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 囮decoy
• 蚵(Taiwan) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河