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峨

é

Character

What 峨 means

1. lofty
2. name of a mountain

Other readings

峨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• évariant of {峨|é}

Example sentences

• 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树彷佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。
  In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.

Words starting with 峨

• 峨眉山É méi ShānMount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
• 峨眉É méi(used in place names, notably 峨眉山
• 峨冠博带é guān bó dàiofficial class; intellectual class (idiom)
• 峨眉山市É méi shān ShìEmeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City 乐山市
• 峨眉柳莺É méi liǔ yīng(bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)
• 峨嵋拳é méi quánEmeiquan; O Mei Ch'uan (kungfu style)
• 峨嵋鹟莺É méi wēng yīng(bird species of China) Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis)
• 峨山彝族自治县É shān Yí zú Zì zhì xiànEshan Yi Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市
• 峨边彝族自治县É biān Yí zú Zì zhì xiànEbian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City 乐山市
• 峨嵋É méivariant of 峨眉
• 峨山É shānsee 峨山彝族自治县
• 峨边É biānsee 峨边彝族自治县
• 峨山县É shān Xiànsee 峨山彝族自治县
• 峨边县É biān Xiànsee 峨边彝族自治县
• 峨嵋山É méi Shānvariant of 峨眉山

Words containing 峨

• 巍峨wēi élofty; towering; majestic
• 天峨县Tiān é XiànTian'e, a county in Hechi City 河池市
• 民答那峨海Mín dā nà é HǎiMindanao Sea
• 天峨Tiān ésee 天峨县

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
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 峨

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

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 哦éto chant
• 液yè(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 狼lángwolf
• 堀kūcave; hole

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
• 娥good; beautiful
• 讹error; false; to extort
• 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