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愕

è

Character

What 愕 means

1. startled

Words starting with 愕

• 愕然è ránstunned; amazed

Words containing 愕

• 惊愕jīng è(literary) stunned; stupefied
• 错愕cuò èastonished; startled

Characters built on 咢

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

• 鳄è(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 鄂Èsurname E; short name for Hubei 湖北
• 颚èjaw; palate
• 腭èpalate; roof of the mouth
• 谔èhonest speech
• 萼ècalyx of a flower
• 鹗è(bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• 锷èblade edge; sharp

Characters that look like 愕

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 搏bóto fight; to combat; to seize
• 惰duòlazy
• 猾huásly
• 悸jìto palpitate
• 猬wèi(bound form) hedgehog

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 恶evil; fierce; vicious
• 遏to restrain; to check; to hold back
• 厄distressed
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate
• 轭yoke