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珥

ěr

Character

What 珥 means

1. pearl or jade earring

Words containing 珥

• 约珥书Yuē ěr shūBook of Joel

Characters built on 耳

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

• 饵ěrpastry; food; to swallow
• 洱ěrsee 洱海
• 佴èrassistant
• 铒ěrerbium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 珥

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

• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 捍hànto ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 祥xiángauspicious; propitious
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 弭mǐto stop; repress

Sounds the same

Read ěr, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尔thus; so; like that
• 耳ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 饵pastry; food; to swallow
• 迩recently; near; close
• 铒erbium (chemistry)
• 薾luxuriant growth of flower
• 駬(horse)
• 洱see 洱海
• 尓variant of 尔