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莪

é

Character

What 莪 means

1. zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

Words containing 莪

• 雪兰莪Xuě lán éSelangor (Malaysia)

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
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain
• 锇éosmium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 莪

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

• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋

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
• 峨lofty; name of a mountain
• 蛾(bound form) moth
• 囮decoy
• 蚵(Taiwan) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河