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蚵

é

Character

What 蚵 means

1. Taiwanoyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])

Words starting with 蚵

• 蚵仔é zioyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á])
• 蚵仔煎é zǐ jiān(Taiwan) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])

Words containing 蚵

• 屎蚵螂shǐ kē lángdung beetle

Characters built on 可

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

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 哥gēelder brother
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 呵hē(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 诃hēto scold

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
• 莪zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 囮decoy
• 锇osmium (chemistry)
• 涐old name for the Dadu River 大渡河