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谔

è

Character Traditional 諤

What 谔 means

1. honest speech

Words containing 谔

• 薛定谔Xuē dìng èErwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), Austrian physicist
• 薛定谔方程Xuē dìng è fāng chéngSchrödinger's wave equation

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
• 愕èstartled
• 腭èpalate; roof of the mouth
• 萼ècalyx of a flower
• 鹗è(bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• 锷èblade edge; sharp

Characters that look like 谔

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 课kèsubject; course; class
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name
• 愣lèngto look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted
• 愕èstartled
• 惺xīng(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted

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
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate