IDENTITY
耳ěrear
HSK 1Top 800
CORE MEANING
ear
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.earHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 耳ear radical (ěr)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 耳
USAGE
Common words
耳朵ěrduoear
耳机ěrjīheadphones
Graded examples
他的耳朵很灵。Tā de ěrduo hěn líng.HSK4
He has sharp ears.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The outline of an ear with its lobes.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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