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è Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
è | e4
English translation
chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious

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About è

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

è

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of è

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亚土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of è .

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Example sentences using è

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地下 dì xià Shuǐ céng shì 一些 yī xiē 有水 yǒu shuǐ de yán 石层,沙岩 shā yán 白垩 bái è yán .

An aquifer is a water - bearing rock stratum such as sandstone and chalk.

zài 白垩质土壤 tǔrǎng Zhōng 添加 tiān jiā 有机物 yǒu jī wù 降低 jiàngdī 碱性 jiǎn xìng

Incorporating organic material into chalky soils will reduce the alkalinity.

英格兰 Yīng gé lán 南部 nán bù de 白垩质峭壁 qiào bì

the chalk cliffs of southern England

Suǒ 米尔周围 zhōuwéi de 白垩质土壤 tǔrǎng 出产 chū chǎn 著名 zhùmíng de 安茹葡萄酒 pú tao jiǔ

The chalky soil around Saumur produces the famous Anjou wines.

Words with è

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
白垩纪 Bái è jì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)白堊紀
白垩 bái è chalk白堊
è to whitewash è

è Decomposition & Compounds

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