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é Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
é | e2
English translation
lofty; the name of a mountain

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About é

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

é

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of é

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山我

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with é

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
é lofty é
峨眉 É méi Emei township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县 Xīn zhú Xiàn [Xīn​zhú​Xiàn], northwest Taiwan峨眉 É méi
巍峨 wēi é lofty巍峨 wēi é
峨眉山 É méi Shān Emeishan city峨眉山 É méi Shān
峨眉山市 É méi shān shì Emeishan county level city in Leshan 樂山|乐山 Lè shān [Lè​shān], Sichuan峨眉山市 É méi shān shì
天峨县 Tiān é xiàn Tian'e county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州 Hè zhōu [Hè​zhōu], Guangxi天峨縣
峨冠博带 é guān bó dài official class峨冠博帶
峨山县 É shān xiàn Eshan Yizu autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪 Yù xī [Yù​xī], Yunnan峨山縣
天峨 Tiān é Tian'e county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州 Hè zhōu [Hè​zhōu], Guangxi天峨 Tiān é
峨边县 É biān xiàn Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山 Lè shān [Lè​shān], Sichuan峨邊縣
峨山彝族自治县 É shān yí zú Zì zhì xiàn Eshan Yizu autonomous county in Yuxi 玉溪 Yù xī [Yù​xī], Yunnan峨山彞族自治縣
峨边彝族自治县 É biān yí zú Zì zhì xiàn Ebian Yizu autonomous county in Leshan 樂山|乐山 Lè shān [Lè​shān], Sichuan峨邊彞族自治縣

é Decomposition & Compounds

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