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ěr

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ěr Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ěr | er3
English translation
a lake in Yunnan province

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About ěr

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

ěr

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of ěr

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵耳

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

ěr

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Words with ěr

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
普洱茶 Pǔ ěr chá Pu'er tea from the Pu'er region of Yunnan普洱茶 Pǔ ěr chá
普洱 Pǔ ěr Pu'er prefecture level city in Yunnan普洱 Pǔ ěr
洱海 Ěr hǎi Erhai Lake洱海 Ěr hǎi
ěr Erhai Lake ěr
普洱市 Pǔ ěr shì Pu'er prefecture level city in Yunnan普洱市 Pǔ ěr shì
宁洱县 Níng ěr Xiàn Ning'er County in Yunnan寧洱縣
洱源 Ěr yuán Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu [Dà​lǐ​Bái​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan洱源 Ěr yuán
洱源县 Ěr yuán xiàn Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu [Dà​lǐ​Bái​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan洱源縣
宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县 Níng ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣
普洱哈尼族彝族自治县 Pǔ ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn former Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, renamed in 2007 Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县 Níng ěr Hā ní zú Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn , capital Pu'er city 普洱市 Pǔ ěr shì 普洱哈尼族彞族自治縣

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