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é

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é Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
é | e2
English translation
goose

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About é

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

é

Contains the radical

niǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

bird

Etymology of é

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

我鳥

Semantic compound

niǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. diǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of é .

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Words with é

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
é goose é
企鹅 qǐ é penguin企鵝
天鹅 tiān é swan天鵝
天鹅绒 tiān é róng velvet天鵝絨
鹅卵石 é luǎn shí pebble鵝卵石
鹅毛 é máo goose feather鵝毛
天鹅湖 Tiān é Hú Swan Lake天鵝湖
鹅毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom)鵝毛大雪
鹅绒 é róng goose down鵝絨
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉
鹅掌楸 é zhǎng qiū Chinese tulip tree鵝掌楸
千里送鹅毛 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it千里送鵝毛
鹅喉羚 é hóu líng goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) of Xinjiang鵝喉羚
天鹅座 Tiān é zuò Cygnus (constellation)天鵝座
鹅銮鼻 É luán bí Cape Eluanpi or Eluanbi, southernmost point of Taiwan Island鵝鑾鼻
千里鹅毛 qiān lǐ é máo also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛 qiān lǐ sòng é máo [qiān​lǐ​sòng​'é​máo]千里鵝毛

é Decomposition & Compounds

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