爾
U+723E
14 STROKES
Entry·pron. ěr
ㄦˇ
“A function word; you; thus; so; like that; this; that; a final particle indicating mild exclamation or question.”
Taiwan rank
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Radical
爻mix/twine/cross
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Words containing this character
Common words in our dictionary built on this character
- 偶爾occasionally; now and then; sometimes; from time to time
- 福爾摩斯ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙSherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle; a brilliant detective known for solving cases through logic and deduction; used figuratively for any highly skilled detective or investigator.
- 荷爾蒙ㄏㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄥˊhormone; a chemical substance produced by endocrine glands in the body; translated from the English word 'hormone'.
- 比爾Bill (male given name); a common transliteration of the English name Bill.
- 諾貝爾ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˇNobel (Prize); Nobel (Alfred Bernhard Nobel, 1833–1896), Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite.
- 威爾a male given name; transliteration of English names such as Will or Wil
- 愛爾蘭ㄞˋ ㄦˇ ㄌㄢˊIreland; island in the North Atlantic; Republic of Ireland, sovereign state on the island of Ireland.
- 梅克爾Merkel; Angela Merkel, German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
- 卡爾Karl; Carl (male given name).
- 華爾街ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄝA street in lower Manhattan, New York City; used as a metonym for the U.S. financial world.
- 尼泊爾Nepal; a landlocked country in South Asia between China and India; known for the Himalayas and Mount Everest.
- 查爾斯Charles; a male given name; transliteration of the English name Charles.
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