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Mythic Mandarin

尔 (ěr): meaning and stroke order

尔 (ěr) means thus, so, like that, you, thou, variant of 尔.

尔

Simplified
尔
Traditional
爾, 尒
Pinyin
ěr

Stroke order of 尔

尔

  • ěr variant of 爾|尔[er3]
  • ěr thus; so
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 尒

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 尔

  1. ěr Traditional 爾
    • thus
    • so
    • like that
    • you
    • thou
  2. ěr Traditional 尒
    • variant of 爾|尔[er3]

Radical and structure

尔
Radical 小 (Kangxi radical 42) · 5 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 尔

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).