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Mythic Mandarin

耳朵 (ěr duo): meaning and stroke order

耳朵 (ěr duo) means ear, 只个对, handle (on a cup).

耳朵

Simplified
耳朵
Traditional
耳朵 (same form)
Pinyin
ěr duo

Stroke order of 耳朵

耳

  • ěr ear; handle (archaeology)
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

朵

  • duǒ flower; earlobe
  • duǒ variant of 朵[duo3]
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 朶

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 耳朵

  1. ěr duo
    • ear
    • CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]
    • handle (on a cup)

Radicals of the characters

耳
Radical 耳 (Kangxi radical 128) · 6 strokes
朵
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 6 strokes · 𠘧 on top, 木 below

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.

耳朵 in our stories

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  • 他身材高大，两只耳朵上挂着黄蛇，手里也握着黄蛇，一步能跨过一座山丘。

    tā shēncái gāodà liǎng zhī ěrduo shàng guà zhe huángshé shǒu lǐ yě wò zhe huángshé yí bù néng kuà guò yí zuò shānqiū

    He was enormous: yellow snakes hung from his ears and he held yellow snakes in his hands, and a single stride carried him over a hill.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 耳朵

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).