埃
dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #878 U+57C3
How 埃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 矣 (phonetic, yǐ)
How to remember it
fine dust · Heisig RSH #2259
土 soil + crossbow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 矣
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 矣 (yǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矣 sound component | yǐ | particle of completed action |
| 挨 | āi | close by, near, next to, towards, against; to lean on; to wait |
| 唉 | ài | alas; exclamation of surprise or pain |
| 娭 | āi | grandmother, father's mother; a term of respect |
Words containing 埃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 埃尔金大理石 | Āi ěr jīn dà lǐ shí | the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of … |
| 埃尔南德斯 | Āi ěr nán dé sī | Hernández (name) |
| 克罗埃西亚 | Kè luó āi xī yà | Croatia (Tw) |
| 埃尔多安 | Āi ěr duō ān | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003–2014, president 2014… |
| 埃拉托斯特尼 | Āi lā tuō sī tè ní | Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276–c. 195 BC), Greek polymath |
| 埃特纳火山 | Āi tè nà huǒ shān | Mt Etna, volcano in Italy |
| 埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 | Āi ěr wéi sī · Pǔ léi sī lì | Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film star |
| 埃布罗河 | Āi bù luó Hé | Ebro River (in northeast Spain) |
| 埃利斯岛 | Āi lì sī Dǎo | Ellis Island |
| 中华苏维埃共和国 | Zhōng huá Sū wéi āi Gòng hé guó | Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937) |
| 埃尔金 | Āi ěr jīn | James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered… |
| 里维埃拉 | lǐ wéi āi lā | riviera (loanword) |
| 埃文斯 | Āi wén sī | Evans; Ivins; Ivens |
| 埃拉特 | Āi lā tè | Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea |
| 埃德·米利班德 | Āi dé · Mǐ lì bān dé | Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010 |
| 埃尔福特 | Āi ěr fú tè | Erfurt (German city) |
| 普埃布拉 | Pǔ āi bù lā | Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City; term used to refer to plants whose specific epith… |
| 埃斯库罗斯 | Āi sī kù luó sī | Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seven against T… |
| 埃博拉病毒 | Āi bó lā bìng dú | Ebola virus |
| 埃德加 | Āi dé jiā | Edgar (name) |