耳

ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #354 U+8033

Pictograph (象形字)

An ear

components: 二 ? unknown part

ear · Heisig RSH #717

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 耳 as their sound component

These characters all use 耳 (ěr) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
耳 sound component	ěr	ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
饵	ěr	bait; cake; dumplings; to bait, to entice
茸	róng	soft, downy; buds, sprouts
洱	ěr	a lake in Yunnan province
铒	ěr	erbium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马耳东风	mǎ ěr dōng fēng	(lit.) the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom); (fig.) words one pays no heed to
耳目一新	ěr mù yī xīn	a pleasant change; a breath of fresh air; refreshing
外耳道	wài ěr dào	external auditory meatus; auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
打耳光	dǎ ěr guāng	to slap on the face; to box sb's ears
耳子	ěr zi	handle (on a pot)
白木耳	bái mù ěr	white fungus (Tremella fuciformis); snow fungus
中耳	zhōng ěr	middle ear
耳机	ěr jī	headphones; earphones; telephone receiver
耳发	ěr fa	(men) sideburns; (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples
耳力	ěr lì	hearing ability
内耳道	nèi ěr dào	internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves)
交头接耳	jiāo tóu jiē ěr	to whisper to one another's ear
耳道	ěr dào	(anatomy) ear canal
黑木耳	hēi mù ěr	Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
耳语	ěr yǔ	to whisper in sb's ear; a whisper
耳石	ěr shí	otolith
波义耳	Bō yì ěr	Boyle (name); Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
外耳	wài ěr	outer ear
耳光	ěr guāng	a slap on the face; CL:記\|记[ji4]
空耳	kōng ěr	to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake o…