峨

é

éno initial · 2nd tone — spelling rules

lofty · name of a mountain

Radical: 山 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

山岁岛岩峻峰岭岳崩岸崖峭

Same radical

山岁岛岩峻峰岭岳崩岸崖峭峡崇岗

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Character Decomposition

峨=山+我

Etymology

mountain

Meanings

lofty

name of a mountain

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Words with 峨 49 total

(used in place names, notably 峨眉山 Mount Emei in Sichuan)峨眉E2 méi lofty · towering · majestic巍峨wēi é Tian'e, a county in Hechi City 河池市, Guangxi天峨县Tiān é Xiàn Emeiquan · O Mei Ch'uan (kungfu style)峨嵋拳é méi quán Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism峨眉山E2 méi Shān official class · intellectual class (idiom)峨冠博带é guān bó dài (bird species of China) Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis)峨嵋鹟莺E2 méi wēng yīng Emeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City, Sichuan峨眉山市E2 méi shān Shì (bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis)峨眉柳莺E2 méi liǔ yīng Mindanao Sea民答那峨海Mín dā nà é Hǎi Eshan Yi Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市, Yunnan峨山彝族自治县E2 shān Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn Ebian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City, Sichuan峨边彝族自治县E2 biān Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn

Idioms with 峨 3 total Chain

official class · intellectual class (idiom)峨冠博带é guān bó dài

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