ear

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from a pictograph of the human ear in oracle-bone and seal script. The original form depicts the external ear and earlobe.

Mnemonic: The ear radical looks like a sideways ear with the upper curve as the outer ear and a lobe below.

• 耶yé🔊

  interrogative particle (classical)

  8 strokes

• 耵dīng🔊

  used in 耵聹|耵聍[ding1 ning2]

  8 strokes

• 耷dā🔊

  (literary) big ears

  9 strokes

• 耻chǐ🔊

  (bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace

  10 strokes

• 耸sǒng🔊

  to excite

  10 strokes

• 耼dān🔊

  variant of 聃[dan1]

  10 strokes

• 耽dān🔊

  to indulge in

  10 strokes

• 耿gěng🔊

  (literary) bright; brilliant

  10 strokes

• 聂niè🔊

  to whisper

  10 strokes