峨
lofty; name of a mountain
10 strokes
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How 峨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
山 (semantic, “mountain”) + 我 (phonetic, wǒ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 我
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 我 (wǒ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 sound component | wǒ | I, me, my; our, us |
| 俄 | é | sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations |
| 鹅 | é | goose |
| 蛾 | é | moth |
| 哦 | ò | oh? really? is that so? |
| 娥 | é | beautiful, pretty; good; surname |
| 皒 | é | white |
| 硪 | wò | a flat stone used as a mortar |
| 莪 | é | mugwort, Artemisia |
| 锇 | é | osmium |
Words containing 峨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 峨山彝族自治县 | É shān Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Eshan Yi Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 峨边彝族自治县 | É biān Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Ebian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 峨眉山市 | É méi shān Shì | Emeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 峨山县 | É shān Xiàn | see 峨山彝族自治縣|峨山彝族自治县[E2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 天峨县 | Tiān é Xiàn | Tian'e, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 峨边县 | É biān Xiàn | see 峨邊彝族自治縣|峨边彝族自治县[E2 bian1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 民答那峨海 | Mín dā nà é Hǎi | Mindanao Sea |
| 峨冠博带 | é guān bó dài | official class; intellectual class (idiom) |
| 峨眉山 | É méi Shān | Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism |
| 峨眉山 | É méi shān | see 峨眉山市[E2 mei2 shan1 Shi4] |
| 峨眉柳莺 | É méi liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis) |
| 峨山 | É shān | see 峨山彝族自治縣|峨山彝族自治县[E2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 天峨 | Tiān é | see 天峨縣|天峨县[Tian1 e2 Xian4] |
| 峨边 | É biān | see 峨邊彝族自治縣|峨边彝族自治县[E2 bian1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 峨眉 | É méi | (used in place names, notably 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1] Mount Emei in Sichuan) |
| 峨嵋鹟莺 | É méi wēng yīng | (bird species of China) Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis) |
| 峨嵋山 | É méi Shān | variant of 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1] |
| 峨嵋拳 | é méi quán | Emeiquan; O Mei Ch'uan (kungfu style) |
| 巍峨 | wēi é | lofty; towering; majestic |
| 峨嵋 | É méi | variant of 峨眉[E2 mei2] |