估
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- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 估
- Common rank
- #2,080
- Unicode
- U+4F30
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
estimate · Heisig RSH #2060
人 person + 古 ancient
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 估
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可估量 | inestimable; incalculable; beyond measure | |
| 最大似然估计 | maximum-likelihood estimation (statistics) | |
| 约略估计 | approximate estimate; to reckon roughly | |
| 环境影响评估 | environmental impact assessment EIA; abbr. to 環評|环评 | |
| 高估 | to overestimate; to overrate | |
| 重估 | to re-evaluate | |
| 估定 | to assess; to estimate the value | |
| 据估计 | according to estimates | |
| 估量 | to estimate; to assess | |
| 度估 | (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku]) | |
| 估产 | to assess; to estimate (value of property, yield of harvest etc) | |
| 估堆儿 | to assess an entire lot | |
| 估计 | to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...) | |
| 估衣 | secondhand clothes; cheap ready-made clothes | |
| 估价 | to value; to appraise; to be valued at; estimate; valuation | |
| 推估 | to estimate | |
| 低估 | to underestimate; to underrate | |
| 估算 | assessment; evaluation | |
| 估值 | valuation; estimation | |
| 估测 | estimate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 古 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古 sound part | old, classic, ancient | |
| 苦 | bitter; hardship, suffering | |
| 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 居 | to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit | |
| 故 | reason, cause; happening, instance | |
| 固 | to solidify; strength | |
| 咕 | mumble, mutter, murmur; rumble | |
| 鸪 | species of Taiwan pigeon | |
| 沽 | to buy and sell; of inferior quality | |
| 蛄 | mole cricket | |
| 辜 | crime, offense, sin | |
| 祜 | blessings, happiness, prosperity | |
| 怙 | to rely on; to presume; father (formal) | |
| 钴 | cobalt; clothes-iron | |
| 罟 | net, snare; to implicate | |
| 诂 | explanation; to comment, to explain | |
| 骷 | skeleton | |
| 嘏 | felicity, prosperity; large and strong | |
| 轱 | wheel; to revolve, to turn |