尔
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thus; so; like that; you; thou
Formation & memory
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How 尔 is formed
How to remember it
you (literary) · Heisig RSH #798
小 small — as a component also called: hiccup
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 尔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马尔斯 | Mars (Roman God of War) | |
| 海拉尔区 | Hailar, a district of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia | |
| 海尔 | Haier (PRC household appliance brand); Hale (name) | |
| 马尔马拉海 | Sea of Marmara | |
| 海拉尔 | see 海拉爾區|海拉尔区[Hai3 la1 er3 Qu1] | |
| 克尔白 | Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca | |
| 阿尔山市 | Arxan, a county-level city in Hinggan League 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 Meng2], Inner Mongolia | |
| 拉合尔 | Lahore (city in Pakistan) | |
| 安道尔 | Andorra | |
| 阿拉尔市 | Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang | |
| 阿尔山 | see 阿爾山市|阿尔山市[A1 er3 shan1 Shi4] | |
| 尔德 | Eid (Islam) | |
| 里尔 | Lille (city in France) | |
| 西里尔 | Cyril (name); Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary; Cyrillic | |
| 开尔文 | Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson); Kelvin (temperature scale) | |
| 巴斯特尔 | Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| 多尔 | Dole (name); Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996 | |
| 特里尔 | Trier (city in Germany) | |
| 阿拉尔 | Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang | |
| 安道尔城 | Andorra la Vella, capital of Andorra |
Sound family
These characters use 尔 as their sound component — compare how they read.