峨
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lofty; name of a mountain
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 山 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 峨
- Common rank
- #2,388
- Unicode
- U+5CE8
Formation & memory
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Words with 峨
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 峨山彝族自治县 | Eshan Yi Autonomous County, in Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 峨边彝族自治县 | Ebian Yi Autonomous County, in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 峨眉山市 | Emeishan, a county-level city in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 峨山县 | 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 | Tian'e, a county in Hechi City 河池市[He2 chi2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 峨边县 | 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 | Mindanao Sea | |
| 峨冠博带 | official class; intellectual class (idiom) | |
| 峨眉山 | Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism | |
| 峨眉山 | see 峨眉山市[E2 mei2 shan1 Shi4] | |
| 峨眉柳莺 | (bird species of China) Emei leaf warbler (Phylloscopus emeiensis) | |
| 峨山 | see 峨山彝族自治縣|峨山彝族自治县[E2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 天峨 | see 天峨縣|天峨县[Tian1 e2 Xian4] | |
| 峨边 | see 峨邊彝族自治縣|峨边彝族自治县[E2 bian1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 峨眉 | (used in place names, notably 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1] Mount Emei in Sichuan) | |
| 峨嵋鹟莺 | (bird species of China) Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis) | |
| 峨嵋山 | variant of 峨眉山[E2 mei2 Shan1] | |
| 峨嵋拳 | Emeiquan; O Mei Ch'uan (kungfu style) | |
| 巍峨 | lofty; towering; majestic | |
| 峨嵋 | variant of 峨眉[E2 mei2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 我 — compare how they read.