耳
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ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
ear · Heisig RSH #717
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 耳
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马耳东风 | (lit.) the east wind blowing in a horse's ear (idiom); (fig.) words one pays no heed to | |
| 耳目一新 | a pleasant change; a breath of fresh air; refreshing | |
| 外耳道 | external auditory meatus; auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜 | |
| 打耳光 | to slap on the face; to box sb's ears | |
| 耳子 | handle (on a pot) | |
| 白木耳 | white fungus (Tremella fuciformis); snow fungus | |
| 中耳 | middle ear | |
| 耳机 | headphones; earphones; telephone receiver | |
| 耳发 | (men) sideburns; (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples | |
| 耳力 | hearing ability | |
| 内耳道 | internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves) | |
| 交头接耳 | to whisper to one another's ear | |
| 耳道 | (anatomy) ear canal | |
| 黑木耳 | Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus | |
| 耳语 | to whisper in sb's ear; a whisper | |
| 耳石 | otolith | |
| 波义耳 | Boyle (name); Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist | |
| 外耳 | outer ear | |
| 耳光 | a slap on the face; CL:記|记[ji4] | |
| 空耳 | to intentionally reinterpret a spoken expression as if one had misheard it, for the sake o… |
Sound family
These characters use 耳 as their sound component — compare how they read.