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耳环

ěrhuán

earring

A pair of round red earrings with jade beads
Memory picture

Characters in this word

耳 ěr

Strokes
6
Radical
耳 — ear
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 耳

环 huán

Strokes
8
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 不 no, not, un-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 她在典礼上戴了一对祖母留下来的银耳环。 Tā zài diǎnlǐ shang dài le yí duì zǔmǔ liú xiàlai de yín ěrhuán. At the ceremony, she wore a pair of silver earrings left to her by her grandmother.
  • 她今天戴了一副红色的耳环,特别漂亮。 Tā jīntiān dài le yí fù hóngsè de ěrhuán, tèbié piàoliang. She is wearing a pair of red earrings today, and they look especially pretty.
  • 我的一只耳环不见了,可能掉在回家的路上。 Wǒ de yì zhī ěrhuán bújiàn le, kěnéng diào zài huí jiā de lù shang. One of my earrings is missing; it may have fallen off on the way home.

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