鄂 (è) is a Chinese character meaning “short name for Hubei province”. It is written from 咢 (è — two mouths over 亏; in 鄂, 愕 and 鳄 it gives the sound è) and 阝 (left form: mound (阜); right form: city or settlement (邑)), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.
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Structure
咢 + 阝
Left–right structure
- 咢 è — two mouths over 亏; in 鄂, 愕 and 鳄 it gives the sound è · è sound
- 阝 left form: mound (阜); right form: city or settlement (邑) · fù meaning
Structure from: 说文解字: 鄂，江夏縣。从邑咢聲
Memory aid
咢 (è) on the left gives the sound; the right-side 阝 marks a town or place. Say è, think of a place name: 鄂 is the short name for Hubei.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 鄂州è zhōuEzhou (a city in Hubei)鄂 = è
- 鄂尔多斯è ěr duō sīOrdos (a city in Inner Mongolia)鄂 = è
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All readings
short name for Hubei
short name for Hubei province; used in place and ethnic names; a surname
湖北省的简称；也用于地名、族名，如鄂州、鄂尔多斯；也是姓。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 鄂州è zhōuEzhou (a city in Hubei)鄂 = è
- 鄂尔多斯è ěr duō sīOrdos (a city in Inner Mongolia)鄂 = è
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 鄂 mean?
鄂 (è) means short name for Hubei province; used in place and ethnic names; a surname.
How do you pronounce 鄂?
It is pronounced è.
What parts is 鄂 made of?
咢 (è — two mouths over 亏; in 鄂, 愕 and 鳄 it gives the sound è) and 阝 (left form: mound (阜); right form: city or settlement (邑)), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字: 鄂，江夏縣。从邑咢聲. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 鄂 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 鄂?
阝. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 鄂?
Common ones are 鄂州 and 鄂尔多斯. The reading of 鄂 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.