漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
爾: you, thou
Also: second person
JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 一one(meaning)
- 八eight(form)
- 冂borders(form)
- 爻(meaning)
一 and 爻 carry the meaning · 八 and 冂 are drawn in
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 爾後じごthereafter
- 爾来じらいsince then; after that
なんじnanji · kun'yomi · on its own
- 爾なんじyou
Also read ニ, しかり, その, のみ, おれ, しか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything begins with one. This radical is the first strike of the brush that defines the horizon, the first step of a long journey, and the very foundation of the mathematical world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
爻
Also built on 爻
Also read ニ
7 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 尔 · traditional, as in Japanese · ěr
Japan keeps the traditional form 爾; mainland China simplifies it to 尔.
- Simplified
- 尔 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 爾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin ěr most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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