耳

See also: 目
耳 U+8033, 耳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8033
← 耲
[U+8032] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 耴 →
[U+8034]

Translingual

Stroke order
Japanese stroke order
Stroke order

Alternative forms

When part of a compound character, particularly as the left radical, the bottom horizontal stroke may not cross at bottom right. This is a script variant, found for example in Japanese 聴.

Han character

耳 (radical 128, 耳+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸十 (SJ), four-corner 10400)

  1. Kangxi radical #128, ⽿.

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 965, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28999
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1413, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2783, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8033

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 耳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 耳
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (耳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
佴 *nɯːs, *njɯs
麛 *miː
弭 *mniʔ
渳 *mniʔ
葞 *mniʔ
髶 *njis, *njoŋ
聻 *nɯʔ
恥 *n̥ʰɯʔ
咡 *njɯ, *njɯs
誀 *njɯ, *njɯs
耳 *njɯʔ
洱 *njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬 *njɯʔ
餌 *njɯs
珥 *njɯs
衈 *njɯs
毦 *njɯs
刵 *njɯs
眲 *njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – an ear.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-na (“ear”).

Pronunciation

Note: ngi2 - variant pronunciation.
Note:
  • ngê - vernacular;
  • ngī - literary.
Note:
  • hī/hǐ/hīⁿ - vernacular;
  • ní/jí/jíⁿ - literary.
Note:
  • hin6 - vernacular;
  • re2 - literary.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: nyi (T3); hher (T3)
      • IPA (key): /n̠ʲi²³/, /ɦəɻ²³/
Note:
  • 3nyi - vernacular;
  • 3hher - literary.
Rime
Character 耳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而止切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵɨX/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiəX/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ěr
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耳
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ěr
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.nəʔ/
English ear

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耳
Reading # 1/1
No. 2783
Phonetic
component		 耳
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 耳
Old
Chinese		 /*njɯʔ/

Definitions

耳

  1. ear
  2. † ear-like object
  3. † an object, which like the ears, is found on both sides
    • 耳房  ―  ěrfáng  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
    • 耳門 / 耳门  ―  ěrmén  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
  4. † handle; knob
  5. † to hear; to hear of
  6. A surname​.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 耳朵 (“ear”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 耳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 耳朵
Mandarin Beijing 耳朵
Taiwan 耳朵
Harbin 耳朵
Shenyang 耳朵
Hailar 耳朵
Ulan Hot 耳朵
Tongliao 耳朵
Chifeng 耳朵
Bayanhot 耳朵
Jinan 耳朵
Muping 耳朵
Luoyang 耳道
Jiedian 耳朵
Xi'an 耳朵
Zhengzhou 耳朵
Xining 耳朵
Xuzhou 耳朵
Yinchuan 耳朵
Lanzhou 耳朵
Ürümqi 耳朵、耳瓜子、耳朵瓜子
Wuhan 耳凍
Chengdu 耳朵
Guiyang 耳朵
Guilin 耳朵
Liuzhou 耳朵
Kunming 耳朵
Yangzhou 耳頭
Nanjing 耳朵
Hefei 耳道
Nantong 耳頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 耳仔
Hong Kong 耳仔、耳
Shunde 耳仔
Foshan 耳仔
Zhongshan 耳仔
Dongguan 耳吉
Hong Kong (Weitou) 耳仔、耳吉
Taishan 耳仔、耳
Doumen 耳仔
Kaiping 耳仔
Shaoguan 耳仔、耳朵
Yunfu 耳仔
Yangjiang 耳仔、耳
Lianjiang 耳仔
Nanning 耳朵、耳仔
Wuzhou 耳朵、耳仔
Yulin 耳鬼
Hepu 耳朵
Kuala Lumpur 耳仔
Gan Nanchang 耳朵
Lichuan 耳朵
Pingxiang 耳朵
Hakka Meixian 耳公
Luchuan 耳朵
Changting 耳朵
Wuping 耳腦、耳公
Ninghua 耳朵
Yudu 耳朵
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 耳公
Liudui (S. Sixian) 耳公
Hsinchu (Hailu) 耳空
Dongshi (Dabu) 耳公
Zhuolan (Raoping) 耳空、耳窟仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 耳子
Hong Kong 耳公
Sabah 耳吉、耳朵、耳珠
Senai 耳公
Singkawang 耳空
Huizhou Shexian 耳朵
Tunxi 耳朵
Jixi 耳朵
Jin Taiyuan 耳朵
Xinzhou 耳朵
Baochang 耳朵
Jining 耳朵
Hohhot 耳朵
Baotou 耳朵
Dongsheng 耳朵
Linhe 耳朵
Haibowan 耳朵
Min Bei Jian'ou 耳仔、耳川
Min Dong Fuzhou 耳囝、耳
Changle 耳
Fuqing 耳囝、耳
Yongtai 耳囝
Gutian 耳囝
Fu'an 耳栳
Ningde 耳囝
Shouning 耳栳
Zhouning 耳栳
Fuding 耳栳
Matsu 耳
Min Nan Xiamen 耳仔、耳空
Quanzhou 耳仔、耳空
Zhangzhou 耳仔、耳空
Taipei 耳仔
Kaohsiung 耳仔
Tainan 耳仔
Taichung 耳仔
Wuqi 耳仔
Hsinchu 耳仔
Taitung 耳仔
Lukang 耳仔
Sanxia 耳仔
Yilan 耳仔
Kinmen 耳
Magong 耳仔
Penang 耳仔、耳
Singapore 耳仔
Philippines (Manila) 耳仔
Pingnan 耳朵
Chaozhou 耳
Shantou 耳
Haifeng 耳
Johor Bahru 耳
Haikou 耳
Leizhou 耳
Puxian Min Putian 耳空
Xianyou 耳空、耳囝
Pinghua Nanning 耳朵、耳
Guilin 耳朵
Wu Shanghai 耳朵
Suzhou 耳朵、耳朵管
Hangzhou 耳朵
Wenzhou 耳朵
Chongming 耳朵
Danyang 耳朵
Jinhua 耳朵
Ningbo 耳朵
Xiang Changsha 耳朵
Shuangfeng 耳凍
Loudi 耳朵
Quanzhou 耳朵

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 耳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 而止切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ȵɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ȵɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȵʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ȵɨX/
Li
Rong		 /ȵiəX/
Wang
Li		 /ȵʑĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȵʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ěr
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耳
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ěr
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nyiX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*nəʔ/
English =⽽而已 “that’s all”

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耳
Reading # 1/1
No. 2783
Phonetic
component		 耳
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 耳
Old
Chinese		 /*njɯʔ/

Definitions

耳

  1. † (→ 而 (ér)) Phrase-final particle: merely; only; that's all

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

耳

  1. Only used in 耳孫／耳孙 (réngsūn).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

耳

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
耳
みみ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

耳 (hiragana みみ, rōmaji mimi)

  1. ear; ears
    耳 (みみ)が痒 (かゆ)いのです。
    Mimi ga kayui no desu.
    My ear is itchy.
  2. crust (of bread)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

耳 (eumhun 귀 이 (gwi i))

  1. ear

Okinawan

Kanji

耳

Compounds

  • 耳ぐい (みみぐい, mimigui, “cloud ear fungus”)

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 耳 (mimi).

Noun

耳 (hiragana みん, romaji min)

  1. ear

Vietnamese

Han character

耳 (nhĩ, nhải, nhãi)

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