Dong Chinese dictionary

é, e

sudden(ly)

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

我 Sound component

wǒ

I; me

俄 and 我 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sudden(ly), soon; Russian; suddenly; very soon

Russia; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[Eluósī]; Taiwan pr. [E]

Most common words with 俄

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