耳

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.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/耳

Glyph origin
– an ear.

Etymology 1
From.

Definitions

 * 1) ear
 * 2) ear-like object
 * 3) something on both sides
 * 4) handle on both sides of an object
 * 5)  to hear; to hear of
 * 6)  something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
 * 1) handle on both sides of an object
 * 2)  to hear; to hear of
 * 3)  something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
 * 1)  to hear; to hear of
 * 2)  something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone
 * 1)  something that can be used to coerce or threaten someone

Etymology 2
According to, a contraction of.

Definitions

 * 1)   merely; only; that's all

Compounds

 * : tragus
 * : earlobe

Etymology 1


From. First attested in the  of 720. From.

Noun

 * 1) ear; ears
 * 2) crust (of bread)
 * 3) selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)
 * 1) selvedge (woven edge of a bolt of fabric)

Derived terms

 * : "squid ears", slang term for a cat folding its ears when upset
 * : kemonomimi
 * : nekomimi
 * , : earlobe

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ear