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婀

ē
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 婀娜) graceful; supple; willowy

Examples

HSK 7-9
湖边杨柳婀娜多姿。
Húbiān yángliǔ ēnuó duōzī.
The willows by the lake sway gracefully in the breeze.
HSK 7-9
她步态婀娜。
Tā bùtài ēnuó.
She moved with a soft, graceful step.

Tips

usage
Bound to 婀娜 - soft and graceful, used of a woman's figure or swaying willow branches, often expanded to 婀娜多姿 ('graceful and full of charm').

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman
Left-side woman radical 女. It describes a woman's soft, graceful bearing, so the woman radical carries the meaning.
phonetic
阿 ē
(here) sound
Right side 阿 supplies the sound ē; it functions purely as the phonetic, with the woman radical doing the meaning work.

Stroke Order

婀 ē