è
noun #24,922

Meanings

  1. 1 blade edge
  2. 2 cutting edge of a sword
  3. 3 sharp (of a blade)

Examples

Zhè bǎ jiàn de è rèn fēnglì wúbǐ.
The blade edge of this sword is incomparably sharp.
Cài È shì Zhōngguó jìndài shǐ shàng de zhòngyào jūnshì rénwù.
Cai E is an important military figure in modern Chinese history.

Tips

history
The character is notable as part of the name Cai E (, 1882–1916), a general who led the National Protection War against Yuan Shikai's attempt to restore imperial rule. Outside of this proper name, is a literary/classical term for a sword's cutting edge, rarely used in everyday modern Chinese.

Components

pictograph
è
blade edge
is the traditional form of a rare literary char for a sword's cutting edge. The left side is the metal radical , the right side is the phonetic (è). This traditional glyph lacks reliable stroke-by-stroke data, so it is treated as a single graphic unit here.

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Stroke Order

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