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Words containing 而:

There are 7 words starting with 而 and at least 5 other words containing 而 in this database. The average frequency of words in the database containing this character is rank red very high

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Other characters containing 而 as a component:

There are 18 character descriptions containing a reference to this character of which 10 so far have been determined to contain this as a phonetic component. The average frequency of all characters in the database containing this component is rank yellow medium


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Phonetic:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
胹 胹 er2 cooked 肉 而 rank darkblue 0
鲕 鮞 er2 fish roe 魚 而 rank darkblue 2
䎠 䎠 er2 丸 而 rank darkblue 0
荋 荋 er2 a fungus 艸 而 rank lightblue 0
栭 栭 er2 king-post 木 而 rank darkblue 0
洏 洏 er2 tearful 水 而 rank lightblue 0
恧 恧 nÜ4 ashamed 心 而 rank darkblue 0
輭 輭 ruan3 車 而 rank darkblue 0
耎 耎 ruan3 weak 大 而 rank darkblue 0
需 需 xu1 to need 雨 而 rank red 11

Semantic or reference:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
巢 巢 chao2 nest 木 rank yellow 9

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Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
耏 耏 er2 whiskers 彡 而 rank darkblue 0
聏 聏 er2 rank darkblue 0
輀 輀 er2 hearse rank darkblue 0
侕 侕 er2 a small post standing on the beam, rank darkblue 0
陑 陑 er2 the place where the Shong dynasty was founded rank darkblue 0
峏 峏 er3 rank darkblue 0
耑 耑 zhuan1 concentrated rank darkblue 0
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Some common words starting with 而: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
而且 而且 er2qie3 moreover rank red
而已 而已 er2yi3 nothing more rank red
而后 而後 er2hou4 afterwards rank orange
而是 而是 er2shi4 and additionally rank orange
而言 而言 er2yan2 speaking of rank orange
而不是 而不是 er2bu2shi4 and not rank yellow
而非 而非 er2fei1 and not rank darkblue

Other common words containing 而: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
因而 因而 yin1er2 therefore rank red
从而 從而 cong2er2 thus rank red
然而 然而 ran2er2 however rank red
反而 反而 fan3er2 instead rank red
进而 進而 jin4er2 and then (what follows next) rank orange
偶而 偶而 ou3er2 betweenwhiles rank yellow
俄而 俄而 e2er2 presently rank lightblue
赵学而 趙學而 xing1qi4 Hermie Chiu rank darkblue
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