俄 (é): Russia, Russian, abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯

俄 (é) is a Chinese character meaning “russia.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 我 (phonetic). It ranks #975 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 俄 is a compound character. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. Russia
  2. Russian
  3. abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯

Etymology & Origin

俄

pictophoneticThis character is a compound form.

Decomposition: ⿰亻我 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
俄国proper-nouné guóRussia
俄罗斯proper-nouné luó sīRussia
俄语nouné yǔRussian (language)
俄亥俄州é hài é zhōuOhio
埃塞俄比亚proper-nounāi sài é bǐ yàEthiopia
俄勒冈州é lè gāng zhōuOregon
俄亥俄proper-nouné hài éOhio
俄勒冈proper-nouné lè gāngOregon
苏俄proper-nounsū éSoviet Russia
俄文proper-nouné wénRussian language
俄克拉何马proper-nouné kè lā hé mǎOklahoma, US state
白俄罗斯proper-nounbái é luó sīBelarus
俄军proper-nouné jūnRussian army
俄罗斯人nouné luó sī rénRussian (person)
沙俄proper-nounshā éTsarist Russia
55
Total compounds
60
As first character
11
As last character
29
As middle character

俄 appears in 55 compound words: 60 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 俄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

罗luó
0.676112,101 co-occurrences
斯sī
0.639240,789 co-occurrences
冈gāng
0.4472,174 co-occurrences
白bái
0.42815,804 co-occurrences
语yǔ
0.42311,630 co-occurrences
州zhōu
0.40618,314 co-occurrences
塞sāi
0.3976,724 co-occurrences
乌wū
0.3891,623 co-occurrences
国guó
0.38131,252 co-occurrences
抛pāo
0.37513 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (5)

白俄罗斯Bái'éluósīHSK 7+

Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)

俄狄浦斯Édípǔsī

Oedipus

日俄战争rì é zhàn zhēngHSK 7+

the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan

phrase
俄亥俄州é hài é zhōuHSK 7+

Ohio

phrase

Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 俄.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

作为俄民,我们有责任保护环境。

zuò wéi é mín , wǒ men yǒu zé rèn bǎo hù huán jìng .

As Russian citizens, we have a responsibility to protect the environment.

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俄罗斯运动员亮相米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会闭幕式...

é luó sī yùn dòng yuán liàng xiāng mǐ lán kē ěr dì nà dōng ào huì bì mù shì . . .

Russian athletes at the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics...

WorldjournalFeb 2026

俄军打击乌能源设施 乌克兰多地大面积停电

é jūn dǎ jī wū néng yuán shè shī wū kè lán duō dì dà miàn jī tíng diàn

Russian forces hit Ukrainian energy facilities Large-scale power outages in many places in Ukraine

百度新闻Feb 2026

俄方称欧洲在乌克兰问题上更倾向于延续冲突

é fāng chèn ōu zhōu zài wū kè lán wèn tí shàng gēng qīng xiàng yú yán xù chōng tū

Russia said that Europe is more inclined to continue the conflict on the Ukraine issue

百度新闻Feb 2026

新春中国行丨中国年遇上“送冬节”:中俄民众共赴春天..

xīn chūn zhōng guó háng 丨 zhōng guó nián yù shàng sòng dōng jié : zhōng é mín zhòng gòng fù chūn tiān . .

New Year China Tour丨Chinese New Year meets "Winter Festival": Chinese and Russian people go to spring together:

百度新闻Feb 2026

一辆载有8名中国游客的汽车在俄贝加尔湖沉没

yī liàng zài yǒu 8 míng zhōng guó yóu kè de qì chē zài é bèi jiā ěr hú chén méi

A car carrying eight Chinese tourists sank in Lake Baikal

Tatoeba

俄罗斯大使馆在哪儿?

éluósī dàshǐguǎn zài nǎr?

Where is the Russian embassy?

Tatoeba

俄语和乌克兰语像吗?

éyǔ hé Wūkèlán yǔ xiàng ma?

Are Russian and Ukrainian similar?

Tatoeba

拿破仑率军到俄罗斯。

Nápòlún lǜ jūn dào éluósī.

Napoleon led his troops to Russia.

Tatoeba

在俄罗斯的贝加尔湖是世界上最深的湖泊。

Zài éluósī de Bèijiā'ěr Hú shì shìjiè shàng zuì shēn de húpō.

Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced é

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 俄 (é) mean in Chinese?
俄 (é) primarily means "russia." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #975 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 俄 and 哦?
俄 (é) and 哦 (ò) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 亻 vs 口 (same 我 component).
How many strokes does 俄 have?
俄 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 俄?
The radical associated with 俄 is 亻 (person). This radical appears in many characters related to person.
What are the components of 俄?
俄 is composed of: 亻 (structural), 我 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰亻我 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 俄?
Common words with 俄 include: 俄国 (é guó, "Russia"); 俄罗斯 (é luó sī, "Russia"); 俄语 (é yǔ, "Russian (language)"); 俄亥俄州 (é hài é zhōu, "Ohio"); 埃塞俄比亚 (āi sài é bǐ yà, "Ethiopia"). There are over 55 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 俄 (é)?
Several characters share the pronunciation é: 鹅 (goose), 娥 (good), 恶 (evil), 额 (forehead), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 俄 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 俄 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.