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).
Definitions
- Russia
- Russian
- abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticThis character is a compound form.
Decomposition: ⿰亻我 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 俄勒冈州 | é lè gāng zhōu | Oregon |
| 俄亥俄 | é hài é | Ohio |
| 俄勒冈 | é lè gāng | Oregon |
| 苏俄 | sū é | Soviet Russia |
| 俄文 | é wén | Russian language |
| 俄克拉何马 | é kè lā hé mǎ | Oklahoma, US state |
| 白俄罗斯 | bái é luó sī | Belarus |
| 俄军 | é jūn | Russian army |
| 俄罗斯人 | é luó sī rén | Russian (person) |
| 沙俄 | shā é | Tsarist Russia |
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.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 俄.
Example Sentences
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.
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...
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
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
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:
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
俄罗斯大使馆在哪儿？
éluósī dàshǐguǎn zài nǎr?
Where is the Russian embassy?
俄语和乌克兰语像吗？
éyǔ hé Wūkèlán yǔ xiàng ma?
Are Russian and Ukrainian similar?
拿破仑率军到俄罗斯。
Nápòlún lǜ jūn dào éluósī.
Napoleon led his troops to Russia.
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
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