洱 (ěr): see 洱海

洱 (ěr) is a Chinese character meaning “see 洱海.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 氵 (water). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 氵 water9 strokesFrequency #9999

Definitions

  1. see 洱海

Stroke Order

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9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
洱海ěr hǎiErhai Lake
普洱pǔ ěrsee 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4]
普洱市pǔ ěr shìPu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
洱源ěr yuánEryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
宁洱níng ěrsee 寧洱哈尼族彝族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[Ning2 er3 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
普洱茶pǔ ěr cháPu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan
洱源县ěr yuán xiànEryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县níng ěr hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì xiànNing'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan
宁洱县níng ěr xiànsee 寧洱哈尼族彝族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[Ning2 er3 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
9
Total compounds
33
As first character
22
As last character
44
As middle character

洱 appears in 9 compound words: 33 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 44 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

清晨的洱面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。

qīng chén de ěr miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .

At dawn, the surface of Erhai Lake sparkled, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.

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zhōng guó shǒu bù chá mǎ gǔ dào bǎo hù dì fāng xìng fǎ guī zài yún nán pǔ ěr zhèng shì shī háng

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 洱 (ěr) mean in Chinese?
洱 (ěr) primarily means "see 洱海." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 洱 have?
洱 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 洱?
The radical associated with 洱 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are common words containing 洱?
Common words with 洱 include: 洱海 (ěr hǎi, "Erhai Lake"); 普洱 (pǔ ěr, "see 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4]"); 普洱市 (pǔ ěr shì, "Pu'er, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]"); 洱源 (ěr yuán, "Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan"); 宁洱 (níng ěr, "see 寧洱哈尼族彝族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[Ning2 er3 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
Is 洱 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 洱 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.