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An ear, with the outer rim and the canal inside. It is the ear in 听 and in 取, which began as a hand taking an ear — a tally of the defeated on a battlefield.
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ěr — ear
Radical 耳 · 6 strokes · HSK 4
A way to remember itAn ear, with the outer rim and the canal inside. It is the ear in 听 and in 取, which began as a hand taking an ear — a tally of the defeated on a battlefield.