鄂

咢 + 阝

Definitions

è surname E; short name for Hubei 湖北[hú běi]

Etymology phono-semantic

place

Semantic: 阝 Phonetic: 咢

About

The character 鄂 (è) is the official single-character abbreviation for Hubei Province in central China. It is a phono-semantic compound: the right-side radical 阝 (yì) means 'city' or 'state', categorizing it as a geographical name, while the left-side component 咢 (è) gives the sound and historically meant beating drums or startled speech. Historically, 鄂 designated an ancient vassal state located in the same region during early dynastic periods, and this name was later adopted as the provincial abbreviation.

Etymology Hide

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

鄂菜很好吃。

È cài hěn hǎo chī.

Hubei cuisine is delicious.

鄂州是个美丽的城市。

È zhōu shì gè měi lì de chéng shì.

Ezhou is a beautiful city.

我打算去鄂省旅行。

Wǒ dǎ suàn qù è shěng lǚ xíng.

I plan to travel to Hubei province.

鄂文化的特点很丰富。

È wén huà de tè diǎn hěn fēng fù.

The characteristics of Hubei culture are very rich.

虽然鄂省经济发达，但环境也很好。

Suī rán è shěng jīng jì fā dá, dàn huán jìng yě hěn hǎo.

Although Hubei province's economy is developed, its environment is also good.

鄂省的首府武汉是座历史名城。

È shěng de shǒu fǔ Wǔ hàn shì zuò lì shǐ míng chéng.

The capital of Hubei province, Wuhan, is a famous historical city.

由于鄂地处长江中游，其水资源十分丰富。

Yóu yú è dì chǔ Cháng Jiāng zhōng yóu, qí shuǐ zī yuán shí fēn fēng fù.

Because Hubei is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, its water resources are very abundant.

鄂省在推进科技创新方面取得了显著成就。

È shěng zài tuī jìn kē jì chuàng xīn fāng miàn qǔ dé le xiǎn zhù chéng jiù.

Hubei province has achieved remarkable accomplishments in promoting technological innovation.

Related Characters

Component: 咢

Component: 阝

鄂