厄
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è · adversity, difficulty, distress

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Shape and proportion

4Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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厂Key radical

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Example sentences

Notice where 厄 sits in each complete thought.

Gé léi è mǔ gé lín shì wǒ zuì xǐ huān de zuò jiā.格雷厄姆格林是我最喜歡的作家。

Graham Greene is my favourite writer.

Source: Tatoeba #917968 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi sū tè · è qí ěr shì shì jiè shàng zuì hǎo de zhōng chǎng zhīyī.梅苏特·厄齐尔是世界上最好的中场之一。

Mesut Ozil is one of the best midfielders in the world.

Source: Tatoeba #3579545 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gé léi è mǔ gě lín shì wǒ zuì xǐ huān de zuò jiā zhīyī.格雷厄姆葛林是我最喜歡的作家之一。

Graham Greene is a favorite author of mine.

Source: Tatoeba #876366 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bù xiāng xìn hēi māo yǔ è yùn yǒu guān xì.我不相信黑貓與厄運有關係。

I don't believe that black cats cause bad luck.

Source: Tatoeba #10526741 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mén xiàng xī běi fāng xiàng jìn jūn, jìn rù le xiè nán duō è hé gǔ.他們向西北方向進軍,進入了謝南多厄河谷。

They marched northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.

Source: Tatoeba #13573400 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 厄 in context

  1. Say è, then recall the core meaning: adversity, difficulty, distress.
  2. Write all 4 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 厄运 (è yùn), meaning “bad luck”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 厄 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.