ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.

耳 character breakdown

The character 耳 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 耳 as component

to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

= + : In other characters: A bloody ear.

= + : When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear with his boxing glove. Imagine this fight in the space station with cupid as referee.
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a trap door (门) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and after sniffing (闻) at it he finds that behind it there is a secret chamber of the Illuminati. He puts his ear (耳) to the door and tries to listen to any interesting news (闻).
surname Wen

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a trap door (门) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and after sniffing (闻) at it he finds that behind it there is a secret chamber of the Illuminati. He puts his ear (耳) to the door and tries to listen to any interesting news (闻).
to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: 石敢当, stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits.

Guy Fawkes erected a stone tablet to ward off evil spirits inside of the anthill, but as he was drinking at the bar he noticed how the stone tablet suddenly started moving all on its own and tried to cut off Guy's ear with a sickle. Consequently, Guy Fawkes takes a sledgehammer and destroys the stone tablet to be safe; he wouldn't dare to have another drink setting next to this weird tablet.
to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
office / duty

= + : James II of England (zh) has to visit the governmental office (职) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) to ask about his taxes. There's a cuttlefish (只) on duty, and James literally has the cuttlefish's ear (耳).
to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is chatting (聊) with the rabbit (卯) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The rabbit likes chatting (聊) so much that he literally chews one of Qingzhao's ears (耳) off.
quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) is taking part in a poker tournament in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She was clever (聪) enough to smuggle an ear (耳) into the deck, so she knows that this is exactly the right time to go all-in (总).
to whisper / to blame, to slander

= + : A mouth (口) is whispering something in someone's ear (耳).

The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little lonely recently being the only person on the space station. She even started to hear voices. In the bathroom (Ø4) she is holding a mandarin (口) to her ear (耳) and thinks that the mandarin is whispering (咠) something to her.
surname Nie

= + : Nefertiti locked herself into the elevator's bathroom. She's hearing a whispering voice in her head, and she tries to make it go away by beating her head with two boxing gloves.
to whisper

= + : Nefertiti locked herself into the elevator's bathroom. She's hearing a whispering voice in her head, and she tries to make it go away by beating her head with two boxing gloves.
to engage (a teacher etc) / to hire / to betroth / betrothal gift / to get married (of woman)

= + : Pocahontas (pi) and a chivalrous knight (甹) betroth (聘) each other in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). As symbol of their love they give each other bloody ears (耳).
(literary) bright; brilliant / honest; upright
surname Geng
bright / honest / upright

Words with 耳

to whisper to one another's ear
to bend an ear (to) / to listen
(of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on
inflammation of middle ear / otitis media
ear dirt / common word for earwax 耵聹|耵聍
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully

Sentences with 耳

耳 currently does not appear in any sentence.