鄂 (è) — short name for Hubei province; a Chinese surname

Definition

鄂 (è) is the one-character abbreviation for Hubei province, used in license plates and formal contexts. It is also a relatively rare Chinese surname.

noun

short name for Hubei provincea Chinese surname

Easily confused

鄂A，。
Tā de chē pái shì è A kāi tóu, shuō míng tā shì hú běi rén.
His license plate starts with E (Hubei abbreviation) A, meaning he is from Hubei.
鄂，。
Wǒ de tóng shì xìng è, tā shì yí gè hěn rèn zhēn de rén.
My colleague's surname is E, she is a very meticulous person.
鄂，。
è Cài shì hú běi de tè sè cài, wèi dào hěn bú cuò.
Hubei cuisine is a specialty of Hubei, it tastes very good.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

咢阝鄂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as邑yìarea

Sound part声符shēngfú

咢

咢è鄂È

Same sound today

鄂 combines 阝, an area, with 咢, which gives the sound è.