Read Edit View history 尓 ěr you Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Character Evolution Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 《說文》:“尒,詞之必然也。从入、丨、八,八象气之分散。” Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)