Phonetic Reading of the Character '而'

Animated Stroke Order of 而：

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Stroke Sequence of the Character '而'

Radical：而 Strokes：6

Pinyin & Definition:

ér	and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal relation)/(indicates change of state)/(indicates contrast)

Related Chinese characters:

蝙，来，货，船，碟，窘，沏，埃，骋，间，

Words with Chinese Character 而:

而	and as well as and so
而不是	instead of
而不需	without needing (to so sth)
而且	(not only ...) but also moreover in addition
而今	now at the present (time)
而况	much less; let alone
而又	and
而后	after that then
而已	that's all nothing more
而是	rather
而立	thirty years of age
而立之年	aged thirty (see 三十而立)
而言	with regard to (preceding phrase)
而非	but not