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Russia

HSK 7
é
にわか
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.
Components
person (side)+ I =
Russia
Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
Phonetic component
I
our, us, i, me, my, we
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[E]
Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E​luó​sī]; Taiwan pr. [E]
[é]
suddenly; very soon
Japanese
俄か にわか 同音
  1. adj-naadj-no usually kana sudden; abrupt; unexpected; immediate; hasty; improvised; impromptu; offhand
  2. noun abbrev. impromptu skit (sometimes written as 仁輪加)
  3. noun abbrev.slangusually kana bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
にわか
Niwaka female given name