<p>Don't think it's a knife. Maybe a handle??</p>

<p>尔 variant of 爾｜尔</p>

<p>warping-wheel-er 尔爾 ěr (weaving not my strong point, not really sure what that is)</p>

<p>尔 seems to be the top part of 爾</p>

<p>Original meaning 本义: Meaning (orig) a rolled up spindle (now) meaning you.</p>

<p>你
Character decomposition 字形分解 [?]: 
Compound 你 older 儞</p>

<p>from person-left-ren 亻人 rén and </p>

<p>related phonetic warping-wheel-er 尔爾 ěr.</p>

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2020-04-22T23:01:56.590Z
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Pedroski
<p>Both are right. 尒 is a variant of 尔, which is not used in modern Chinese any more. They just have different components on the top. Different components mean different things. Maybe you can see 尒 in vintage books.</p>

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2020-04-23T07:30:53.673Z
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Alvin Cao
<p>According to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%94#Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%94#Chinese</a></p>

<p>It is</p>

<p>this character <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%BA%88" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%BA%88</a></p>

<p>It simply means knife but the wiktionary entry is very short.</p>

<p>Google translate says that it's meaning is indeed knife and it's read Dao.</p>

<p>However,</p>

<p>According to <a href="http://zhongwen.com/bushou.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://zhongwen.com/bushou.htm</a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/q7gdl.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/q7gdl.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The hat character is ru that means enter. So which one is right? </p>

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2020-05-23T08:53:45.993Z
I’m voting to close this question because it comes from a misunderstanding of the character structure.
dROOOze
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2020-05-23T17:04:37.930Z
@dROOOze Didn't you answer almost exactly this question a few weeks ago?
Olle Linge
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2020-05-23T17:21:18.060Z
@OlleLinge the OP asked 3 variations of questions on the character 尔, I chose to answer what I thought was the most sensible question. Since this question does not have satisfactory attention, it was bumped. I suggest we vote to close it.
dROOOze
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2020-05-24T09:44:55.400Z
Yes, I agree. Voted.
Olle Linge
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What's the meaning of the hat like character on top of 尔
# What's the meaning of the hat like character on top of 尔

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-22)

According to <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B0%94#Chinese>

It is

this character <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%BA%88>

It simply means knife but the wiktionary entry is very short.

Google translate says that it's meaning is indeed knife and it's read Dao.

However,

According to <http://zhongwen.com/bushou.htm>

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/q7gdl.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/q7gdl.png)

The hat character is ru that means enter. So which one is right?

**Tags:** character-components

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I’m voting to close this question because it comes from a misunderstanding of the character structure.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 Didn't you answer almost exactly this question a few weeks ago?  
> **username_1**: @username_2 the OP asked 3 variations of questions on the character 尔, I chose to answer what I thought was the most sensible question. Since this question does not have satisfactory attention, it was bumped. I suggest we vote to close it.  
> **username_2**: Yes, I agree. Voted.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-04-22. Score: 1

Don't think it's a knife. Maybe a handle??

尔 variant of 爾｜尔

warping-wheel-er 尔爾 ěr (weaving not my strong point, not really sure what that is)

尔 seems to be the top part of 爾

Original meaning 本义: Meaning (orig) a rolled up spindle (now) meaning you.

你
Character decomposition 字形分解 [?]:
Compound 你 older 儞

from person-left-ren 亻人 rén and

related phonetic warping-wheel-er 尔爾 ěr.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-04-23. Score: 0

Both are right. 尒 is a variant of 尔, which is not used in modern Chinese any more. They just have different components on the top. Different components mean different things. Maybe you can see 尒 in vintage books.


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