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Chinese symbol for “erg”

尔格
ěr gé
Traditional: 爾格
erg (physics) (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for erg is 尔格 (ěr gé), defined as: erg (physics) (loanword).

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Characters and stroke order

尔 ěr
you; that, those; final particle
radical 42 ⼩ · 5 strokes
格 gé
form, pattern, standard
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 尔格.

WordPinyinMeaning
偶尔 (偶爾)ǒu ěroccasionally; once in a while
摩尔 (摩爾)mó ěrmole (chemistry)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)gāo ěr fū(loanword) golf
高尔夫球 (高爾夫球)gāo ěr fū qiúgolf; golf ball
荷尔蒙 (荷爾蒙)hé ěr méng(loanword) hormone
尔后 (爾後)ěr hòuhenceforth; thereafter
价格 (價格)jià géprice
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority

See also: Japanese symbol for “erg”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.