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昵

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familiar; intimate; to approach

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Strokes
9
Radical
日 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
昵
Common rank
#3,468
Unicode
U+6635

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Formation & memory

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How 昵 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 尼 sound ( ní )

Components 日 尼

Words with 昵

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
昵比 nì bǐ intimate
爱昵 ài nì intimate; loving
昵爱 nì ài to love dearly; intimacy; close love
亲昵 qīn nì intimate
昵称 nì chēng nickname; diminutive; term of endearment; to nickname
亵昵 xiè nì disrespectful; overly familiar
狎昵 xiá nì intimate; taking liberties; familiar (with a negative connotation)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 尼 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
尼 sound part ní Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
泥 ní mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
呢 ne wool; interrogative or emphatic final particle
妮 nī maid, servant girl; cute girl
怩 ní timid, shy; bashful, ashamed
旎 nǐ romantic; the fluttering of a flag
伲 nì we (Shanghai dialect)
坭 ní mud, mire; to paste, to plaster
铌 ní niobium