nìng

flattery

Kindness  toward a woman

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

二 meaning component

  Meaning component

èr

  

two

女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

Evolution

佞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
佞 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
佞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
佞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

nìng

flattery; glib; to flatter

Most common words with 佞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to flatter

奸佞

crafty and fawning

谗佞

a slandering toady