niè

blacken

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

圼 sound component

  Sound component

  

Evolution

涅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

niè

blacken; black mud, slime; to blacken; abbr. for 涅槃[niè​pán]

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niè

variant of [niè]

Most common words with 涅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to blacken

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