niè

misfortune

Evolution

孼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
孼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
孼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孼 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
孼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

niè

misfortune; sin, evil

() 

niè

variant of [niè]

Most common words with 孼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罪孽

sin

sin

妖孽

evildoer

作孽

to sin

造孽

to do evil

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋ(r)at

ngjet

niè

concubine’s son


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.0594% of movies

2709th most common character in movies

2942nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+5B7C

Shuowen

“孼,庶子也。从子,辥聲。”


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