Chinese Character Wiki

孽

niè

evil

Components
薛 sound component

薛  Sound component

xuē

  

kind of marsh grass

子 meaning component

子  Meaning component

zi, zǐ

  

child

child

Evolution

孽 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孽 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

孽  

niè

evil; son of concubine; ghost; son born of a concubine; disaster; sin

孽 (孼) 

niè

variant of 孽[niè]

Most common words with 孽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罪孽

sin

孽

sin

妖孽

evildoer

作孽

to sin

造孽

to do evil

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+5B7D

Shuowen

“孼，庶子也。从子，辥聲。”


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