ní
shy
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 尼 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*nr[əj] | nrij | ní | ashamed |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4766th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+6029 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“怩,衂怩,慙也。从心,尼聲。” |
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