niè
bite
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ŋ]ˤet | nget | niè | gnaw |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
7608th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 21 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9F67 |
Shuowen | “齧,噬也。从齒,聲。” |
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