Chinese Character Wiki

齧

niè

bite

Components
㓞 sound component

㓞  Sound component

qià

  

to engrave

齒 meaning component

齒  Meaning component

chǐ

  

teeth

teeth

Evolution

齧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
齧 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𫜩 (齧) 

niè

bite, gnaw; wear down, erode

齧  

Niè

surname Nie

齧  

niè

variant of 嚙|啮[niè]

Historical 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

𫜩

Unicode

U+9F67

Shuowen

“齧，噬也。从齒，聲。”


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