Niè

bite

Components

Sound component
qià to engrave
Meaning component
chǐ teeth

teeth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnget[ŋ]ˤetgnaw
Zhengzhangŋeːd
Unicodenget

說文解字

噬也。从齒㓞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

𫜩 niè bite Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode