亵昵
xiè​nì

overly familiar

亵 xiè slight Simplified

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes
执
执 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

昵 nì intimate

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 尼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暱.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
尼
尼 Sound component
ní, nǐ Buddhist nun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnritn<r>ikclose, intimate
Zhengzhangniɡ
Unicodenit

Sources

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

褻 slight Traditional

Components

衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes

cloth

埶
埶 Sound component
yì, shì art, skill

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets-ŋetgarment next to the body
Zhengzhangsŋed

說文解字

私服。从衣埶聲。《詩》曰：“是褻袢也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)