nèi​zì

medial canthus

nèi inside Simplified

Depicts a person () inside a building ().

Components

Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
jiōng, jiǒng large room

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 13 verified)

說文解字

《說文》:“內,入也。从口,自外而入也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

variant of 眥|眦[zì] Simplified

Components

Meaning component
eye

eye

Sound component
this

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzreːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

nèi inside Traditional

Depicts an entrance () to go inside a building ().

Components

Iconic component
enter
Iconic component
jiōng, jiǒng large room

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnopnˤ[u]p bring or send in
nwojHnˤ[u]p-s inside

說文解字

《說文》:“內,入也。从口,自外而入也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

eye sockets Traditional

Components

Sound component
this
Meaning component
eye

eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzeːs
zes
Unicodedzhiɛ̌

說文解字

目匡也。从目此聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica