狎昵
xiá​nì

intimate

狎 xiá be familiar with

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæp[ɡ]ˤr[a]pdisrespectful
Zhengzhangɡraːb

說文解字

犬可習也。从犬甲聲。

Sources

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

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