nìng

flattery

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rejected by inralback19 · Jan 14, 2026, 08:32 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jan 15, 2026, 03:19 AM

sound

Review: Wrong decomposition. 𡚬 is only a variant of 女 and is unrelated to its role in 佞.

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Components

Meaning component
𡚬
𡚬 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnengHnˤiŋ-sclever
Zhengzhangneːŋs

說文解字

巧讇高材也。从女,信省。

Sources

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