intimate

Components

Meaning component
sun

sun

Sound component
nì, tè hide

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

說文解字

日近也。从日匿聲。《春秋傳》曰:“私降暱燕。”

Sources

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