祢
nǐmíMí

one's deceased father

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

尔
尔 Sound component
ěr you

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

禰 one's deceased father Traditional

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

spirit

爾
爾 Sound component
ěr you

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangniːlʔ
Unicodeněi

說文解字

親廟也。从示爾聲。一本云古文𥜬也。

Sources

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