Chinese Character Wiki
内

nèi

inside

Depicts a person (人) inside a building (冂).

Components
人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

冂 iconic component

冂  Iconic component

jiōng

  

large room

Evolution

内 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
内 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
内 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
内 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
内 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

内 (內) 

nèi

inside, interior; domestic; inside; inner; internal; within; interior

Most common words with 内
Freq.
Word
Meaning

内

inside

内容

content

国内

domestic

内心

heart

内部

interior

Component uses

Sound component in 13 characters (5 verified)

納 纳 訥 讷 㕯 呐 鈉 钠 芮 衲 蚋 肭 枘

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 80.8746% of movies

369th most common character in movies

175th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

內

Unicode

U+5185

Shuowen

“內，入也。从口，自外而入也。”


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