孼
niè
misfortune
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋ(r)at | ngjet | niè | concubine’s son |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.0594% of movies
2709th most common character in movies
2942nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Unicode | U+5B7C |
Shuowen | “孼,庶子也。从子,辥聲。” |
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