Chinese Character Wiki
屰

nì

disobedient

Pictograph of an upside-down person. Original form of 逆.

Evolution

屰 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
屰 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
屰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
屰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

屰  

nì

disobedient

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (2 verified)

幸 逆 欮

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

逆 朔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋrak

ngjaek

nì

go against


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5C70

Shuowen

“屰，不順也。从干，下屮，屰之也。”


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