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咛

níng

Character Traditional 嚀

What 咛 means

1. to enjoin

Words containing 咛

• 叮咛dīng níngto warn; to urge; to exhort

Characters built on 宁

These share the phonetic component 宁 (nìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 柠níngused in 柠檬
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 泞nìngmuddy
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 聍níngused in 耵聍

Characters that look like 咛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 咋zǎdialectal equivalent of 怎么; Taiwan pr. zé
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 咔kǎ(used as phonetic "ka")

Sounds the same

Read níng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凝to congeal; to concentrate attention; to stare
• 拧to pinch; wring
• 宁peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)
• 柠used in 柠檬
• 狞fierce-looking
• 聍used in 耵聍
• 儜weak; wearied; in distress
• 苧(used as a bound form in 苧烯; tangled; in disarray
• 寗old variant of 宁