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臬

niè

Character

What 臬 means

1. guidepost
2. rule
3. standard
4. limit
5. target (old)

Words starting with 臬

• 臬台niè táiprovincial judge (in imperial China)

Words containing 臬

• 奉为圭臬fèng wéi guī nièto take as a guiding principle (idiom)
• 兀臬wù nièvariant of 杌陧

Characters built on 木

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

• 杰jié(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 械xièappliance; tool; weapon
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 楔xiēwedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 榭xièpavilion
• 桀jié(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 蘖niènew shoot growing from cut branch or stump

Sounds the same

Read niè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涅(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 孽son born of a concubine; disaster; sin
• 聂to whisper
• 镊(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 镍nickel (chemistry)
• 啮to gnaw; to erode
• 蹑to walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 颞bones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple
• 嗫move the mouth as in speaking
• 蘖new shoot growing from cut branch or stump
• 摰to seize with the hand; to grasp; to advance
• 陧dangerous