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苧

níng

Character Traditional 薴

What 苧 means

1. (used as a bound form in {苧烯|níng xī}, limonene)
2. tangled
3. in disarray

Words starting with 苧

• 苧烯níng xī(chemistry) limonene

Words containing 苧

• 荠苧jì níng(botany) Mosla grosseserrata; (botany) Mosla chinensis

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
• 咛to enjoin
• 聍used in 耵聍
• 儜weak; wearied; in distress
• 寗old variant of 宁

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read níng correctly.
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