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铌

ní

Character Traditional 鈮

What 铌 means

1. niobium (chemistry)

Characters built on 尼

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

• 妮nīgirl; phonetic "ni" (in female names); Taiwan pr. ní
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 昵nìfamiliar; intimate; to approach
• 旎nǐused in 旖旎
• 怩níused in 忸怩
• 坭nívariant of 泥
• 伲nì(dialect) I; my; we

Characters that look like 铌

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

• 钥yuèkey; also pr. yào
• 舰jiànwarship
• 铣xǐto mill (machining); Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 钙gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read ní, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尼Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 泥mud; clay; paste
• 霓Japanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 呢dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
• 倪(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 怩used in 忸怩
• 鲵Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 秜self-sown rice
• 𫐐clamps for crossbar of carriage
• 麑fawn
• 𫠜teeth grown in old age
• 郳place name