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鲵

ní

Character Traditional 鯢

What 鲵 means

1. Cryptobranchus japonicus
2. salamander

Words containing 鲵

• 大鲵dà nígiant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

Characters built on 兒

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

• 倪ní(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 霓níJapanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 睨nìto look askance at
• 阋xìto argue; to quarrel
• 猊níused in 狻猊

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
• 铌niobium (chemistry)
• 怩used in 忸怩
• 秜self-sown rice
• 𫐐clamps for crossbar of carriage
• 麑fawn
• 𫠜teeth grown in old age
• 郳place name