怩

Information about character(s)

Radical: 心
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ní
Cantonese: nei4
JapaneseKun: HAZU
JapaneseOn: JI DEI NI
Korean: NI
Vietnamese: náy

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: shy, timid, bashful; look ashamed

CE-Dict: shy/timid/bashful/to look ashamed

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.shy and bashful; coy
2.to blush; to look embarrassed

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《心部》怩衂怩，慙也。从心尼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集上】【心字部】怩
〔古文〕𢘒【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】女夷切【五音集韻】年支切，𠀤音尼。【說文】忸怩，慙也。从心尼聲。【孟子】忸怩。【註】慚色也。　又【正韻】年題切，音泥。義同。　又【廣韻】【韻會】𠀤尼質切，音暱，愧也。　本作㥾。或作怩。◎按女字孃母，年字泥母，當以孃母爲親也。蓋泥孃二母，徵音旣同，次濁又同，最易相犯。但泥字音在舌端，孃母音在舌上，雖同一次濁，然泥輕，而孃尤輕，此不可不辨。