昵

See also: 暱 and 眤

昵 U+6635, 昵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6635 ← 昴 [U+6634] CJK Unified Ideographs 昶 → [U+6636]

Translingual

Han character

昵 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日尸心 (ASP), four-corner 6701₁, composition ⿰日尼)

Related characters

• 暱 (Traditional Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13866
• Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1504, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6635

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (尼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
泥	*niːl, *niːls
屔	*niːl
苨	*niːlʔ
坭	*niːlʔ
迡	*niːls
埿	*braːms, *niːl, *niːls
旎	*nilʔ
狔	*nilʔ
抳	*nilʔ
尼	*nil
呢	*nil
怩	*nil
柅	*nil, *nilʔ
蚭	*nil
跜	*nil
秜	*nil
痆	*rniːd
昵	*niɡ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 昵 – see 暱 (“intimate, close, familiar; to approach”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 暱).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

trad.		昵
simp. #		昵
alternative forms		眤 𣆓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nik¹ / nik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴
    • Yale: nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: nik¹ / nik⁶
    • Yale: nīk / nihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nik⁷ / nik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nig¹ / nig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪk̚⁵/, /nɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nrit

Rime
Character	昵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼質切
Baxter	nrit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjit̚/
Li Rong	/njĕt̚/
Wang Li	/nĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*n<r>ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*niɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	昵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nì
Middle Chinese	‹ nrit ›
Old Chinese	/*n<r>ik/
English	close, intimate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昵
Reading #	1/1
No.	9437
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	暱
Old Chinese	/*niɡ/
Notes	說文暱或體

Definitions

昵

1. alternative form of 暱 (nì, “near; close; intimate”)

   • 性忠正，以社稷為己任，帝器而昵之，政事多諮焉。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     性忠正，以社稷为己任，帝器而昵之，政事多谘焉。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

     Xìng zhōngzhèng, yǐ shè jì wèi jǐrèn, dì qì ér nì zhī, zhèngshì duō zī yān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 寇所從來若昵道、傒近，若城場，皆為扈樓。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     寇所从来若昵道、傒近，若城场，皆为扈楼。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kòu suǒ cóng lái ruò nì dào, xī jìn, ruò chéng chǎng, jiē wèi hù lóu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

• 密昵
• 昵交
• 昵友
• 昵愛
• 昵昵
• 昵比
• 昵聲
• 昵藩
• 狎昵
• 親昵 (qīnnì)

Etymology 3

trad.		昵
simp. #		昵
alternative forms		𣽚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhí (zhi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Yale: jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Definitions

昵

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to glue

   • 鹿膠青白，馬膠赤白，牛膠火赤，鼠膠黑，魚膠餌，犀膠黃。凡昵之類不能方。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     鹿胶青白，马胶赤白，牛胶火赤，鼠胶黑，鱼胶饵，犀胶黄。凡昵之类不能方。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Lù jiāo qīng bái, mǎ jiāo chì bái, niú jiāo huǒ chì, shǔ jiāo hēi, yú jiāo ěr, xī jiāo huáng. Fán nì zhī lèi bùnéng fāng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01535

Japanese

Kanji

昵

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. intimate; close; familiar

Readings

• On (unclassified): じつ (jitsu)、しょく (shoku)
• Kun: ちかずく (chikazuku)

Compounds

• 昵(じっ)近(きん) (jikkin, “familiarity; closeness”)
• 昵(じっ)懇(こん) (jikkon, “intimacy; familiarity”)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

昵 (eum 닐 (nil), word-initial (South Korea) 일 (il))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

昵 (eumhun 아비사당 녜 (abisadang nye), word-initial (South Korea) 아비사당 예 (abisadang ye))

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