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佞
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glib

HSK 10
Human →Relations
nìng
ネイ
おもね.る、よこしま
녕
Kindness 仁 toward a woman 女
Components
亻 person (side)+ 二 two+ 女 woman =
佞 glib
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
二 Meaning component
èr two
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
Notes
Similar Characters
仁 benevolence亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
佞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
佞 [nìng]
to flatter; flattery
Japanese
佞 ねい 同音
noun archaic flattery; insincerity
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
奸佞 [jiān​nìng] #48,418
crafty and fawning
谗佞 [chán​nìng] #66,853
to defame one person while flattering another
谗佞 [chán​nìng] #66,853
to defame one person while flattering another
不佞 [bù​nìng]
without eloquence
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
佞臣 [ねいしん] #84,722
crafty courtier
佞人 [ねいじん] #165,928
flatterer
佞姦 [ねいかん] #184,390
treacherous
佞智 [ねいち] #198,571
craftiness
佞弁 [ねいべん] #208,849
flattery
佞者 [ねいしゃ] #235,064
smooth talker
奸佞邪知 [かんねいじゃち] #241,181
wiles and cunning
佞悪 [ねいあく] #267,655
perverseness
佞武多 [ねぶた] #289,318
Nebuta
便佞 [べんねい] #302,024
flattery
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