 | 啮 | ||
| bite, gnaw | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jit6 ngat6 |
| Japanese on reading | gou | Japanese kun reading | kajiru kami |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 嚙 | bite, gnaw | |
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| 啮 | ||
| bite, gnaw | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jit6 ngat6 |
| Japanese on reading | gou | Japanese kun reading | kajiru kami |
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 嚙 | bite, gnaw | |
| 啮 | [ niè ] to gnaw, to erode |
| 啮合 | [ niè hé ] (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh, to engage |
| 啮齿 | [ niè chǐ ] a rodent (rat, rabbit etc) |
| 啮齿动物 | [ niè chǐ dòng wù ] rodent |
| 啮齿目 | [ niè chǐ mù ] order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc) |
| 啮齿类 | [ niè chǐ leì ] rodents (rat, rabbit etc) |
| 啮 | [ niè ] variant of 嚙|啮[nie4], to gnaw |
| ⇒ 咬啮 | [ yaǒ niè ] to gnaw |
| ⇒ 咬啮 | [ yaǒ niè ] variant of 咬嚙|咬啮[yao3 nie4], to gnaw |
| ⇒ 穷鼠啮狸 | [ qióng shǔ niè lí ] a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on |