| 嚙 | |||
| bite, gnaw | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 15 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jit6 ngat6 ngit6 |
| Japanese on reading | gou | Japanese kun reading | kajiru kami |
| Korean reading | kyo | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 啮 | ||
| 嚙 | |||
| bite, gnaw | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 15 | Total Strokes | 18 |
| Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jit6 ngat6 ngit6 |
| Japanese on reading | gou | Japanese kun reading | kajiru kami |
| Korean reading | kyo | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 啮 | ||
| 嚙 | [ niè ] to gnaw, to erode |
| 嚙合 | [ niè hé ] (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh, to engage |
| 嚙齒 | [ niè chǐ ] a rodent (rat, rabbit etc) |
| 嚙齒動物 | [ niè chǐ dòng wù ] rodent |
| 嚙齒目 | [ niè chǐ mù ] order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc) |
| 嚙齒類 | [ niè chǐ leì ] rodents (rat, rabbit etc) |
| ⇒ 咬嚙 | [ yaǒ niè ] to gnaw |
| ⇒ 窮鼠嚙狸 | [ qióng shǔ niè lí ] a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on |