懂中文 Dong Chinese

啮

niè

bite

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 齿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚙.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

齿 sound component

齿  Sound component

chǐ

  

teeth

Evolution

啮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
啮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

啮 (嚙) 

niè

bite, gnaw; to gnaw; to erode

啮 (囓) 

niè

variant of 嚙|啮[niè]

Most common words with 啮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

啮

to gnaw

啮合

to engage

咬啮

to gnaw

啮齿目

order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc)