intimate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

尼 sound component

  Sound component

  

Buddhist nun

Evolution

昵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
昵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
昵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

intimate, close; approach; variant of |[nì]

() 

familiar; intimate; to approach

Most common words with 昵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

familiar

亲昵

intimate

昵称

nickname

狎昵

intimate

昵爱

intimacy