廼 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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廼

nǎi

then

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Definitions

nǎi

then, thereupon, only then

nǎi

variant of 乃[nǎi]

Most common words with 廼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	乃	to be
	木乃伊	mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
	乃至	and even
	乃是	equivalent to either 是[shì] or 就是[jiùshì]
	康乃馨	carnation or clove pink

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*nˤərʔ	nojX	nǎi	then

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.3477% of movies

2296th most common character in movies

1165th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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