nènnín

that

Components
任 sound component

  Sound component

rènrén

  

responsibility

心 meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

heart

Evolution

恁 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
恁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
恁 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
恁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

nèn

that, like this, thus, so, such; to think; this; which?; how? (literary); Taiwan pr. [rèn]

 

nín

old variant of [nín]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*n[ə]mʔ

nyimX

rèn

think


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5173rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6041

Shuowen

“恁,下齎也。从心,任聲。”


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