韌 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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rèn

strong and pliable

Phonosemantic compound. 韋 represents the meaning and 刃 represents the sound.

Components

韋 Meaning component

wéi

(surround a city), tanned leather

刃 Sound component

rèn

knife edge

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

rèn

strong and pliable, resilient; (Cant.) tough, elastic; annealed; pliable but strong; tough; tenacious

Most common words with 韌

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.2745% of movies

2979th most common character in movies

3137th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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