啮
to gnaw; to erode
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,065 U+556E
How 啮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 齿 (phonetic, chǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 齿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 齿 (chǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 齿 sound component | chǐ | teeth; gears, cogs; age |
| 龊 | chuò | narrow, small-minded; dirty (2) |
Words containing 啮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啮齿动物 | niè chǐ dòng wù | rodent |
| 啮齿目 | niè chǐ mù | order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc) |
| 啮齿类 | niè chǐ lèi | rodents |
| 啮合 | niè hé | (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh; to engage |
| 穷鼠啮狸 | qióng shǔ niè lí | a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on |
| 咬啮 | yǎo niè | to gnaw |
| 咬啮 | yǎo niè | variant of 咬嚙|咬啮[yao3 nie4]; to gnaw |
| 啮咬 | niè yǎo | to gnaw |