嫩
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young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
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Dict coverage rank #2,341 U+5AE9
How 嫩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 敕 (phonetic, chì)
How to remember it
tender · Heisig RSH #2656
女 woman + bundle + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 嫩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴尔克嫩德 | Bā ěr kè nèn dé | Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands 2002-2010 |
| 老牛吃嫩草 | lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo | lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom); fig. a May-December relationship; a romance wher… |
| 细皮嫩肉 | xì pí nèn ròu | soft skin and tender flesh (idiom); smooth-skinned |
| 嫩江市 | Nèn jiāng Shì | Nenjiang, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 脸皮嫩 | liǎn pí nèn | bashful; shy |
| 嫩肉粉 | nèn ròu fěn | meat tenderizer powder |
| 帕德嫩神庙 | Pà dé nèn Shén miào | Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens (Tw) |
| 白嫩 | bái nèn | (of skin etc) fair; delicate |
| 香娇玉嫩 | xiāng jiāo yù nèn | a beautiful woman |
| 嫩主 | nèn zhǔ | newbie |
| 嫩江 | Nèn jiāng | see 嫩江市[Nen4 jiang1 Shi4] |
| 黎巴嫩 | Lí bā nèn | Lebanon |
| 装嫩 | zhuāng nèn | to act young; to affect a youthful appearance |
| 细嫩 | xì nèn | tender |
| 嫩叶 | nèn yè | tender young leaves |
| 嫩绿 | nèn lǜ | tender green; soft green |
| 嫩苗 | nèn miáo | seedling; tender young shoot; sprout |
| 柔嫩 | róu nèn | tender; delicate (texture) |
| 娇嫩 | jiāo nen | tender and lovely; fragile; delicate |
| 嫩芽 | nèn yá | tender shoots |