孽
son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil
19 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,587 U+5B7D
How 孽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
子 (semantic, “child”) + 薛 (phonetic, xuē)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 薛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 薛 (xuē) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薛 sound component | xuē | wormwood, marsh grass; a feudal state |
| 蘖 | niè | stump, sprout |
Words containing 孽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孽海花 | Niè hǎi huā | A Flower in a Sinful Sea, late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮[Jin1 Tian1 he2] and Zeng Pu 曾樸… |
| 自作孽 | zì zuò niè | to bring disaster on oneself |
| 天灾地孽 | tiān zāi dì niè | catastrophes and unnatural phenomena; Heaven-sent warnings |
| 孽子 | niè zǐ | unfilial son; unworthy son; illegitimate son; concubine's son |
| 作孽 | zuò niè | to sin |
| 孽报 | niè bào | bad karma |
| 孽种 | niè zhǒng | bane of one's existence; vile spawn |
| 罪孽 | zuì niè | sin; crime; wrongdoing |
| 残渣余孽 | cán zhā yú niè | evil elements who have escaped eradication |
| 造孽 | zào niè | to do evil; to commit sins |
| 余孽 | yú niè | remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial… |
| 孽缘 | niè yuán | ill-fated relationship |
| 孽障 | niè zhàng | evil creature |
| 冤孽 | yuān niè | sin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin |
| 妖孽 | yāo niè | evildoer |
| 孽畜 | niè chù | evil creature (multipurpose curse); evil domestic animal |