# 昵

| 昵 | U+6635, &#26165; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6635 |
| ← 昴 [U+6634] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 昶 → [U+6636] |

## Translingual
### Han character

昵 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日尸心 (ASP), four-corner 6701$_1$, composition ⿰日尼)

#### Related characters

* 暱 (Traditional Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13866
* Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1504, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6635

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 昵
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 泥 | *niːl, *niːls |
| 屔 | *niːl |
| 苨 | *niːlʔ |
| 坭 | *niːlʔ |
| 迡 | *niːls |
| 埿 | *braːms, *niːl, *niːls |
| 旎 | *nilʔ |
| 狔 | *nilʔ |
| 抳 | *nilʔ |
| 尼 | *nil |
| 呢 | *nil |
| 怩 | *nil |
| 柅 | *nil, *nilʔ |
| 蚭 | *nil |
| 跜 | *nil |
| 秜 | *nil |
| 痆 | *rniːd |
| 昵 | *niɡ |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 昵 – see 暱 (“intimate, close, familiar; to approach”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 暱).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nì (ni$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nik$^1$ / nik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nì
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nì
*** Wade–Giles: ni$^4$
*** Yale: nì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
*** Palladius: ни (ni)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nik$^1$ / nik$^6$
*** Yale: nīk / nihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nik$^7$ / nik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nig$^1$ / nig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɪk̚⁵/, /nɪk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: nrit
Rime :
| Character | 昵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 尼質切 |
| Baxter | nrit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /njĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /nĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*n<r>ik/
    (Zhengzhang): /*niɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 昵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | nì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nrit › |
| Old Chinese | /*n<r>ik/ |
| English | close, intimate |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 昵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9437 |
| Phonetic component | 尼 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 暱 |
| Old Chinese | /*niɡ/ |
| Notes | 說文暱或體 |

#### Definitions

昵
* Alternative form of 暱 (nì, “near; close; intimate”)
    From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin
    Xìng zhōngzhèng, yǐ shè jì wèi jǐrèn, dì qì ér nì zhī, zhèngshì duō zī yān. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
    Kòu suǒ cóng lái ruò nì dào, xī jìn, ruò chéng chǎng, jiē wèi hù lóu. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Compounds

* 密昵
* 昵交
* 昵友
* 昵愛
* 昵昵
* 昵比
* 昵聲
* 昵藩
* 狎昵
* 親昵 (qīnnì)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhí (zhi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^2$
*** Yale: jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

#### Definitions

昵
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to glue
    From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3rd century BCE
    Lù jiāo qīng bái, mǎ jiāo chì bái, niú jiāo huǒ chì, shǔ jiāo hēi, yú jiāo ěr, xī jiāo huáng. Fán nì zhī lèi bùnéng fāng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01535

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* intimate; close; familiar

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じつ (jitsu)、しょく (shoku)
* Kun: ちかずく (chikazuku)

#### Compounds

* 昵(じっ)近(きん) (jikkin, “familiarity; closeness”)
* 昵(じっ)懇(こん) (jikkon, “intimacy; familiarity”)

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

昵 (eum 닐 (nil), word-initial (South Korea) 일 (il))
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### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

昵 (eumhun 아비사당 녜 (abisadang nye), word-initial (South Korea) 아비사당 예 (abisadang ye))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

昵: Hán Việt readings: nặc
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### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).