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nài

Definitions

nài crab-apple tree; to endure, to bear

Etymology

Depicts wood (木) atop a sacrificial altar (示). Based on the original meaning "offer sacrifice for fortune-telling". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Semantic: 木 Phonetic: 示

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Related Characters

Composed characters:

隸

Component: 木

样 机 相 果 权 格 术 根 极 林 集 查 李 标

Component: 示

际 示 标 宗 款 票 禁 奈 祭 禀 祟 佘 禦 眎

Components

木 示