腻

膩
nì
#2,813 most
frequent character
greasy, soft, unctuous, intimate

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

腻 nì uses 月 meat as its meaning part and 贰 èr as its sound part. It first meant 'outer fat layer'. That grew to 'greasy', then 'soft, smooth', and finally 'tired of, bored'. The sound link is not clear in Mandarin.

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Homophones

逆nì
to go against, to defy
泥nì
restrained

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