呢 — Chinese character
呢
né, ne
wool; interrogative or emphatic final particle
- Pinyin
- né, ne
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 尼
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 尼
Common words with 呢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呢喃 | ní nán | (onom.) twittering of birds; whispering |
| 花呢 | huā ní | fancy suiting |
| 呢子 | ní zi | dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets) |
| 格子呢 | gé zi ní | checked woolen fabric; plaid |
| 制服呢 | zhì fú ní | (textiles) uniform coating; durable, warm fabric used for uniforms |
| 华达呢 (華達呢) | huá dá ní | (loanword) gabardine |
| 呢呢 | ní ní | garrulous; talkative |
| 呢呢痴痴 (呢呢癡癡) | ní ní chī chī | docile |
| 呢喃细语 (呢喃細語) | ní nán xì yǔ | whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring |
| 怎么说呢 (怎麼說呢) | zěn me shuō ne | Why is that?; How come? |
| 格子花呢 | gé zi huā ní | tartan; plaid |
| 台面呢 (檯面呢) | tái miàn ní | (billiards) baize |
English words written with 呢
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.