Chinese symbol for “familiar”
昵
nì
Traditional: 暱
familiar; intimate; to approach
The closest CC-CEDICT match for familiar is 昵 (nì), defined as: familiar; intimate; to approach.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “familiar”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熟络 (熟絡) | shú luò | familiar; close |
| 熟 | shú | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done |
| 熟门熟路 (熟門熟路) | shú mén shú lù | familiar |
| 亲切 (親切) | qīn qiè | amiable; cordial |
| 狎昵 | xiá nì | intimate; taking liberties |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昵称 (暱稱) | nì chēng | nickname; diminutive |
| 亲昵 (親暱) | qīn nì | intimate |
| 爱昵 (愛昵) | ài nì | intimate; loving |
| 昵爱 (昵愛) | nì ài | to love dearly; intimacy |
| 昵比 | nì bǐ | intimate |
| 狎昵 | xiá nì | intimate; taking liberties |
See also: Japanese symbol for “familiar”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.