Chinese symbol for “unskilled”
嫩
nèn
young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unskilled is 嫩 (nèn), defined as: young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嫩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娇嫩 (嬌嫩) | jiāo nen | tender and lovely; fragile |
| 白嫩 | bái nèn | (of skin etc) fair; delicate |
| 细嫩 (細嫩) | xì nèn | tender |
| 稚嫩 | zhì nèn | young and tender; puerile |
| 嫩芽 | nèn yá | tender shoots |
| 柔嫩 | róu nèn | tender; delicate (texture) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unskilled”.
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.