(nái) - Ní — an archaic character meaning 'to look & now obsolete and extremely rare in modern usage.

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· nái

Ní — an archaic character meaning 'to look at' or 'to gaze';

now obsolete and extremely rare in modern usage.

Ní — an archaic character meaning 'to looknow obsolete and extremely rare in modern usage.

Synonyms

  • to look
  • to gaze
  • to look into the distance

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The character 腉 is rarely seen in modern texts (腉).
  • In classical texts, it meant to look or gaze (腉).
  • It is sometimes found in historical dictionaries (腉).

Cultural background

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  • An archaic character with no significant cultural role in modern Chinese.
  • Primarily of interest to scholars of historical linguistics and paleography.

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