Kanji

佞

Meaning

flattery and insincerity

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • おもねる
  • よこしま

On'yomi

  • ねい flattery
  • ねい あく perverseness
  • ねい しゃ smooth talker

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/7

Related Entries

佞 ねい
flattery, insincerity

Component Analysis

佞
flattery, insincerity
おもね.る, よこしま, ネイ
仁
humanity, virtue, benevolence...
ジン, ニ, ニン
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
ふた, ふた.つ, ニ
女
woman, female
おんな, め, ジョ

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