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念

Traditional: 唸

niàn

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niàn · nim6 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
  2. to read
  3. to study (a subject)
  4. to attend (a school)
  5. to read aloud
  6. to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4])
  7. to miss (sb)
  8. idea
  9. remembrance
  10. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

念

Meaning
think of, recall, study
Radical
心
Strokes
8
Components
⿱今心
Cangjie
OINP
Four-corner
8033.2

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