啮

啮

See also: 齧 and 嚙

啮 U+556E, 啮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-556E ← 啭 [U+556D] CJK Unified Ideographs 啯 → [U+556F]

Translingual

Traditional	齧/嚙
Shinjitai (extended)	噛
Simplified	啮

Han character

啮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜一山 (RYMU) or X口卜一山 (XRYMU), composition ⿰口齿)

Related characters

• 齧 (Orthodox traditional form)
• 嚙 (Variant traditional form)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 639, character 9
• Unihan data for U+556E

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 啮 – see 嚙 (“to bite; to gnaw; to erode; etc.”). (This character, 啮, is the simplified form of 嚙.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.