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nèi
HSK 3freq #319

Meanings

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nèi
  1. 1.inside
  2. 2.inner
  3. 3.internal
  4. 4.within
  5. 5.interior

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Etymology

Simplified from 內. Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): semantic 入 (“to enter”) + semantic 冂 (“house”). It originally conveyed the meaning of "to bring into the house," and by extension, came to mean "inside" or "within."

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