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嫩
nèn
1. tender
2. soft
3. delicate
4. light (color)
5. inexperienced
6. unskilled
HSK 5 Common • Top 9% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

嫩
nèn
soft, delicate; young, tender
HSK 5 14 丶

Compound Words (19)

嫩江
Nènjiāng
Nenjiang county in Heihe [[黑河<Hēihé>]], Heilongjiang
嫩绿
nènlǚ
tender green
嫩芽
nènyá
soft shoot
嫩苗
nènmiáo
seedling
嫩叶
nènyè
newly-grown leaves
娇嫩
jiāonen
tender and lovely
柔嫩
róunèn
tender
白嫩
báinèn
(of skin etc) fair
稚嫩
zhìnèn
young and tender
细嫩
xìnèn
tender
装嫩
zhuāngnèn
to act young
嫩江县
Nènjiāngxiàn
Nenjiang county in Heihe [[黑河<Hēihé>]], Heilongjiang
嫩苗龟
Nènmiáoguī
Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head
黎巴嫩
Líbānèn
Lebanon
嫩江地区
Nènjiāngdìqū
Nenjiang county in Heihe [[黑河<Hēihé>]], Heilongjiang
香娇玉嫩
xiāngjiāoyùnèn
a beautiful woman
巴尔克嫩德
Bāěrkènèndé
Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands from 2002
帕德嫩神庙
PàdénènShénmiào
Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, Athens (Tw)
老牛吃嫩草
lǎoniúchīnèncǎo
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom)

Alternate Entries

嫩
nèn
old variant of [[嫩<nèn>]] / tender / delicate
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,499
Word Frequency Rank
7,789 of 84,292