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嫩
嫰
nèn
1. old variant of [[嫩<nèn>]]
2. tender
3. delicate
HSK 5 Common • Top 9% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (19)

柔嫩
róunèn
tender
白嫩
báinèn
(of skin etc) fair
稚嫩
zhìnèn
young and tender
嫩绿
nènlǚ
tender green
嫩芽
nènyá
soft shoot
嫩苗
nènmiáo
seedling
嫩江
Nènjiāng
Nenjiang county in Heihe [[黑河<Hēihé>]], Heilongjiang
嫩叶
nènyè
newly-grown leaves
娇嫩
jiāonen
tender and lovely
装嫩
zhuāngnèn
to act young
细嫩
xìnèn
tender
黎巴嫩
Líbānèn
Lebanon
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
香娇玉嫩
xiāngjiāoyùnèn
a beautiful woman
嫩江地区
Nènjiāngdìqū
Nenjiang county in Heihe [[黑河<Hēihé>]], Heilongjiang
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)
巴尔克嫩德
Bāěrkènèndé
Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands from 2002

Alternate Entries

嫩
nèn
tender / soft / delicate / light (color) / inexperienced / unskilled
HSK 5

Metadata

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