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臬
niè
1. guidepost
2. rule
3. standard
4. limit
5. target (old)
Uncommon • Top 34% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

臬
niè
provincial judge; law, rule; door post
10 丶

Compound Words (3)

兀臬
wùniè
variant of [[杌隉|杌陧<wùniè>]]
臬台
niètái
provincial judge (in imperial China)
奉为圭臬
fèngwéiguīniè
to take as a guiding principle (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
5,134
Word Frequency Rank
28,602 of 84,292