| 孽 | |||
| evil; son of concubine; ghost | |||
| Radical | 子孑孒孓𡤼 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 17 | Total Strokes | 20 |
| Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jip6 jit6 |
| Japanese on reading | getsu gechi | Japanese kun reading | wakibara |
| Korean reading | el | Vietnamese reading | nghiệt |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 孼 | ||
| 孽 | [ niè ] variant of 孽[nie4] |
| 孽报 | [ niè baò ] bad karma |
| 孽种 | [ niè zhǒng ] bane of one's existence, vile spawn |
| 孽缘 | [ niè yuán ] ill-fated relationship |
| ⇒ 天灾地孽 | [ tiān zaī dì niè ] catastrophes and unnatural phenomena, Heaven-sent warnings |
| ⇒ 残渣余孽 | [ cán zhā yú niè ] evil elements who have escaped eradication |
| ⇒ 余孽 | [ yú niè ] remaining evil element, surviving members (of evil former regime), dregs (of colonial administration) |