This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ネイ、おもね.る、よこしま
Romaji: nei, omone.ru, yokoshima
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

flattery, insincerity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  9
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-2-5
Korean Reading:  nyeong
Chinese Reading:  ning4
Unicode:  4f5e
JIS:  5524

Indexes

Nelson Index: 400
New Nelson Index: 161
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a5.20
Four Corner Index: 2124.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 521
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0725

Words

(ねい)
flattery; insincerity
佞姦 (ねいかん)
treacherous; wicked; perverse
佞智 (ねいち)
craftiness
佞臣 (ねいしん)
crafty courtier; traitor
佞悪 (ねいあく)
perverseness; perverse person
阿諛便佞 (あゆべんねい)
flattery; adulation; sycophancy
佞武多 (ねぶた)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tohoku (esp. Aomori)
佞人 (ねいじん)
flatterer; smooth talker; crafty person
佞者 (ねいしゃ)
smooth talker; crafty person
奸佞邪知 (かんねいじゃち)
wiles and cunning; craftiness and treachery
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