臬 | |||
law, rule; door post | |||
Radical | 自𦣹 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 10 |
Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jit6 nip6 |
Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
Korean reading | el | Vietnamese reading |
臬 | |||
law, rule; door post | |||
Radical | 自𦣹 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 10 |
Mandarin reading | niè | Cantonese reading | jit6 nip6 |
Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
Korean reading | el | Vietnamese reading |
臬 | [ niè ] guidepost, rule, standard, limit, target (old) |
臬臺 | [ niè taí ] provincial judge (in imperial China) |
⇒ 兀臬 | [ wù niè ] variant of 杌隉|杌陧[wu4 nie4] |
⇒ 奉為圭臬 | [ fèng weí guī niè ] to take as a guiding principle (idiom) |