啮 Stroke Order

啮 niè 1. 咬。 (Gnaw.) 2. 咬： a. 齿动物。 (Toothed animals.) b. 虫咬鼠～。 (Insects gnawing at mice.) c. ～合 (a. Teeth clenching; b. To bite tightly like teeth, e.g., "The gears fit together well.") 【本义】: 用嘴咬 (The original meaning: to bite with the mouth.) 【造字法】: 会意。从口，从齿。表示咬。本字从齿，(qì)声。 (Word formation: ideogram. Consists of "mouth" and "tooth," indicating biting. This character includes "tooth" and the sound "(qì).") 1. 同本义 ([En.] gnaw) 2. 侵蚀 ([En.] erode) 引文： 1. 《说文》：囓，噬也。 字亦作啮。鸟曰啄，兽曰囓。 (Shuōwén: "Cleave, it means to bite. The character can also be written as '啮'. Birds peck, beasts gnaw.") 2. 《汉书·李广苏建传》：武卧啮雪。 (Han Shu: "Wu lay and gnawed at the snow.") 3. 《后汉书·费长房传》：众蛇竞来，啮索且断。 (History of the Later Han: "Many snakes came competing, gnawing at and breaking the rope.") 4. 《新唐书·李勚传》：勚感涕，因啮指流血。 (New History of the Tang: "Li felt moved to tears and then bit his finger until it bled.") 5. 唐· 柳宗元《捕蛇者说》：以啮人，无御之者。 (Tang - Liu Zongyuan: "They gnaw at people, and there is no one to resist.") 例子： 又如: 啮指 (biting one’s finger, indicating extreme sorrow); 啮咬 (gnawing, metaphorically tormenting); 啮啃 (gnawing); 啮齿 (biting tightly); 啮噬 (gnawing and chewing); 啮心 (metaphor for extreme pain); 啮雪吞毡 (metaphor for living a hard life for the sake of one's principles); 啮臂 (biting one's arm until it bleeds, indicating sincerity and resolve.) 2. 侵蚀 ([En.] erode) 引文： 1. 明· 刘基《诚意伯刘文成公文集》：水皆啮石出。 (Ming - Liu Ji: "The waters gnaw at the stones.") 2. 李白《金陵白下亭留别》：汉水啮古根。 (Li Bai: "The Han River erodes the ancient roots.")