内

inside; inner; internal; within; interior

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #193 U+5185

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man 人 entering a door 冂

components: 冂人

internal · Heisig RSH #840

belt + 人 person

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 内 as their sound component

These characters all use 内 (nèi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
内 sound component	nèi	inside
纳	nà	to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
钠	nà	sodium, natrium; to sharpen wood
讷	nè	inarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer
呐	nà	to raise one's voice; to yell, to shout; to stammer
芮	ruì	tiny, small; the water's edge
枘	ruì	a handle for a tool
肭	nà	fat, blubber; a seal
衲	nà	to sew, to mend; quilt; patch; cassock
蚋	ruì	mosquito, gnat

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马斯内	Mǎ sī nèi	Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer
内布拉斯加	Nèi bù lā sī jiā	Nebraska, US state
内子	nèi zǐ	(literary) my wife
大内	Dà nèi	Danei, a district in Tainan 台南\|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
国内外	guó nèi wài	domestic and international; at home and abroad
内人	nèi rén	my wife (humble)
国内	guó nèi	domestic; internal (to a country); civil
市内	shì nèi	inside the city
内中	nèi zhōng	within it; among them
内黄县	Nèi huáng Xiàn	Neihuang, a county in Anyang City 安陽市\|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan
国内线	guó nèi xiàn	domestic flight; internal line (air, train, ferry etc)
内心	nèi xīn	heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
海内外	hǎi nèi wài	domestic and international; at home and abroad
内地	Nèi dì	mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); …
内地	nèi dì	inland; interior; hinterland
内海	nèi hǎi	inland sea; internal sea (wholly within the territory of one country, e.g. the Bohai Sea)
海内	hǎi nèi	the whole world; throughout the land; everything under the sun
内江市	Nèi jiāng Shì	Neijiang, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
内化	nèi huà	internalization; to internalize
内行	nèi háng	expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional