细腻
xìnì · HSK 7
fine and smooth
🧴 细 fine/thin + 腻 smooth-greasy = fine and smooth, like silky lotion texture
细 means thin or fine; 腻 means smooth or slightly greasy, the slick feel of oil or cream. Together they describe a fine, smooth quality: skin, texture, or delicate craftsmanship. Sound: xìnì rhymes with see-knee.
细 — silk radical 糹 + 田 (field)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The silk radical 糹 supplies the meaning, since silk threads are fine and thin, giving 细 its sense of 'thin, fine, slender.' The right side 田 originally wrote 囟 (fontanel) as a phonetic hint, later simplified to 田 in modern script.