尼
尼 — ni, nil
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 여승 니, 가까울 닐
- Romanization
- ni, nil
- English
- Buddhist nun; transliteration
- Mandarin
- ní
- Japanese on'yomi
- ニ, ジ, ジツ, デイ, ニチ, ナイ, イ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- あま
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,844 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 尸 (44, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5C3C
Parts that make up 尼
Korean example words with 尼
- 노니老尼 Korean gloss: 늙은 여승
- 이승尼僧 Korean gloss: 여자 승려
- 비구니比丘尼 Korean gloss: 출가하여 구족계를 받은 여자 승려
- 이방尼房 Korean gloss: 여승의 방.
- 중니仲尼 Korean gloss: ‘공자’의 자.
- 이사尼寺 Korean gloss: 여승들이 사는 절.
- 도니度尼 Korean gloss: 법도를 깨달은 비구니.
- 덕니德尼 Korean gloss: ‘데니’의 우리나라 이름.
- 이계尼戒 Korean gloss: 비구니가 지켜야 할 계율.
- 선니禪尼 Korean gloss: 불가(佛家)에 들어간 여자.
- 이보尼父 Korean gloss: ‘공자’를 높여 이르는 말.
- 이고尼姑 Korean gloss: ‘비구니’를 낮잡아 이르는 말.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 尼
- 尼あま Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
- 尼僧にそう Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
- 尼羅ナイル Nile (river)
- 僧尼そうに monks and nuns
- 尼寺あまでら nunnery; convent
- 禅尼ぜんに Zen nun
- 片尼ペニー penny (monetary unit); pence
- 牟尼むに muni (Indian ascetic or sage); Buddha
- 尼鷺あまさぎ cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- 摩尼まに jewel; pearl; gemstone
- 雪特尼シドニー Sydney (Australia)
- 突尼斯チュニジア Tunisia
Characters sharing the phonetic 尼
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “니” in Korean.
Other hanja read “니”
Other hanja with radical 尸
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