泥
泥 — ni
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 진흙 니
- Romanization
- ni
- English
- mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
- Mandarin
- ní
- Japanese on'yomi
- デイ, ナイ, ニョウ, デツ, ネチ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- どろ なず.む
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,589 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 (85, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 尼(니)
- Unicode
- U+6CE5
Parts that make up 泥
How 泥 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 泥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 尼.
Korean example words with 泥
- 이취泥醉 Korean gloss: 술이 곤드레만드레 취함
- 이탄泥炭 Korean gloss: 땅속에 묻힌 시간이 오래되지 아니하여 완전히 탄화하지 못한 석탄. 이끼나 벼 따위의 식물이 습한 땅에 쌓이어 분해된 것으로,
- 구니하다拘泥 Korean gloss: 어떤 일에 필요 이상으로 마음을 쓰거나 얽매이다
- 오니층汚泥層 Korean gloss: 하천이나 호수 바닥에 쌓여 있는, 오염되어 있는 흙의 층. 상당한 중금속을 함유하고 있다
- 이판암泥板巖 Korean gloss: 점토(粘土)가 굳어져 이루어진 수성암(水成巖). 회색이나 검은 갈색을 띠며, 흔히 얇은 층(層)으로 되어 잘 벗겨지는 성질이
- 이중泥中 Korean gloss: 진흙 속.
- 이소泥沼 Korean gloss: 진흙의 수렁.
- 이재泥滓 Korean gloss: 더럽고 탁함.
- 환니丸泥 Korean gloss: 진흙 덩어리.
- 이도泥塗 Korean gloss: 천한 지위나 처지.
- 도니途泥 Korean gloss: 진창이나 진창의 흙.
- 이인泥人 Korean gloss: 지옥에 떨어진 사람.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 泥
- 泥どろ mud; (wet) dirt; thief
- 泥沼どろぬま bog; marsh; swamp
- 泥棒どろぼう thief; burglar; robber
- 汚泥おでい sludge; slime; dregs
- 泥仕合どろじあい mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
- 泥酔でいすい being dead drunk; drunken stupor
- 泥水どろみず muddy water; red-light district
- 雲泥の差うんでいのさ wide difference; a world of difference
- 泥炭でいたん peat
- 泥々どろどろ viscous; mushy; pulpy
- 雲泥うんでい great difference
- 拘泥こうでい adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about
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 水
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences