禰 — ni

Parts that make up 禰

How 禰 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 禰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 示, 爾.

Japanese words with 禰

• 宿禰すくね Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)
• 禰宜ねぎ senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest); priest (below chief priest and above junior priest); grasshopper
• 刀禰とね priest; member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto
• 権禰宜ごんねぎ junior priest
• 島土禰利古シマトネリコ Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii); Griffith's ash

Characters sharing the phonetic 爾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “니”

Other hanja with radical 示