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泥
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mud

HSK 6 N2
Nature →Elements
ní
デイ、ナイ、デ、ニ
どろ、なず.む
니
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 尼 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 尼 nun =
泥 mud
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
尼 Phonetic component
ní nun
Buddhist nun
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
泥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
泥 [ní]
mud; clay; paste; pulp
泥 [nì]
restrained
Japanese
泥 どろ 同音

noun

  1. mud; (wet) dirt
  2. abbrev. thief
  3. net-sl Android (mobile operating system)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
川は泥で濁っていた。
The river was cloudy with silt.
Japanese Names
泥 どろ
Doro surname
泥 なずみ
Nazumi surname
CHINESE WORDS (125)
水泥 [shuǐ​ní] #7,461
cement
泥土 [ní​tǔ] #8,200
earth
泥巴 [ní​bā] #11,629
mud
土豆泥 [tǔ​dòu​ní] #14,040
mashed potato
泥浆 [ní​jiāng] #17,304
slurry
泥浆 [ní​jiāng] #17,304
slurry
泥潭 [ní​tán] #18,288
quagmire
淤泥 [yū​ní] #20,290
silt
泥石流 [ní​shí​liú] #28,495
landslide
泥泞 [ní​nìng] #23,528
muddy
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JAPANESE WORDS (162)
⭐ 泥棒 [どろぼう] #5,263
thief
⭐ 泥沼 [どろぬま] #16,006
bog
泥だらけ [どろだらけ] #18,613
covered in mud
泥水 [どろみず] #23,048
muddy water
⭐ 雲泥の差 [うんでいのさ] #26,520
wide difference
⭐ 泥酔 [でいすい] #27,461
being dead drunk
泥まみれ [どろまみれ] #29,342
muddy
泥を塗る [どろをぬる] #29,855
to besmirch
泥臭い [どろくさい] #30,213
smelling of mud
泥棒猫 [どろぼうねこ] #33,275
thieving cat
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