Historical Evolution
涅
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
涅
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涅 [niè]
to blacken; abbr. for 涅槃[nièpán]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (33)
康涅狄格州 [Kāngnièdígézhōu] #15,824
Connecticut, US state
康涅狄格 [Kāngnièdígé] #18,586
Connecticut, US state
勃列日涅夫 [Bólièrìnièfū] #36,486
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982
屠格涅夫 [Túgénièfū] #52,393
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
埃涅阿斯 [Aīniè'āsī] #51,856
Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
涅瓦河 [NièwǎHé] #60,041
Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)
海涅 [Hǎiniè] #61,328
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
入涅 [rùniè]
to enter nirvana (Buddhism)
埃涅阿斯纪 [Aīniè'āsīJì]
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
埃涅阿斯纪 [Aīniè'āsīJì]
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
涅槃 [ねはん] #47,701
nirvana
涅槃経 [ねはんぎょう] #139,302
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
涅槃像 [ねはんぞう] #150,100
image of the Buddha entering nirvana
涅槃寂静 [ねはんじゃくじょう] #161,960
enlightenment leads to serenity
涅槃会 [ねはんえ] #208,417
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
涅色 [くりいろ] #267,109
black
仏涅槃 [ぶつねはん] #277,460
the death of Shakyamuni Buddha
大般涅槃経 [だいはつねはんぎょう] #281,935
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
⭐ 古加涅 [コカイン]
cocaine
仏涅槃忌 [ぶつねはんき]
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
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