漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
泥: mud, mire
Also: adhere to, be attached to
JLPT N28 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 尼 gives the sound
8 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
デイdei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 泥土でいどmud
- 泥水でいすいmuddy water
- 雲泥の差うんでいのさwide difference
- 泥酔するでいすいするbe dead drunk
どろdoro · kun'yomi · on its own
- 泥どろmud
- 泥んこどろんこmorass of mud
- 泥沼どろぬまbog, morass
- 泥棒どろぼうthief, burglar, robber, theft
- こそ泥こそどろsneak-thief, pilferer
Also read ナイ, デ, ニ, なずむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read デ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiAlso read ニ
7 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · ní
Same form: 泥 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 泥 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 泥 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin ní most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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