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尼

nun
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingニ
Kun readingあま
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. nunRtK
    尼僧はお祈りをして十字を切った。The nun prayed and crossed herself.tatoeba
    国分尼寺は未詳。The provincial nunnery is unknown.wiki
  1. buddhist nun
  2. catholic nun
  3. sister
  4. bitch
  5. amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1133

Compound words

尼僧にそう
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
僧尼そうに
monks and nuns
尼寺あまでら
nunnery
尼羅ナイル
Nile (river)
牟尼むに
muni (Indian ascetic or sage)
阿耆尼あぎに
Agni (Vedic god of fire)
雪特尼シドニー
Sydney (Australia)
陀羅尼だらに
dharani
突尼斯チュニジア
Tunisia
馬尼剌マニラ
Manila (Philippines)
末尼教マニきょう
Manichaeism
荼枳尼だきに
Dakini (fairy-goddess)
安母尼亜アンモニア
ammonia
釈迦牟尼しゃかむに
Gautama Buddha
尼加拉瓦ニカラグア
Nicaragua
印度尼西亜インドネシア
Indonesia

Additional Examples

毘尼母経 巻第一
Binimokyo Sutra, Volume Iwiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 尼

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