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泥

Mud
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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Kun readingどろ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 31

Meanings

  1. mudRtK
  2. mire
  3. adhere to
  1. (wet) dirt
  2. thief
  3. android (mobile operating system)

Synonyms

アンドロイド泥棒

Popular Usage

泥棒

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · nun · flag (方) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1135

Compound words

泥棒どろぼう
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary
泥炭でいたん
peat
泥沼どろぬま
bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass
泥酔でいすい
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
雲泥の差うんでいのさ
wide difference; a world of difference
雲泥うんでい
great difference
汚泥おでい
sludge
拘泥こうでい
adhering to
泥々どろどろ
viscous
泥水どろみず
muddy water
泥泥どろどろ
viscous
泥流でいりゅう
mudflow
泥濘ぬかるみ
muddy place
泥鏝でいまん
plastering trowel
泥鰌どじょう
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)
淤泥おでい
sludge
こそ泥こそどろ
sneak thief
コソ泥こそどろ
sneak thief
石泥鰌いしどじょう
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
泥んこどろんこ
muddy, covered in mud
泥試合どろじあい
mudslinging match
泥濘むぬかるむ
to become muddy
泥濘るぬかる
to become muddy
泥濘道ぬかるみみち
muddy road

Additional Examples

彼は膝まで泥に浸かっていた。
He was knee deep in mud.tatoeba
彼は泥棒同然だ。
He is no better than a thief.tatoeba
彼は泥棒も同然だ。
He is no better than a thief.tatoeba
彼は泥棒であることを否定した。
He denied that he was the thief.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Mud. 氵 (water) + 尼 — earth mixed with water. 泥棒 — thief.

Practice Writing

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