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Kanji Detail for 尼 - "nun, priestess, devoted"
尼
- Meaning
尼 means "nun, priestess, devoted."
Nun - A woman who has devoted herself to religious life.
Buddhist nun - A female monastic in Buddhism.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
nun
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
Buddhist nun; transliteration
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
尼丘: A mountain name. The Yan family prayed at Nishan, and Confucius was born, hence his courtesy name Zhongni. | A Buddhist nun. Buddhist texts have 比丘尼. Colloquially called 尼姑. | To stop. Obstructing someone from proceeding is called 尼其行. (Mencius) "Or he might be stopped." Also read in Entering tone, pronounced 匿.
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