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Kanji Detail for 尼 - "nun, buddhist nun"

尼

  • Meaning

    尼 means "nun, buddhist nun."

    1. Nun - A woman who has devoted herself to religious life.

    2. Buddhist nun - A female monastic in Buddhism.

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    • Verified meaning: nun, buddhist nun
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あま, あまがさき, あまさき, あまざき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 尼

    Given names 尼(に)Listen

    Surnames 尼(あま)Listen 尼(あまがさき)Listen 尼(あまさき)Listen 尼(あまざき)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ni(ニ) ニ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ama(あま) あま

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    尸 (shikabane・kabane・shikabanekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    nun buddhist nun celibacy devotion female monastery monastic religion religious spirituality

Sentences including 尼

  • The nun prayed and crossed herself.

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