Kanji Detail for 涅 - "black mud, black, dye"

涅

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
涅 means "black mud, black, dye."
1. Black mud - Dark soil from a riverbed.
2. Black - Dark in color.
3. Dye - To stain black.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

black soil

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

blacken; black mud, slime

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to blacken; slime, black mud

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A substance for dyeing black. The Analects says: "Dyed but not made black" (涅而不淄). | 涅槃 (Nirvana). Sanskrit for death. Its meaning is permanently departing from all destinies and entering the gate of neither birth nor death.
Onyomi

detsu

netsu(ねつ)
Kunyomi

so.meru(そめる)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
black mud dark soil riverbed color dye stain