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Kanji Detail for 尼 - "nun, buddhist nun"

  • 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.

  • 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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