尼

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

尼 (radical 44 尸+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸心 (SP), four-corner 7721₁)

1. Buddhist nun
2. transliteration for "ni" (e.g. 尼日尔)

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 300, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7635
• Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 965, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5C3C

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

尼 (Yale nei4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

尼 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: に (ni), じ (ji)
• Kun: あま (ama)

[edit] Compounds

• 尼君
• 尼御前
• 尼寺
• 尼法師
• 尼僧

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

尼 (hangeul 니, 일, revised ni, il, McCune-Reischauer ni, il)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

尼 (pinyin ní (ni2), Wade-Giles ni²)

[edit] Compounds

• 尼泊尔
• 尼姑
• 尼姑庵
• 尼古丁
• 尼加拉瓜
• 尼龙
• 尼日尔
• 尼日利亚
• 尼僧