泥

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泥 U+6CE5, 泥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE5
← 泤
[U+6CE4]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 泦 →
[U+6CE6]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

泥 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水尸心 (ESP), four-corner 37111, composition ⿰氵尼)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 617, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1595, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6CE5

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 泥
alt. forms 坭

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 泥
Small seal script
泥-seal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (尼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
泥 *niːl, *niːls
屔 *niːl
苨 *niːlʔ
坭 *niːlʔ
迡 *niːls
埿 *braːms, *niːl, *niːls
旎 *nilʔ
狔 *nilʔ
抳 *nilʔ
尼 *nil
呢 *nil
怩 *nil
柅 *nil, *nilʔ
蚭 *nil
跜 *nil
秜 *nil
痆 *rniːd
昵 *niɡ

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • nài - colloquial;
  • nì - literary.
Note:
  • lê/nê - literary;
  • nî/lî - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 泥
Mandarin Beijing /ni³⁵/
Harbin /ni²⁴/
Tianjin /ni⁴⁵/
Jinan /ȵi⁴²/
Qingdao /ni⁴²/
/mi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ni⁴²/
Xi'an /ni²⁴/
Xining /mji²⁴/
Yinchuan /mi⁵³/
/ni⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵi⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵi⁵¹/
Wuhan /ni²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵi³¹/
Guiyang /ni²¹/
Kunming /ni³¹/
Nanjing /li²⁴/
Hefei /mz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ni¹¹/ ～皮
/ni⁴⁵/ ～匠
Pingyao /ȵi¹³/ ～牆牆
/ȵi³⁵/ ～匠
Hohhot /ni³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵi²³/
Suzhou /ȵi¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵi²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi³¹/
Hui Shexian /ni⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵie⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ȵi¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵi¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵi⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /nai¹¹/
/ni¹¹/
Taoyuan /nɑi¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /nɐi²¹/
Nanning /nɐi²¹/
Hong Kong /nɐi²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ne³⁵/
/ni³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /nɛ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ni²¹/
/nai³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /nĩ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ni³¹/
Rime
Character 泥 泥
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 泥 (8) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 奴低切 奴計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /nei/ /neiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /nei/ /neiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /nɛi/ /nɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /nɛj/ /nɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /nei/ /neiH/
Wang
Li		 /niei/ /nieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /niei/ /nieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ní nì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 泥 泥
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 ní ní
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nej › ‹ nejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.nˤ[əj]/ /*nˤər(ʔ)-s/
English mud impeded, obstructed (Lunyu)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泥 泥
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9417 9421
Phonetic
component		 尼 尼
Rime
group		 脂 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 泥 泥
Old
Chinese		 /*niːl/ /*niːls/

Definitions[edit]

泥

  1. dirt (Classifier: 嚿 c; 坺 c)
    玩泥巴  ―  wán níbā  ―  play in the dirt
    一嚿泥 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 gau6 nai4 [Jyutping]  ―  a clod of earth
  2. mud
    軟泥 / 软泥  ―  ruǎnní  ―  soft mud
  3. clay
    泥娃娃  ―  níwáwá  ―  clay doll
  4. any mush-like substance
    薯泥  ―  shǔní  ―  mashed potato
    泥膠 / 泥胶  ―  níjiāo  ―  Blu-Tack
    鷹嘴豆泥 / 鹰嘴豆泥  ―  yīngzuǐdòuní  ―  hummus

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 泥

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

泥

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
泥
どろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun[edit]

泥 (hiragana どろ, rōmaji doro)

  1. mud
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Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

泥 • (ni>i) (hangeul 니>이)

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