泥
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
泥 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水尸心 (ESP), four-corner 37111, composition ⿰氵尼)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 617, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17311
- Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1595, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6CE5
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 泥 | |
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| simp. # | 泥 | |
| alternative forms | ||
Glyph origin[edit]
| Historical forms of the character 泥 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *niːl, *niːls): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil).
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation 1: In many dialects, the word means ‘earth’, e.g. K-Méixiàn nɐi¹¹ ‘soil, earth’, [E] ST: KN-Lai noj ‘muddy’ (of water); a ST medial rounded (semi-) vowel regularly disappears in CH after accute initials.
Pronunciation 2 is exopassive of niè 敜 (niep) or niè4 涅 (niet).
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Definitions[edit]
泥
- mud (Classifier: 嚿 c; 坺 c)
- (dialectal) soil; earth
- any mush-like substance
- (obsolete) paint (used on walls)
- An ancient river in modern Hunan
- An ancient river in modern Gansu
- (obsolete) weak
- (Chinese mythology) a kind of animal that lived in sea
- A surname.
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 泥 (MC nei)
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 泥 (“mud”) [map]
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 泥
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Definitions[edit]
泥
- to hold up; to bog down
- 雖小道，必有可觀者焉，致遠恐泥，是以君子不為也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Suī xiǎodào, bì yǒu kěguān zhě yān, zhì yuǎn kǒng nì, shìyǐ jūnzǐ bù wéi yě. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
虽小道，必有可观者焉，致远恐泥，是以君子不为也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- to plaster; to cover with plaster
- stubborn; obstinate
- 拘泥 ― jūní ― to rigidly adhere to
- to pester using soft words
- to be obsessed with and be reluctant to let go of
Compounds[edit]
Pronunciation 3[edit]
Definitions[edit]
泥
- Only used in 泥泥.
Pronunciation 4[edit]
Definitions[edit]
泥
- Only used in 泥母.
Pronunciation 5[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of 泥 – see 涅 (“black mud; melanterite; etc.”). (This character, 泥, is a variant form of 涅.) |
Pronunciation 6[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of 泥 – see 屔. (This character, 泥, is a variant form of 屔.) |
References[edit]
- “泥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02161
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00771-003-1
- (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) →ISBN.
- (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
泥
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: ない (nai)
- Kan-on: でい (dei, Jōyō)
- Kun: どろ (doro, 泥, Jōyō); なずむ (nazumu, 泥む)←なづむ (nadumu, historical)
Etymology[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 泥 |
| どろ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Noun[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 泥沼 (doronuma): bog
- 泥仕合 (dorojiai): mudslinging
Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 泥 (MC nei, neiH). Recorded as Middle Korean 니 (ni) (Yale: ni) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja[edit]
泥 (eumhun 진흙 니 (jinheuk ni), South Korea 진흙 이 (jinheuk i))
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
泥: Hán Nôm readings: nề, nê, nệ, nè, nể, nễ, nơi
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References[edit]
- Nom Foundation
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
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