泥

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𪣮, 𩸦(𩾆), 𬈤, 𤀛, 𬉚, 𦰫, 埿, 𢛜, 𥺜, 𩸧

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		泥
simp. #		泥
alternative forms		坭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泥
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

5. paint (used on walls)
6. An ancient river in modern Hunan
7. An ancient river in modern Gansu
8. weak
9. (Chinese mythology) a kind of animal lived in sea
10. a surname
11. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡋ (n-)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nì (ni⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁶ / nei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nì
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴
    • Yale: nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nih
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nai⁶ / nei⁶
    • Yale: naih / neih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁶ / nei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁶ / néi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯²²/, /nei̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nejH

Rime
Character	泥
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴計切
Baxter	nejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neiH/
Pan Wuyun	/neiH/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛjH/
Li Rong	/neiH/
Wang Li	/nieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤər(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*niːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泥
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ nejH ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁər(ʔ)-s/
English	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
Reading #	2/2
No.	9421
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	泥
Old Chinese	/*niːls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 泥

1. to sink into
2. to be constrained
3. to detain
4. to paint
5. to disturb
6. to wallpaper
7. to defile

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³
    • Yale: nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nai⁵
    • Yale: náih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐi̯¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 泥

1. Only used in 泥泥.

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìng (ning⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìng
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴
    • Yale: nìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninq
    • Palladius: нин (nin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 泥

1. Only used in 泥母.

Pronunciation 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 泥 – see 涅 (“black mud; melanterite; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 涅).

References

• (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)

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Japanese

Kanji

泥

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ない (nai)
• Kan-on: でい (dei, Jōyō)
• Kun: どろ (doro, 泥, Jōyō); なずむ (nazumu, 泥)^{←なづむ (nadumu, 泥, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
泥
どろ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

泥(どろ) • (doro) 

1. mud

Derived terms

• 泥沼(どろぬま) (doronuma): bog
• 泥(どろ)仕(じ)合(あい) (dorojiai): mudslinging

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Korean

Hanja

泥 (eumhun 진흙 니 (jinheuk ni))

1. Hanja form^? of 니 (“mud; dirt”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 泥 (nề, nê, nệ, nè, nể, nễ, nơi)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)