Chinese Character 尼 Meanings and components.

Form

尼

Meaning

尼 meaning[3] in English

Buddhist Nun.

(Often Used In Phonetic Spellings).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and dagger (匕)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SP

How to write 尼

To write尼ni2Buddhist nun you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 匕bi3dagger arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 匕 = 尼

尼 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 尼 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 尼, looks as follow:

尼
Pinyin:ni2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Nun . (Often Used In Phonetic Spellings)
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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