Chinese Character 泥 Meanings and components.

Form

泥

Meaning

泥 meaning[3] in English

Mud.

Clay.

Paste.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 泥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and Buddhist nun (尼)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ESP

How to write 泥

To write泥ni2mud you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 尼ni2Buddhist nun arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 尼 = 泥

泥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

泥
Pinyin:ni2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mud . Clay . Paste . Pulp
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
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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