The kanji 尼: meaning, readings and stroke order
尼
- Meaning
- nun
- On reading
- ニ ni
- Kun reading
- あま ama
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 尸 corpse
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ni cô, sư cô (ni)
- Japanese
- おてらで しゅぎょうする おんなの ひと。
- Korean
- 여승, 비구니 (니)
- Chinese
- 尼姑
Readings, words and example sentences
ニ ni · on reading · less common
尼僧
Buddhist nun
寺に 尼僧が います。
There is a Buddhist nun at the temple.
あま ama · kun reading · less common
尼
nun
物語に 尼が 出て きます。
A nun appears in the story.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.