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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

Stroke order of 尼, 5 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

あま ama · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 尼 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 尼 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.