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泥 = 水 + 尼

泥 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mud”. It is built from 水 (water) and 尼 (nun). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1135.

Keyword
mud
RTK frame
1135
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
デイ, ナイ, デ, ニ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
どろ, なず.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
грязь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
泥 mud

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 尼 nun

How to find 泥 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “nun”. 泥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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