涅

Translingual

Han character

涅 (radical 85 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水日土 (EAG), four-corner 3611₄, composition ⿰氵圼)

1. blacken
2. black mud, slime
3. tattoo
4. abbreviation for 涅槃 (nirvana)

References

• KangXi: page 626, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17521
• Dae Jaweon: page 1027, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1623, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6D85

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Cantonese

Hanzi

涅 (Yale nip6)

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Japanese

Kanji

涅

Readings

• On: ねつ (netsu), でつ (detsu)
• Kun: そめる (someru)

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Korean

Hanja

涅 (hangeul 녈>열, 날, revised nyeol>yeol, nal, McCune-Reischauer nyŏl>yŏl, nal, Yale nyel>yel, nal)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

涅 (pinyin niè (nie4), Wade-Giles nieh⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

涅 (niet)

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Vietnamese

Han character

涅 (niết, nết, nạt, nét, nhít, nít, nớt, nức, nát)