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涅

涅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

black soil

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ネツ
  • デツ
Kun (native)
  • そ(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音nie4
  • 한글nyeol
  • 한글nal
  • Hán-ViệtNiết

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6D85

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵圼

Words using this kanji

  • 涅槃ねはん「釈迦牟尼の死」を意味する語。入寂、入滅。（高僧に対しても用いられることがある。）nirvana, supreme enlightenment, death, death of Buddha
  • 涅色くりいろblack, color of sediment in a still pond
  • 涅槃経ねはんぎょうMahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Nirvana Sutra
  • 涅槃会ねはんえ釈迦入滅の日とされる陰暦2月15日に行われる法会。釈迦入滅の像または画像のもとで遺教経を読む。常楽会。Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
  • 涅槃雪ねはんゆきlast snows, snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death
  • 涅槃像ねはんぞうimage of the Buddha entering nirvana
  • 涅槃原則ねはんげんそくNirvana principle
  • 涅槃西風ねはんにしwind blowing on the day of the Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (15th day of the 2nd month)
  • 涅槃寂静ねはんじゃくじょうenlightenment leads to serenity

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
3611.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a7.8
Heisig
2421
Nelson
2564