Memory phrase for the character: 泥




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Meaning

mud, clay, paste, pulp

Pronunciation

ní, nì

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)

Mnemonic


 
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.

Radicals

waterSimplified from this water 水
Buddhist nunThe person sitting on her butt 匕 is a nun 尸.
buttocks in side viewThis radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
spoon, ladleIn the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

水泥 shuǐ ní  cement
泥土 ní tǔ  earth; soil; mud; clay
泥坑 ní kēng  mud pit; mire; morass
泥浆 ní jiāng  slurry; mud
泥潭 ní tán  quagmire
泥泞 ní nìng  muddy; mud
泥淖 ní nào  mud; muddy swamp; sump; fig. a sticky predicament
泥淖 ní nào  

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