Kanji1 / 5
尼 kanji
nun
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ニ
Kun readings
あま
Words with 尼
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —尼僧PopularBuddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
- —尼bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun); Indonesia
- —僧尼monks and nuns
- —禅尼Zen nun
- —牟尼muni (Indian ascetic or sage); Buddha
- —摩尼jewel; pearl; gemstone; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
- —陀羅尼dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
- —荼枳尼Dakini (fairy-goddess)
- —尼僧院nunnery; convent
- —比丘尼bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
- —修道尼nun
- —蓮月尼name of a famous Buddhist nun
- —沙弥尼female Buddhist novice
- —阿耆尼Agni (Vedic god of fire)
- —摩尼珠jewel; pearl; gemstone
- —釈迦牟尼Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)
- —陀羅尼助traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)
- —比丘尼んbhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
- —摩尼宝珠jewel; pearl; gemstone
- —八百比丘尼yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh