涅

niè

n+iè·4th tone

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

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Character Decomposition

涅=氵+圼

Etymology

water

Meanings

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)

(literary) to dye black

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Words with 涅 53 total

opaque white涅白niè bái alumen · alunite (TCM)涅石niè shí to enter nirvana (Buddhism)入涅rù niè Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet海涅Hǎi niè (Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那 niè pán nà)涅槃niè pán the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)涅瓦Niè wǎ alumen · alunite (TCM)羽涅yǔ niè Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)格涅沙Gé niè shā (Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra涅槃经Niè pán Jīng Nyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)涅瓦河Niè wǎ Hé