Moto 尼: NunKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ニ
- Kun'yomi
- あま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 46 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ニ)
- 尼僧にそうnun; priestess
- 修道尼しゅうどうにnun
- 僧尼そうにmonks and nuns
- 尼僧院にそういんnunnery; convent
- 摩尼まにjewel; pearl
- 摩尼宝珠まにほうじゅjewel; pearl
- 摩尼珠まにじゅjewel; pearl
- 沙弥尼しゃみにfemale Buddhist novice
- 牟尼むにmuni (Indian ascetic or sage)
- 禅尼ぜんにZen nun
- 荼枳尼だきにDakini (fairy-goddess)
- 蓮月尼れんげつにname of a famous Buddhist nun
- 阿耆尼あぎにAgni (Vedic god of fire)
- 陀羅尼だらにdharani; spell
- 陀羅尼助だらにすけtraditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 尼あまnun
- 寵愛こうじて尼にするちょうあいこうじてあまにするto love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
- 寵愛昂じて尼にするちょうあいこうじてあまにするto love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
- 寵愛昂じて尼になすちょうあいこうじてあまになすto love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
- 尼っこあまっこnative of Amagasaki
- 尼っちょあまっちょbitch
- 尼っ子あまっこnative of Amagasaki
- 尼寺あまでらnunnery; convent
- 尼御台所あまみだいどころminister or general's wife who became a nun
- 尼法師あまほうしnun
- 尼鷺あまさぎcattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Other readings
- 亜皮西尼アビシニアAbyssinia (Empire of Ethiopia, 980 BCE to 1974 CE)
- 印度尼西亜インドネシアIndonesia
- 尼加拉瓦ニカラグアNicaragua
- 尼甫じほConfucius
- 尼羅ナイルNile (river)
- 尼羅大蜥蜴ナイルおおとかげNile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan
- 屁負い比丘尼へおいびくにfemale servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
- 屁追い比丘尼へおいびくにfemale servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
- 摩尼教マニきょうManichaeism
- 文尼むにmuni (Indian ascetic or sage)
- 末尼教マニきょうManichaeism
- 比丘尼びくにbhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
- 比丘尼んびくにんbhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
- 片尼ペニーpenny (monetary unit); pence
- 科負い比丘尼とがおいびくにfemale servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts
- 突尼斯チュニジアTunisia
- 羅馬尼亜ルーマニアRomania; Rumania
- 釈迦牟尼しゃかむにGautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
- 雪特尼シドニーSydney
- 馬尼剌マニラManila (Philippines)
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