Memory phrase for the character: 泥

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

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
尼 Buddhist nunThe person sitting on her butt 匕 is a nun 尸.
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'.
匕 spoon, ladleThis character means: Spoon. - In the explanations it is typically 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)




 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
 

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