The Chinese Radical: 尼


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Buddhist nun    尼

Explanation The person sitting on her butt 匕 is a nun 尸.

Used in these characters:
呢
JLPT HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
口 尼 尸 匕
Left: Mouth 口, right: buddhist nun 尼 (buttocks from side 尸, to sit 匕)
May the mouth of a Buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?  
泥
JLPT HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
氵 尼 尸 匕
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.  
尼
JLPT no HSK
Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)
ní
尼 尸 匕
Buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.  
妮
JLPT no HSK
girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)
nī
女 尼 尸 匕
Left woman 女, right: Buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.  

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