What does kanji 泥 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 泥 is mud.

How is kanji 泥 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 泥 are どろ, なず.む; the onyomi readings are デイ, ナイ, デ, ニ.

What is the main radical of kanji 泥?

The main radical for kanji 泥 is 水.

What words use kanji 泥?

Example words that use kanji 泥 include 泥炭, 泥, 泥沼, 泥棒.

JōyōJLPT N2Pre-Level 2

泥

Meaning

Kanji 泥

mud

mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: どろなず.む
Onyomi 音読み: デイナイデニ
Nanori 名乗り: ひじ

Added to Jōyō: 1981

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N2
Frequency: #1589
Strokes: 8
Radical: 水
Components: 匕 • 尸 • 汁
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji: 尼 • 怩 • 苨 • 抳 • 呢 • 坭 • 妮

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 159 entries that include this kanji.

泥炭

でいたん

peat

泥

どろ

thief

泥沼

どろぬま

quandary

泥棒

どろぼう

theft

泥水

どろみず

muddy water

泥酔

でいすい

being dead drunk

泥々

どろどろ

muddy

泥仕合

どろじあい

mudslinging contest

どじょう掬い

どじょうすくい

loach-catching dance

どじょう掬いまんじゅう

どじょうすくいまんじゅう

steamed bun shaped like a loach catcher

どじょう汁

どじょうじる

loach soup

どじょう汁に金鍔

どじょうじるにきんつば

two things that do not go well together

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

靴が泥だらけになった。

my shoes got covered in mud.

子どもたちは泥でだんごを作って遊んだ。

the children played by making mud balls.

雨で道が泥になっている。

the road has turned muddy because of the rain.

車輪が深い泥にはまった。

the wheel got stuck in deep mud.

ズボンのすそに泥がついている。

there is mud on the hem of my pants.

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