尼

Information about character(s)

Radical: 尸
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ní, nǐ
Cantonese: nei4
JapaneseKun: AMA
JapaneseOn: NI JITSU
Korean: NI IL
Vietnamese: ni

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Buddhist nun; transliteration

CE-Dict: Buddhist nun/(often used in phonetic spellings)

Soothill: To stop; a nun; near; translit. ni (नि). When used for a nun it is an abbrev. for 比丘尼 bhikṣuṇī (भिक्षुणी).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a Buddhist nun

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: Buddhist nun; priestess

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: Buddhist nun; priestess

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《尸部》尼從後近之。从尸匕聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【尸字部】尼
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤女夷切，音泥。【說文】从後近之也。从尸匕聲。【徐鍇曰】尼猶昵也。【廣韻】又和也。又先師孔子仲尼。【家語】顏氏禱於尼丘，而孔子生，故字曰仲尼。尼丘，山名。　又女僧也。【釋典】有比丘尼。　又【集韻】【類篇】尼質切【韻會】【正韻】女乙切，𠀤音匿。【爾雅·釋詁註】尼者，近也。引尸子，悅尼而來遠。【孔穎達曰】尼，近也。通作昵。　又【五音集韻】乃禮切，音伱。【爾雅·釋詁】尼，定也。【註】止也。止亦定也。【孟子】止或尼之。今讀泥去聲，義同。尼猶曳止之也。別作柅。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （雜名）出家之女子也。梵語曰比丘尼。比丘之語，通于男女。尼之音，示女性。僧史略曰：“漢明帝既聽劉峻等出家，又聽洛陽婦女阿潘等出家。”案此為中國有尼之始也。善見論曰：“尼者女也。”文句二之上曰：“尼者，天竺女人通名也。”

Buddhism words and phrases (term) nun

あま
(term) nun

CF-Dict: bonzesse/nonne bouddhiste

Han-De-Dict: Buddhistische Nonne (u.E.)