涅 niè

Character

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)

Radical: 氵
Strokes: 10
Structure: Left–right
Parts: 氵圼
Traditional: 涅
Frequency: #1789 most common character

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Meaning

niè

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(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye) CC-CEDICT
(literary) to dye black CC-CEDICT

Stroke order

Practice writing 涅

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Words with 涅

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涅槃niè pán(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那 (niè pán nà))Word 涅瓦niè wǎthe Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)Word 涅白niè báiopaque whiteWord 涅石niè shíalumenWord

涅磐niè pán(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那 (niè pán nà))Variant of 涅槃WordUnreviewed

涅槃经niè pán jīng(Buddhism) the Nirvana SutraWord 涅瓦河niè wǎ héNyeva or Neva River (through St Petersburg)Word 入涅rù nièto enter nirvana (Buddhism)Word 海涅hǎi nièHeinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poetWord 羽涅yǔ nièalumenWord 格涅沙gé niè shāGanesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)Word 埃涅阿斯āi niè ā sīAeneas, hero of Virgil's AeneidWord

Same radical 氵

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沒méi 没méi 法fǎ 海hǎi 演yǎn 活huó 游yóu 治zhì 決jué 港gǎng 流liú 河hé