涅 (nip6 | nie4) : alunite

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涅

nip6

nie4

[1] [n] alunite
[2] [v] dye sth black; blacken

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

涅

This word has been viewed 2831 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Aug 2011 14:44

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涅槃 nip6 pun4 nie4 pan2 = nirvana

涅磐 nip6 pun4 nie4 pan2 = nirvana

康涅狄格 hong1 nip6 dik6 gaak3 kang1 nie4 di2 ge2 = Connecticut (state in US)

康涅狄格州 hong1 nip6 dik6 gaak3 zau1 kang1 nie4 di2 ge2 zhou1 = Connecticut

德涅斯特 dak1 nip6 si1 dak6 de2 nie4 si1 te4 = Transnistria

德涅斯特河沿岸共和國 dak1 nip6 si1 dak6 ho4 jyun4 ngon6 gung6 wo4 gwok3 de2 nie4 si1 te4 he2 yan2 an4 gong4 he2 guo2 = Transnistria

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Decimal representation of this word: 涅
Unicode code for this character: U+6d85 (off-site link)

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