Japanese symbol for “nepal”

捏巴爾

ネパール

Romaji: nepaaru

Nepal

In Japanese, nepal is 捏巴爾, read ネパール (nepaaru).

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Meanings

n Nepal

Kanji and stroke order

捏

knead, mix

on: ネツ、テツ、ネチ
kun: こ.ねる、ね.る、つく.ねる

10 strokes

巴

comma-design

on: ハ
kun: ともえ、うずまき

4 strokes · JLPT 1

爾

you, thou, second person

on: ジ、ニ
kun: なんじ、しかり、その、のみ

14 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
捏造	ねつぞう netsuzou	fabrication; forgery; falsehood
捏ね	つくね tsukune	chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
捏ねる	こねる koneru	to knead; to mix with fingers
捏造記事	ねつぞうきじ netsuzoukiji	fabricated article; fabricated (news) story; cooked-up (news) report
捏和機	ねっかき nekkaki	kneading machine; kneader
巴里	パリ pari	Paris (France)
三つ巴	みつどもえ mitsudomoe	(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle
巴格達	バグダッド bagudaddo	Baghdad (Iraq)
莞爾	かんじ kanji	smiling

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.