Japanese symbol for “nile”
尼羅
ナイル
Romaji: nairu
Nile (river)
In Japanese, nile is 尼羅, read ナイル (nairu).
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Meanings
- n Nile (river)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尼僧 | にそう nisou | Buddhist nun |
| 釈迦牟尼 | しゃかむに shakamuni | Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?) |
| 比丘尼 | びくに bikuni | bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) |
| 尼寺 | あまでら amadera | nunnery; convent |
| 陀羅尼 | だらに darani | dharani; spell; litany |
| 禅尼 | ぜんに zenni | Zen nun |
| 網羅 | もうら moura | encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of) |
| 羅列 | られつ raretsu | enumeration; citation; listing |
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.