禰 — kanji meaning “ancestral shrine”
禰
ancestral shrine
- Meanings
- ancestral shrine
- On'yomi
- ネ (ne)、デイ (dei)、ナイ (nai)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 113
- Chinese reading
- nǐ, mí — Chinese character page
Words with 禰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿禰 | すくね sukune | Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.) |
| 禰宜 | ねぎ negi | senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest) |
| 刀禰 | とね tone | priest |
| 権禰宜 | ごんねぎ gonnegi | junior priest |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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