泥 — kanji meaning “mud”
泥
mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
- Meanings
- mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
- On'yomi
- デイ (dei)、ナイ (nai)、デ (de)、ニ (ni)
- Kun'yomi
- どろ、なず.む
- Name readings
- ひじ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1589 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- ní, nì — Chinese character page
Words with 泥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泥棒 | どろぼう dorobou | thief; burglar; robber |
| 泥酔 | でいすい deisui | being dead drunk; drunken stupor |
| 泥沼 | どろぬま doronuma | bog; marsh; swamp |
| 雲泥の差 | うんでいのさ undeinosa | wide difference; a world of difference |
| 汚泥 | おでい odei | sludge; slime; dregs |
| 泥炭 | でいたん deitan | peat |
| 泥水 | どろみず doromizu | muddy water |
| 泥仕合 | どろじあい dorojiai | mudslinging contest; mudslinging match |
| 泥臭い | どろくさい dorokusai | smelling of mud; smelling of earth |
| 泥まみれ | どろまみれ doromamire | muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked |
| 泥濘 | ぬかるみ nukarumi | muddy place; mud; mire |
| 泥濘 | でいねい deinei | mud; mire |
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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