泥
nì
#1,497 most
frequent character
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Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
泥 has 氵 water as its meaning part and 尼 ní as its sound part. It first meant mud or muddy soil. The meaning grew to paste or pulp. Read nì, it means to apply plaster to something.
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