涅(niè)

10 strokes

(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye)

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Character information

Pinyin
niè
Meaning
(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
Strokes
10
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 涅 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵圼

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 圼 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ圼niè

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 涅 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 涅

Common words using 涅 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

rù入niè涅

to enter nirvana (Buddhism)

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hǎi海niè涅

Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet

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niè涅pán槃

(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loan…

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kāng康niè涅dí狄gé格

Connecticut, US state

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wò沃luó罗niè涅rì日

Voronezh, city in the southwest of European Russia

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niè涅wǎ瓦

the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)

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niè涅pán磐

variant of 涅槃[nie4 pan2]

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dùn顿niè涅cí茨kè克

Donetsk, city in Ukraine

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From 涅’s common words

入海槃康狄格沃罗

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