涅 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

涅 English definition

niè

  • to blacken
  • abbr. for 涅槃[nie4 pan2]

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to gnaw; to erode;
  • : talkative;
  • : move the mouth as in speaking;
  • : 炏
  • : son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil;
  • : to seize with the hand; to grasp; to advance; to breakdown;
  • : to fill up or cover up a hole;
  • : fermenting grain; yeast;
  • : to whisper;
  • : Nie
  • : guidepost; rule; standard; limit; target (old);
  • : tottering; unsteady;
  • : new shoot growing from cut branch or stump;
  • : shoots from an old stump;
  • : (old) to talk a lot; to talk nonsense; also pr. [zhe2];
  • : to walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on); to follow;
  • : tweezers; forceps; nippers; pliers; to nip; to pick up with tweezers; to pluck out;
  • : nickel (chemistry);
  • : vertical divider of a door way;
  • : dangerous;
  • : bones of the temple (on the human head); see 顳顬|颞颥, temple;