尼

Glyph origin
. The character does not appear as an independent character in the oracle bone script but appears as a component of and. The character shows a man sitting on or leaning on another man, giving the original meaning of “to stop” or “close; intimate”; the derivative  refers to the latter meaning.

Shuowen considered it as a phono-sematic compound, but this is widely discredited by later scholars.

Etymology 1
of, from or. Compare 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) Buddhist nun

Etymology 2
. Possibly a variant of (compare 🇨🇬  from ), or a conflation of  and.

Definitions

 * 1)  near; close; intimate
 * 2)  peaceful; calm
 * 3)  harmonious

Etymology 5
Possibly from  while inheriting a *-t applicative suffix, since Middle Chinese sources quote the fanqie 女乙切 or  (The ' section for the quotation from '; see below). The stem word can be compared with the 🇨🇬, and possibly with the 🇨🇬. See also attested in the .

Definitions

 * 1)  to stop; to obstruct

Definitions

 * 1)  a few; a little bit; some
 * 2)  the; those
 * 3)  more; -er
 * 1)  the; those
 * 2)  more; -er

Etymology 1
Probably ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) nun
 * 2)  woman

Etymology 2
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Amazon

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) place