涅

Han character

 * 1) blacken
 * 2) black mud, slime
 * 3) to tattoo

Glyph origin
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Etymology

 * "black mud"
 * From (STEDT). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) black mud
 * 2) melanterite
 * 3) black
 * 4) to dye black; to blacken

Kanji

 * 1) black soil

Etymology
First attested in the  (938 ).

Cognate with, likely from a kur- stem.

Noun

 * 1) black soil
 * : a brownish-black color