泥
mud; mire; adhere to; be attached to
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1589.
Readings
- どろ (kun reading): 泥棒 (どろぼう) thief; 泥 (どろ) mud
- デイ (on reading): 泥酔 (でいすい) being dead drunk; 泥炭 (でいたん) peat
- ナイ (on reading): 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない) a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; 泥洹 (ないおん) nirvana
- デ (on reading)
- ニ (on reading)
- なずむ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 泥鰌 (どじょう) loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ) a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; 障泥 (あおり) saddle flap
Components
Words using 泥
- 泥棒 (どろぼう) thief
- 泥 (どろ) mud
- 泥まみれ (どろまみれ) muddy
- 泥縄式 (どろなわしき) last-minute
- 泥沼 (どろぬま) bog
- 泥酔 (でいすい) being dead drunk
- 泥炭 (でいたん) peat
- 泥岩 (でいがん) mudstone
- 砂泥 (さでい) sand and mud
- 雲泥の差 (うんでいのさ) wide difference
- 泥鰌 (どじょう) loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ) a fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- 障泥 (あおり) saddle flap
- 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない) a fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- 泥洹 (ないおん) nirvana
- 築泥 (ついひじ) mud wall with a roof
138 words in all.