Onyomi: デ, デイ, ナイ, ニ · Kunyomi: どろ, なず.む · Meanings: adhere to, be attached to, mire, mud
Kanji for adhere to, be attached to, mire, mud
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泥 is formed from the water radical 氵 on the left and the character 尼 on the right. 氵 represents water, while 尼 carries the idea of something stuck, close, or settled. Together, they show wet earth mixed with water and sticking together. From this structure, 泥 came to mean mud or sludge.
泥 shows water mixing with earth and sticking together, meaning mud.
Think of water (氵) soaking into ground until everything becomes sticky and heavy (尼). That thick, sticky mixture is 泥 — mud.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 泥 | どろ | mud, (wet) dirt | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 泥棒 | どろぼう | thief, burglar, robber | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 泥沼 | どろぬま | bog, marsh, swamp, quagmire, morass | common Noun |
| 泥仕合 | どろじあい | mudslinging contest, mudslinging match | Noun |
| 泥酔 | でいすい | being dead drunk, drunken stupor | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 泥濘む | ぬかるむ | to be muddy, to be slushy | Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 泥んこ | どろんこ | mud | Noun |
| 泥まみれ | どろまみれ | muddy, covered with mud, mud-caked | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 泥縄式 | どろなわしき | last-minute, eleventh-hour | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 泥水 | どろみず | muddy water | Noun |