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    3. 泥

    泥

    泥どろ

    mud

    N2KMT9Freq #1589Nature & EnvironmentKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    どろなず.む

    On'yomi

    デイナイデニ

    Nanori

    ひじ

    mudmireadhere tobe attached to

    氵尼

    氵
    水
    尸
    匕

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    Alternative forms of this concept

    氵
    氺

    Concepts using this kanji

    泥

    mud

    泥沼

    bog

    泥棒

    thief

    泥々

    viscous

    泥仕合

    mudslinging contest

    汚泥

    sludge

    泥水

    muddy water

    泥中

    in the mud or mire

    泥団子

    ball of mud

    泥人形

    clay doll

    泥地

    mud

    泥火山

    mud volcano

    泥田

    rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom

    火事泥

    looter

    泥目

    gluttonous goby (Chasmichthys gulosus)

    火山泥流

    volcanic mudflow

    泥土

    mud

    泥の木

    Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)

    金泥

    gold paint

    泥状

    muddy

    泥海

    muddy sea

    黒泥土

    muck soil

    活性汚泥

    activated sludge

    泥足

    muddy feet

    人を見たら泥棒と思え

    don't trust strangers

    泥流

    (volcanic) mud flow

    泥道

    muddy road

    泥田を棒で打つ

    to do something stupid

    泥棒政治

    kleptocracy

    泥棒政治家

    kleptocrat

    天地雲泥

    extreme difference

    泥水稼業

    making a living in the red-light district

    泥炭地

    peatland

    春泥

    spring sludge

    乱泥流

    turbidity current

    泥落とし

    mud scraper

    金銀泥絵

    painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)

    星味泥

    zygnema

    火事場泥棒

    looter

    泥深い

    miry

    大泥棒

    master thief

    採泥器

    seabed sampler

    泥象

    clay figure (buried with the dead in ancient China)

    泥炭土

    peat soil

    泥沼化

    bogging down

    銀泥

    silver paint

    税金泥棒

    tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient)

    泥縄式

    last-minute

    警泥

    cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)

    泥警

    cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)

    泥除け

    protection against (flying) mud

    月給泥棒

    freeloader

    赤泥

    red mud

    泥岩

    mudstone

    泥絵の具

    colour wash

    泥棒回り

    clockwise rotation (when playing cards, etc.)

    緑泥石

    chlorite

    説教泥棒

    preaching burglar

    泥板岩

    shale

    泥酔

    being dead drunk

    泥灰土

    marl

    泥棒根性

    underhand character

    泥田坊

    vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)

    泥酔者

    drunk

    障泥

    saddle flap

    鉱泥療法

    fango therapy

    車泥棒

    auto theft

    泥酔状態

    state of drunkenness

    給料泥棒

    (work) shirker

    芥子泥

    mustard plaster

    雲泥万里

    being poles apart

    泥絵

    distemper painting

    花泥棒

    flower thief

    築泥

    mud wall with a roof

    泥像

    clay figure (buried with the dead in ancient China)

    泥の像

    mud image

    宝石泥棒

    jewel thief

    温泉泥

    fango

    泥遊び

    playing in the mud

    泥んこ遊び

    playing in the mud

    泥砂

    mud and sand

    砂泥

    sand and mud

    封泥

    lute

    花泥棒は罪にならない

    it is no crime to steal flowers

    泥棒に追い銭

    throwing good money after bad

    泥浴

    mud bath

    沈泥

    silt

    泥棒稼業

    professional thievery

    泥のように寝る

    to sleep like a log

    鞘味泥

    oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)

    泥灰岩

    marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)

    拘泥

    adhering to

    泥棒削り

    pencil sharpened at both ends

    泥縄

    measure taken too late

    味女泥鰌

    Niwaella delicata (species of loach)

    雲泥の差

    wide difference

    雪泥

    slush

    放散虫軟泥

    radiolarian ooze

    顔に泥を塗る

    to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on

    雲泥

    great difference

    泥いじり

    playing with mud

    泥だらけ

    covered in mud

    泥パック

    mudpack (skin treatment)

    こそ泥

    sneak thief

    泥をかぶる

    to take the blame

    泥んこ

    mud

    泥レス

    mud wrestling

    泥はね

    splash of mud

    泥まみれ

    muddy

    泥む

    to cling to (e.g. old customs)

    泥湯

    mud bath (at an onsen)

    泥のように眠る

    to sleep like a log

    軟泥

    sludge

    牛泥棒

    rustler

    半鐘泥棒

    very tall person

    こそこそ泥棒

    sneak thief

    台湾泥鰌

    blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

    腐泥

    sapropel

    粉屋の泥棒

    heavily made-up woman

    鉱泥

    fango

    泥を吐く

    to fess up

    泥亀

    Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

    泥に塗れる

    to be covered with mud

    泥を塗る

    to besmirch

    朱泥

    unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)

    墓泥棒

    grave robber

    泥靴

    muddy shoes or boots

    嘘つきは泥棒の始まり

    show me a liar, and I will show you a thief

    柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ

    a fox is not taken twice in the same snare

    柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない

    a fox is not taken twice in the same snare

    石泥鰌

    Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)

    近江泥棒伊勢乞食

    merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites)

    溝泥

    ditch mud

    泥舟

    boat for transporting mud

    泥臭い

    smelling of mud

    泥棒猫

    thieving cat

    泥塑

    unfired clay figurine

    泥炭

    peat

    仏泥鰌

    Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)

    泥饅頭

    mud pie

    障泥烏賊

    bigfin reef squid

    泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う

    starting something in the eleventh hour

    泥蜂

    potter wasp (any wasp of subfamily Eumeninae)

    賽銭泥棒

    thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple

    泥洹

    nirvana

    膠泥

    mortar

    泥漿

    slurry

    泥濘

    muddy place

    泥濘む

    to be muddy

    泥濘る

    to be muddy

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 匕
    • 尸
    • 氵
    • 水
    • 泥饅頭
    • 砂泥
    • 泥落とし
    • 緑泥石
    • 腐泥
    • 泥灰土
    • 泥田坊

    is_used_in

    • こそ泥
    • 泥々
    • 雲泥
    • 雲泥の差
    • 汚泥
    • 拘泥
    • 障泥烏賊
    • 泥
    • 泥のように寝る
    • 泥をかぶる
    • 泥んこ
    • 泥レス
    • 泥沼
    • 泥状
    • 泥水
    • 泥酔
    • 泥炭
    • 泥はね
    • 泥土
    • 泥濘
    • 泥鰌
    • 泥棒
    • 金泥
    • 泥縄
    • 火事泥
    • 火事場泥棒
    • 泥中
    • 泥水稼業
    • 泥火山
    • 泥仕合
    • 泥足
    • 泥板岩
    • 泥海
    • 泥炭地
    • 泥臭い
    • 泥除け
    • 泥絵の具
    • 泥道
    • 泥まみれ
    • 泥靴
    • 泥縄式
    • 活性汚泥
    • 泥の木
    • 銀泥
    • 乱泥流
    • 軟泥
    • 顔に泥を塗る
    • 泥の像
    • 泥に塗れる
    • 溝泥
    • 泥流
    • 火山泥流
    • 泥濘む
    • 泥濘る
    • 泥岩
    • 泥地
    • 泥棒根性
    • 雲泥万里
    • 月給泥棒
    • 税金泥棒
    • 説教泥棒
    • 泥棒稼業
    • 半鐘泥棒
    • 泥舟
    • 墓泥棒
    • 車泥棒
    • 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ
    • 泥棒猫
    • 仏泥鰌
    • 泥灰岩
    • 鞘味泥
    • 台湾泥鰌
    • 泥を塗る
    • 嘘つきは泥棒の始まり
    • 人を見たら泥棒と思え
    • 柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない
    • 泥炭土
    • 泥む
    • 泥浴
    • 泥目
    • 泥湯
    • 放散虫軟泥
    • 泥蜂
    • 春泥
    • 泥鏝
    • 泥遊び
    • 泥んこ遊び
    • 泥塑
    • 朱泥
    • 泥絵
    • 金銀泥絵
    • 築泥
    • 障泥
    • 雪泥
    • 泥砂
    • 泥人形
    • 黒泥土
    • 警泥
    • 縞泥鰌
    • こそこそ泥棒
    • 味女泥鰌
    • 石泥鰌
    • 泥酔状態
    • 花泥棒
    • 花泥棒は罪にならない
    • 粉屋の泥棒
    • 泥警
    • 沈泥
    • 泥を吐く
    • 泥のように眠る
    • 泥いじり
    • 泥亀
    • 泥田
    • 泥深い
    • 泥田を棒で打つ
    • 牛泥棒
    • 星味泥
    • 泥だらけ
    • 泥沼化
    • 泥漿
    • 泥団子
    • 膠泥
    • 泥棒を捕らえて縄を綯う
    • 封泥
    • 泥棒政治
    • 泥棒政治家
    • 泥棒削り
    • 大泥棒
    • 泥棒に追い銭
    • 宝石泥棒
    • 赤泥
    • 鉱泥療法
    • 鉱泥
    • 温泉泥
    • 泥酔者
    • 天地雲泥
    • 泥象
    • 泥像
    • 泥洹
    • 近江泥棒伊勢乞食
    • 泥棒回り
    • 賽銭泥棒
    • 給料泥棒
    • 泥パック
    • 芥子泥
    • 採泥器

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