This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ネ、デイ、ナイ
Romaji: ne, dei, nai
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

ancestral shrine

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  113
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-4-14
Korean Reading:  ni
Chinese Reading:  mi2
Unicode:  79b0
JIS:  4729

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3261
New Nelson Index: 4116
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e14.1
Four Corner Index: 3122.7
Japanese Names Index: 2800
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24851X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0511
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1158
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1602

Words

宿禰 (すくね)
Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.); Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)
刀禰 (とね)
priest (used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo); member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system; government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (medieval) harbor manager; bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands
禰宜 (ねぎ)
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
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