Taxonomy of meanings for 泥:
- 泥 nì (OC: niils MC: nei) 奴計切 去 廣韻：【滯陷不通語云致逺恐泥奴計切又奴低切五 】
- 泥 bàn (OC: braams MC: bɯam) 蒲鑑切 去 廣韻：【深泥也蒲鑑切二 】
- 泥 ní (OC: niil MC: nei) 奴低切 平 廣韻：【水和土也説文云水出郁郅北蠻中詩䟽云泥中衞之小邑又姓出姓苑奴低切又奴計切四 】
- 泥 ｎｉ３《廣韻》奴禮切，上薺泥。脂部。
- (reduplicated)ABUNDANT
- (reduplicated)ABUNDANT
Additional information about 泥
說文解字:
- Criteria
- MUD
1. Ní 泥 refers derogatorily to wet earth or mud, and this is the most general word.
2. Zhǐ 埴 refers neutrally to sticky soil.
3. Tú 塗／涂 refers to very wet earth or mud.
4. Nào 淖 refers derogatorily to mud in a mud puddle.
5. Jìn 瑾 refers neutrally to the mixture of mud with straw that is used in building houses.
6. Yū 淤 refers derogatorily to sludge on the bottom of water, or silt.
- SEAL
1. General word for the seal was originally xǐ 璽, and this could refer to the seals used both by officials and commoners, particularly traders. Originally, seals perhaps served mainly to the exchange of goods in Warring States times, but in the same period they came to be used by officials as a symbol of administrative authority. Official documents had to be all sealed with a piece of mud adhered on the cord tying up the document and impressed with an official seal. In the Han period, the word xǐ 璽 came to refer to the seals used by an Emperor and members of his family; these were usually made of jade.
2. Yìn 印 refers to the seals used by officials as a symbol of authority and also status in the bureaucratic hierarchy. The word began to be used in the Warring States period. Seals were worn tied to the waist (perhaps in a small sack; but there are also sealing fingerrings known from the Han period), were mostly of square shape, and material of which they were made expressed status of their holders. According to Han texts, the highest officials and aristocracy had golden seals, the lower silver, and minor officials had seals made of bronze.
3. Zhāng 章 is the word for the official seal which was used since Han times onwards.
4. Fēng ní 封泥 refers to the the piece of mud adhered on a document and impressed with a seal. The mud used for this purpose was worn in special tubes.