U+5C3C "尼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+5C3C "尼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a commonly used Han character in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) scripts, where it primarily carries the meanings of "nun" or "Buddhist nun," derived from the Sanskrit term "bhikṣuṇī," and also denotes concepts of "close" or "near" in certain contexts. In its traditional and simplified forms, the character is composed of the radical "尸" (corpse/body) and the component "匕" (spoon/dagger), and it appears in words like "尼姑" (nun) and "尼泊尔" (Nepal). Across different languages, its pronunciation varies: in Mandarin it is read as "ní," in Cantonese as "nei4," in Japanese Kanji as "ni" (on’yomi), and in Korean as "니" (ni). The character's historical usage extends to transliterations of foreign names and Buddhist terminology, reflecting its role in cross-cultural linguistic exchanges.