U+6D85 "涅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+6D85 "涅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily means "mud" or "sludge," often associated with the concept of dyeing or immersing oneself in black mud, as seen in its classical compound "涅槃" (nièpán), which is the Chinese transliteration of the Buddhist term "nirvana," signifying liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth. In its original usage, the character conveys a sense of transformation or purification through immersion, as mud can both soil and, in a spiritual or alchemical context, serve as a medium for change. It is composed of the water radical (氵) on the left and the phonetic component "圼" (niè) on the right, and it appears in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written forms, often in religious, literary, or metaphorical expressions relating to transcendence or foundational obscurity.