Entry
  1. Noun

    stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

    Usually written using kana alone

    その小さな女の子は泣いてクマのぬいぐるみを欲しがった。
    The little girl was crying for the teddy bear.

Also written 縫い包み【ぬいぐるみ】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sew, stitch, embroider

Kun
ぬ.う
On
ホウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1723 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 56

Built from

Used in names as

ぬい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-10, 1-6-9SKIP code
6a9.15The Kanji Dictionary
2793.4Four corner code
2755deroo
7e2bUnicode hex code
1-43-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3582Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4550New Nelson (John Haig)
1406New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1781Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1563Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1685Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1327A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2746Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1235Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27805PMorohashi
1804A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1349Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1432Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1645Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1846Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1571Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1557Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1577Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
feng2, feng4Pinyin reading
bongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
56WaniKani level