The kanji 尼 generally means "nun" or "Buddhist nun." It refers to a woman who has taken religious vows and dedicated her life to Buddhism.

・On-yomi (音読み): ni（ニ） ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, as the meaning is a direct translation.

⚫︎尼僧 (nisō) Translation: nun ⚫︎尼寺 (amaji/ama-dera) Translation: nunnery; Buddhist convent ⚫︎尼さん (ama-san) Translation: nun (informal)

The kanji 尼 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is the radical 女 (onna/on'na), meaning "woman" or "female". The right side is the phonetic component, which would have indicated the sound. The character visually represents a woman 女 who has taken religious orders.