涅槃

Traditional form:

涅槃

Pinyin (reading):

nièpán

Definitions:

• (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那 (nièpánnà))

Characters:

• 涅 - to blacken; slime, black mud
• 槃 - tray; to rotate, to turn; to search

Traditional characters:

• 涅 - to blacken; slime, black mud
• 槃 - tray; to rotate, to turn; to search