Radical 口

8 strokes

mouth 口 (5) + nun 尼 (268b) = as for 呢

A particle, used at the end of questions. One use is to repeat the question, but now referring to a new subject. It can also be used in a rhetorical way, or to soften the tone of a question or sentence.

The nun’s mouth dropped open in disbelief. As for the other nuns, what about them? had they noticed it? / No — which was just as well, as they’d go nuts if they realized there was a robot creeping up behind them!

屍

corpse 尸 (268a) + spoon 匕 (206a) = nun 尼

In the convent hospital each corpse is sprinkled with holy water from a spoon by the senior nun. / [No pronunciation needed]