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梵

梵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

Sanskrit, purity, Buddhist

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボン
  • フウ
Other languages
  • 拼音fan4
  • 한글beom
  • Hán-ViệtPhạm

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+68B5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱林凡

Words using this kanji

  • 梵ぼん（ボン）バラモン教の最高原理。 （ボン）梵天。 （ボン）清浄なもの。Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism), Brahma, Brahma (Hindu creator god), Sanskrit
  • 梵語ぼんごサンスクリットのこと。Sanskrit
  • 梵妻ぼんさい僧侶の妻。Buddhist priest's wife
  • 梵字ぼんじサンスクリットを表すための文字。script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
  • 梵鐘ぼんしょう仏教寺院に設置される吊り鐘のこと。bonshō, Buddhist temple bell
  • 梵刹ぼんさつtemple
  • 梵天ぼんてん仏教の天部に属し、インドの宇宙の原理であるブラフマンを神格化して仏教に取り入れられた神。 インドの別称。 色界の初禅天の総称。Brahma (Hindu creator god), large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign), buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.)
  • 梵唄ぼんばい仏徳を讃えるため、梵語または経文に節を付けてうたうこと。song praising the virtues of the Buddha, chanting of Buddhist hymns
  • 梵僧ぼんそうmonk (esp. one who maintains his purity)
  • 梵学ぼんがく仏教に関する学問。 梵語に関する学問。study of Sanskrit, study of Buddhism
  • 梵本ぼんぽんbook in Sanskrit characters (e.g. scripture), book from India
  • 梵文ぼんぶんサンスクリットで書かれた文章。Sanskrit writing, Sanskrit text, Sanskrit scripture, scripture in Sanskrit characters
  • 梵行ぼんぎょうascetic practices (esp. celibacy)
  • 梵天王ぼんてんおうBrahma (Hindu creator god)
  • 梵和辞典ぼんわじてんSanskrit-Japanese dictionary
  • 梵天丸もかくありたいぼんてんまるもかくありたいI wish the same for myself

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(17 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-3
Four Corner
4421.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a7.27
Heisig
2961
Nelson
140