Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 梵 - "brahman, sanskrit, buddhist"
梵
- Meaning
梵 means "brahman, sanskrit, buddhist."
Brahman - The supreme principle of Brahminism.
Sanskrit - The ancient language of India.
Buddhist - A prefix for things related to Buddhism.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
Sanskrit; purity; Buddhist
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
Buddhist, Sanskrit
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
Buddhist, Sanskrit
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Pure conduct. Buddhism emphasizes purity, hence called 梵. Such as temples are 梵宮, monks are 梵眾, chanting sutras is 梵唄.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords