Kanji Detail for 闍 - "watchtower, inner city, sanskrit character"

闍

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
闍 means "watchtower, inner city, sanskrit character."
1. Watchtower - An observation platform on a city gate.
2. Inner city - The town inside the outer walls.
3. Sanskrit character - A character used in transcribing Sanskrit.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

watchtower; used phonetically

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

tower over city gate

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

defensive platform over gate; barbican

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

闉闍. See "闉" for details.
Onyomi

ja(ジャ)

to(ト)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)
Related Keywords
watchtower inner city sanskrit character gate lookout tower