Meaning

Kanji 咃

a character used in Sanskrit transliteration

a character used in Sanskrit transliteration

Stroke Order

The stroke order animation is not available yet for kanji 咃.

Unicode code: U+5483

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
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Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
8
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
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Similar Kanji

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

は古い仏典で梵語の音を写すのに使われた。

This character was used in old Buddhist texts to represent Sanskrit sounds.

辞書には、は意味よりも音を示す字だとある。

The dictionary says that this character indicates sound rather than meaning.

この写本では、が特定の音を表している。

In this manuscript, that character represents a particular sound.

先生は、は翻訳ではなく音写に使うと説明した。

The teacher explained that the character is used for phonetic transcription, not for translating meaning.

のような字は、普通の漢字とは役割が少し違う。

A character like this has a somewhat different role from ordinary kanji.