Word Meaning 八幡神

はちまんじん hachimanjin

八幡神 is read as はちまんじん (hachimanjin) and means Hachiman (god of war).

Meaning

English

Hachiman (god of war)

Reading

Kana

はちまんじん

Romaji

hachimanjin

Writing Variants

八幡神 やわたのかみ yawatanokami

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 162619 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八十神

やそがみ

many gods

八百万神

やおよろずのかみ

all the gods and goddesses

八将神

はちしょうじん

the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the traditional calendar for each year (in Onmyōdō)

八幡

はちまん

Hachiman (God of War)

八幡宮

はちまんぐう

Shrine of the God of War

八幡大学

やはただいがく

Yahata University

八幡の不知藪

やわたのやぶしらず

Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

八幡知らず

やわたしらず

labyrinth

八幡船

ばはんせん

Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)

八幡大菩薩

はちまんだいぼさつ

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

第八脳神経

だいはちのうしんけい

eighth brain nerve

南無八幡

なむはちまん

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy