Word Meaning 六十六部

ろくじゅうろくぶ rokujuurokubu

六十六部 is read as ろくじゅうろくぶ (rokujuurokubu) and means Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan).

Meaning

English

  1. Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

Reading

Kana

ろくじゅうろくぶ

Romaji

rokujuurokubu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 40254 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

六部

りくぶ

Six Ministries (in Sui dynasty to Qing dynasty China)

六部

ろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

六十進法

ろくじっしんほう

sexagesimal

六十路

むそじ

age sixty

六十

むそ

sixty

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

六十余州

ろくじゅうよしゅう

66-odd provinces of old Japan

六十干支

ろくじっかんし

sexagenary cycle

六十の手習い

ろくじゅうのてならい

beginning to learn (something) when one is old

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

六十四卦

ろくじゅうしけ

the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)

三十六計逃げるにしかず

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat