Word Meaning 半跏

はんか hanka

半跏 is read as はんか (hanka) and means half lotus position (meditation posture).

Meaning

English

  1. half lotus position (meditation posture)
  2. sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

Reading

Kana

はんか

Romaji

hanka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

半跏思惟像

はんかしいぞう

statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya)

半跏趺坐

はんかふざ

half lotus position (meditation posture)

半年

はんとし

half a year

半月

はんげつ

half a month

半日

はんじつ

half day

半導体

はんどうたい

semiconductor

半島

はんとう

Korea

半数

はんすう

half the number

半面

はんめん

half the face

半分

はんぶん

half

半減

はんげん

reduction by half

半身

はんしん

half the body