Word Meaning 壁立千仞

へきりつせんじん hekiritsusenjin

壁立千仞 is read as へきりつせんじん (hekiritsusenjin) and means precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth.

Meaning

English

precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth

Reading

Kana

へきりつせんじん

Romaji

hekiritsusenjin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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壁立

へきりつ

cliff that stands tall like a wall

千葉県立中央博物館

ちばけんりつちゅうおうはくぶつかん

Chiba Prefectural Central Museum

千葉県立図書館

ちばけんりつとしょかん

Chiba Prefectural Library

千葉県立美術館

ちばけんりつびじゅつかん

Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art

秋田市立千秋美術館

あきたしりつちあきびじゅつかん

Akita Senshu Museum of Art

壁

へき

Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

壁紙

かべがみ

wallpaper

壁画

へきが

fresco

壁面

へきめん

surface of a wall

壁新聞

かべしんぶん

wall newspaper

壁掛け

かべかけ

wall-mounted

壁下地

かべしたじ

framework (for a mud-plastered wall)