Word Meaning 比丘尼

びくに bikuni

比丘尼 is read as びくに (bikuni) and means bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun).

Meaning

English

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period)
travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods)

Reading

Kana

びくに

Romaji

bikuni

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 比丘 Rank 134743 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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比丘尼ん

びくにん

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)

科負い比丘尼

とがおいびくに

female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts

屁負い比丘尼

へおいびくに

female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

比丘

びく

bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)

法蔵比丘

ほうぞうびく

Dharmakara Bodhisattva

比率

ひりつ

ratio

比較

ひかく

comparison

比較的

ひかくてき

comparatively

比叡山

ひえいざん

Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)

比価

ひか

parity

比推力

ひすいりょく

specific impulse

比例に応じて

ひれいにおうじて

proportional

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