Word Meaning 独鈷

とっこ tokko

独鈷 is read as とっこ (tokko) and means cloth of a tokko pattern.

Meaning

English

  1. cloth of a tokko pattern
  2. single-pronged vajra
  3. tokko
  4. dokko
  5. copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals

Reading

Kana

とっこ

Romaji

tokko

Writing Variants

  • 独古 とっこ tokko
  • 独古 どっこ dokko
  • 独股 とっこ tokko
  • 独股 どっこ dokko
  • 独鈷 どっこ dokko

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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独鈷石

とっこいし

ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)

独特

どくとく

understood only by oneself

独り言

ひとりごと

soliloquy

独り歩き

ひとりあるき

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.)

独自

どくじ

independent

独立

どくりつ

independence (e.g. of a nation)

独裁

どくさい

running (a company, etc.) despotically

独身

どくしん

single

独占

どくせん

hogging

独断

どくだん

dogmatism

独学

どくがく

self-education

独り占め

ひとりじめ

hogging