Word Meaning 阿吽

あうん aun

阿吽 is read as あうん (aun) and means Om.

Meaning

English

  1. Om
  2. Aun
  3. syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma
  4. inspiration and expiration
  5. respiration
  6. alpha and omega

Reading

Kana

あうん

Romaji

aun

Writing Variants

  • 阿呍 あうん aun

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 157616 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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阿吽の呼吸

あうんのこきゅう

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity

阿毘羅吽欠

あびらうんきゃん

mantra directed to Mahavairocana

阿呆

あほ

fool

阿弥陀

あみだ

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

阿南工業高等専門学校

あなんこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Anan National College of Technology

阿付迎合

あふげいごう

ingratiation

阿国歌舞伎

おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

阿代

あしろ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿世

あせい

timeserving

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)