Word Meaning 阿羅漢

あらかん arakan

阿羅漢 is read as あらかん (arakan) and means arhat.

Meaning

English

  1. arhat

Reading

Kana

あらかん

Romaji

arakan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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阿修羅道

あしゅらどう

Asura realm

阿修羅

あすら

Asura

羅漢

らかん

arhat

十八羅漢

じゅうはちらかん

the eighteen arhats

十六羅漢

じゅうろくらかん

the sixteen arhats

阿耨多羅三藐三菩提

あのくたらさんみゃくさんぼだい

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

阿毘羅吽欠

あびらうんきゃん

mantra directed to Mahavairocana

阿呆陀羅

あほだら

type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events

羅漢回し

らかんまわし

game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

羅漢果

らかんか

luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii)

羅漢斎

らかんさい

Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)

羅漢槙

らかんまき

Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki (variety of yew plum pine)