Word Meaning 阿鼻

あび abi

阿鼻 is read as あび (abi) and means Avici (lowest level of hell).

Meaning

English

  1. Avici (lowest level of hell)

Reading

Kana

あび

Romaji

abi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 140430 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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阿鼻地獄

あびじごく

Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

阿鼻叫喚

あびきょうかん

agonizing cries

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

阿片戦争

あへんせんそう

Opium War (1840-42)

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿武船

あたけぶね

large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods

阿片法

あへんほう

Opium Control Act

阿形

あぎょう

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