Word Meaning 阿鼻叫喚

あびきょうかん abikyoukan

阿鼻叫喚 is read as あびきょうかん (abikyoukan) and means agonizing cries.

Meaning

English

  1. agonizing cries
  2. pandemonium
  3. two of Buddhism's hells

Reading

Kana

あびきょうかん

Romaji

abikyoukan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Yojijukugo Rank 142237 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

阿鼻地獄

あびじごく

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

阿鼻

あび

Avici (lowest level of hell)

叫喚

きょうかん

shout

大叫喚地獄

だいきょうかんじごく

Mahāraurava

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)

Example Sentences

1

あたりにあびきょうかんのずがひろがった。

A scene of agonizing cries spread around.