Word Meaning 須弥壇

しゅみだん shumidan

須弥壇 is read as しゅみだん (shumidan) and means dais for a Buddhist image.

Meaning

English

dais for a Buddhist image

Reading

Kana

しゅみだん

Romaji

shumidan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 134395 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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須弥山

すみせん

Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

須要

しゅよう

absolutely necessary

須義

すぎ

cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

須佐之男

すさのお

Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

壇

だん

(ceremonial) mound

花壇

かだん

flower bed

教壇

きょうだん

(teacher's) platform

演壇

えんだん

rostrum

文壇

ぶんだん

literary world

仏壇

ぶつだん

Buddhist (household) altar

祭壇

さいだん

altar

画壇

がだん

artists' world