Word Meaning 沙門

しゃもん shamon

沙門 is read as しゃもん (shamon) and means shramana (wandering monk).

Meaning

English

  1. shramana (wandering monk)

Reading

Kana

しゃもん

Romaji

shamon

Writing Variants

  • 沙門 さもん samon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 2級 Rank 133160 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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毘沙門天

びしゃもんてん

Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)

沙

すな

sand

沙汰

さた

verdict

宗門

しゅうもん

(religious) denomination

登竜門

とうりゅうもん

gateway to success

狭き門

せまきもん

the strait gate (in the Bible)

鬼門

きもん

weak point

宮門

きゅうもん

gate of a palace

生物遺伝資源部門

せいぶついでんしげんぶもん

NITE Biological Resource Center

節足動物門

せっそくどうぶつもん

Arthropoda

応天門

おうてんもん

main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound

基底部門

きていぶもん

base component