Hanja Analyzer
闍

闍 — do

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
성문 도
Romanization
do
English
tower over city gate
Mandarin
dū
Japanese on'yomi
ジャ, ト, シャ, ツ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
門 (169, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+95CD

Parts that make up 闍

  • 門 문 문 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 者 놈 자 줄기가 무성한 사탕수수‘자·저·도·서’ 계열의 소리

How 闍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 闍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 門, 者.

Japanese words with 闍

  • 阿闍梨あじゃり high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon)
  • 閻魔羅闍えんまらじゃ Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan
  • 阿闍世コンプレックスあじゃせコンプレックス Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

Other hanja read “도”

Other hanja with radical 門

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