See also: 罗汉

Chinese edit

phonetic
trad. (羅漢)
simp. (罗汉)
anagram 漢羅汉罗

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

羅漢

  1. Short for 阿羅漢阿罗汉 (āluóhàn, “arhat”).

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (羅漢):

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
羅漢 (kyūjitai)

First attested before the seventh century.[1]

Noun edit

()(かん) (rakan

  1. (Buddhism, colloquial) Short for 阿羅漢 (arakan): an arhat, Buddhist saint
  2. (theater, colloquial) Short for 羅漢台 (rakandai): a low seat behind the stage, the audience member sitting there vaguely resembling an arhat
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
(ateji)
かん
Grade: 3
(ateji)
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
羅漢 (kyūjitai)

From confusion of the uncommon kanji (ri) with the more common kanji (ra).

Noun edit

()(かん) (rakan

  1. Misspelling of 罹患 (rikan): contracting an illness

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

羅漢 (nahan) (hangeul 나한)

  1. Hanja form? of 나한 (arhat).
  2. Hanja form? of 라한 (arhat).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

羅漢

  1. chữ Hán form of la hán (arhat).