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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
kān
    kan1
k`an
    kan
 gan
    がん
(bound form) niche; shrine
(1) niche for a Buddhist image; alcove; (2) (See 厨子・1) miniature shrine for a Buddhist image; (3) portable shrine used to move a deceased person from their house to the graveyard (in Okinawa)
A shrine; a cabinet, box; a coffin (for a monk); to contain.

龕像

see styles
 ganzou / ganzo
    がんぞう
(1) Buddha figure carved into a rock; (2) Buddha figure in a cabinet

龕塔


龛塔

see styles
kān tǎ
    kan1 ta3
k`an t`a
    kan ta
A pagoda with shrines.

龕室

see styles
kān shì
    kan1 shi4
k`an shih
    kan shih
stone niche

龕屋

see styles
 ganya
    がんや
place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)

龕影


龛影

see styles
kān yǐng
    kan1 ying3
k`an ying
    kan ying
(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray

龕灯

see styles
 gandou / gando
    がんどう
Buddhist altar light

龕燈

see styles
 gandou / gando
    がんどう
Buddhist altar light

龕窟

see styles
kān kū
    kan1 ku1
k`an k`u
    kan ku
cave

佛龕


佛龛

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fó kān
    fo2 kan1
fo k`an
    fo kan
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)

入龕


入龛

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rù kān
    ru4 kan1
ju k`an
    ju kan
 nyūgan
Entering, or putting into the casket (for cremation); i.e. encoffining a dead monk.

壁龕


壁龛

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bì kān
    bi4 kan1
pi k`an
    pi kan
 hekigan
    へきがん
niche (in a wall)
niche (in Western architecture)

梅龕

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 baigan
    ばいがん
(given name) Baigan

神龕


神龛

see styles
shén kān
    shen2 kan1
shen k`an
    shen kan
shrine; niche; household shrine

移龕


移龛

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yí kān
    yi2 kan1
i k`an
    i kan
 igan
To remove the coffin to the hall for the masses for the dead on the third day after the enconffinment.

起龕

see styles
 kigan
    きがん
{Buddh} ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism)

靈龕


灵龛

see styles
líng kān
    ling2 kan1
ling k`an
    ling kan
A coffin.

龍龕


龙龛

see styles
lóng kān
    long2 kan1
lung k`an
    lung kan
Dragon coffins, i.e. those for monks.

石龕寺

see styles
 sekiganji
    せきがんじ
(place-name) Sekiganji

骨灰龕


骨灰龛

see styles
gǔ huī kān
    gu3 hui1 kan1
ku hui k`an
    ku hui kan
columbarium

龕灯返し

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 gandougaeshi / gandogaeshi
    がんどうがえし
    gantougaeshi / gantogaeshi
    がんとうがえし
rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

龕燈返し

see styles
 gandougaeshi / gandogaeshi
    がんどうがえし
    gantougaeshi / gantogaeshi
    がんとうがえし
(out-dated kanji) rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

龍龕手鏡


龙龛手镜

see styles
lóng kān shǒu jìng
    long2 kan1 shou3 jing4
lung k`an shou ching
    lung kan shou ching
see 龍手鑑|龙龛手鉴[Long2 kan1 Shou3 jian4]

龍龕手鑑


龙龛手鉴

see styles
lóng kān shǒu jiàn
    long2 kan1 shou3 jian4
lung k`an shou chien
    lung kan shou chien
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical

Variations:
龕灯
龕燈

see styles
 gandou / gando
    がんどう
Buddhist altar light

Variations:
強盗提灯
龕灯提灯

see styles
 gandouchouchin / gandochochin
    がんどうちょうちん
flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward

Variations:
強盗返し
龕灯返し
龕燈返し(oK)

see styles
 gandougaeshi; gantougaeshi / gandogaeshi; gantogaeshi
    がんどうがえし; がんとうがえし
rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 27 results for "龕" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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