Japanese Word Entry

十八羅漢

Simplified Japanese form: 十八羅漢

Kana:じゅうはちらかん
Romaji:juuhachirakan
Definition: the eighteen arhats

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Chinese characters used in this word

ten, tenth, complete, perfect
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕˊ (shí)
Cantonese: sap6
Japanese: ジュウ (juu)、 ジッ (jixtsu)、 ジュッ (juxtsu)、 ジツ (jitsu) / とお (too)、 と (to)、 そ (so)、 とう (tou)、 とたび (totabi)
Korean: 십 (sib)
Vietnamese: thập

eight, eight radical (no. 12), all around, all sides
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄚ (bā), ㄅㄚˊ (bá)
Cantonese: baat3
Japanese: ハチ (hachi)、 ハツ (hatsu) / や (ya)、 や.つ (yatsu)、 やっ.つ (yattsu)、 よう (you)、 やたび (yatabi)
Korean: 팔 (pal)
Vietnamese: bát
Variants
Semantic variant form:

gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out, net for catching birds
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ (luó), ㄌㄨㄛ (luō), ㄌㄨㄛ˙ (luo)
Cantonese: lo4
Japanese: ラ (ra) / うすもの (usumono)、 あみ (ami)、 つらねる (tsuraneru)
Korean: 라 (ra), 나 (na)
Vietnamese: la
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

Sino-, China, the Chinese people, Chinese language
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄢˋ (hàn), ㄊㄢ (tān)
Cantonese: hon3
Japanese: カン (kan) / から (kara)
Korean: 한 (han)
Vietnamese: hán
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