Japanese Word Entry

刹那
Kana:せつな
Romaji:setsuna
Definitions:
  1. moment, instant

  2. kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time

Alternative form:
  • 殺那 〔殺那〕 【 せつな (setsuna) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

temple, shrine, monastery
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄚˋ (chà), ㄕㄚ (shā)
Cantonese: caat3
Japanese: セチ (sechi)、 セツ (setsu)、 サツ (satsu) / はたばしら (hatabashira)、 てら (tera)、 くに (kuni)
Korean: 찰 (chal)
Vietnamese: sát

what?, that, that one, those
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄚˋ (nà), ㄋㄚ (nā), ㄋㄚˇ (nǎ), ㄋㄨㄛˊ (nuó), ㄋㄨㄛˋ (nuò), ㄋㄟˋ (nèi), ㄋㄟˇ (něi), ㄋㄜˊ (né)
Cantonese: naa5
Japanese: ナ (na)、 ダ (da) / なに (nani)、 なんぞ (nanzo)、 いかん (ikan)
Korean: 나 (na)
Vietnamese: na, nả
Variants
Semantic variant form:

kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil, slaughter, hurt, to pare off, clip
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄚ (shā), ㄕㄞˋ (shài), ㄙㄚˋ (sà), ㄒㄧㄝˋ (xiè), ㄕˋ (shì)
Cantonese: saat3
Japanese: サツ (satsu)、 サイ (sai)、 セツ (setsu) / ころ.す (korosu)、 -ごろ.し (-goroshi)、 そ.ぐ (sogu)、 あや.める (ayameru)、 けずる (kezuru)
Korean: 살 (sal), 쇠 (soe), 쇄 (swae)
Vietnamese: sát, sái, tát
Variants
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