菴

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 庵

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ān, yǎn
Cantonese: am1
JapaneseKun: IORI
JapaneseOn: AN
Korean: AM
Vietnamese: am

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: small Buddhist monastery

CE-Dict: variant of 庵/hut/Buddhist convent/small Buddhist temple

Soothill: Hut, thatched cottage, small temple, nunnery; translit. aṃ (अṃ), āṃ (आṃ).

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】菴
〔古文〕葊【唐韻】【集韻】𠀤烏含切，音諳。【韻會】菴閭，草名。【司馬相如·子虛賦】菴閭軒于。【註】菴閭，蒿也。【本草】此草老莖可以蓋覆菴閭，故名。【北史·景穆恭皇后傳】太后常以體不安服菴閭子。　又菴羅，果名。【本草】又名菴摩羅伽果。【謝靈運·山居賦】企堅固之貞林，希菴羅之芳園。　又【玉篇】倚廉切，音淹。義同。　又【韻會】烏紺切，音闇。【左思·蜀都賦】茂八區而菴藹。【正韻】菴藹，翳薈也。　又上聲，烏感切，音黯。義同。　又【類篇】同蓭。【正字通】本作菴，省作菴。菴字原从𡘹，不从奄作。

CF-Dict: petit temple bouddhiste