山門

See also: 山门

Chinese

		mountain; hill	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (山門)		山	門
simp. (山门)		山	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanmén
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-mên²
    • Yale: shān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanmen
    • Palladius: шаньмэнь (šanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

Noun

山門

1. (Buddhism, Taoism) monastery gate
2. (Buddhism, Taoism) monastery
3. Buddhism

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	門
さん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんもん [sàńmóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

山(さん)門(もん) • (sanmon) 

1. main temple gate

   Synonyms: 三門 (sanmon), 寺門 (jimon)

2. a mountain temple

Proper noun

山(さん)門(もん) • (Sanmon) 

1. A name for Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei (see the Jimon-Sanmon schism)