梵

Translingual

Han character

梵 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹弓戈 (DDHNI), four-corner 4421₇, composition ⿱林凡)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14888
• Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1210, character 5
• Unihan data for U+68B5

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Chinese

trad.		梵
simp. #		梵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (凡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嵐	*b·ruːm
葻	*b·uːm
釩	*pʰomʔ
汎	*pʰoms, *bum
凡	*bom
帆	*bom, *boms
颿	*bom, *boms
軓	*bomʔ
梵	*bloms, *bum
芃	*boːŋ, *bum
風	*plum, *plums
飌	*plum
楓	*plum
猦	*plum
偑	*plum
檒	*plum
瘋	*plum
諷	*plums
堸	*blum
渢	*blum
鳳	*bums

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bloms, *bum) : semantic 林 (“forest”) + phonetic 凡 (OC *bom) – lush. Originally a variant form of 芃 (OC *boːŋ, *bum).

Etymology

The religious sense “Brahman” is short for 梵摩 (MC bjomH ma), 梵覽摩 (MC bjomH lamX ma), from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman, “Brahman”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 梵

1. ^† lush; luxuriant
2. (religion) Brahman; the ultimate reality in the universe (concept in Hinduism)
3. (figurative) quiet; peaceful; undisturbed
4. of or pertaining to Buddhism; Buddhist
5. of or pertaining to ancient India or the Sanskrit language; Indian
6. (Buddhism) to chant sutras; to recite sutras
7. (Buddhism) sound of sutra chanting
8. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

梵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)

Compounds

Compounds

• 釈(しゃく)梵(ぼん) (shakubon)
• 薄(ば)伽(が)梵(ぼん) (bagabon), 婆(ば)伽(が)梵(ぼん) (bagabon)
• 梵(ぼ)論(ろ) (boro)
• 梵(ぼ)論(ろん)字(じ) (boronji)
• 梵(ぼん)王(おう) (bon'ō)
• 梵(ぼん)音(おん) (bon'on)
• 梵(ぼん)我(ご)一(いち)如(にょ) (bongoichinyo)
• 梵(ぼん)学(がく) (bongaku)
• 梵(ぼん)行(ぎょう) (bongyō)
• 梵(ぼん)宮(ぐう) (bongū)
• 梵(ぼん)語(ご) (bongo): Sanskrit
• 梵(ぼん)妻(さい) (bonsai): Buddhist priest's wife
• 梵(ぼん)刹(さつ) (bonsatsu), 梵(ぼん)刹(せつ) (bonsetsu): temple
• 梵(ぼん)讃(さん) (bonsan)
• 梵(ぼん)志(し) (bonshi)
• 梵(ぼん)字(じ) (bonji)
• 梵(ぼん)書(しょ) (bonsho)
• 梵(ぼん)鐘(しょう) (bonshō)
• 梵(ぼん)砌(ぜい) (bonzei)
• 梵(ぼん)僧(そう) (bonsō)
• 梵(ぼん)天(てん) (bonten)
• 梵(ぼん)唄(ばい) (bonbai)
• 梵(ぼん)文(ぶん) (bonbun): Sanskrit text
• 梵(ぼん)網(もう)経(きょう) (bonmōkyō)
• 梵(ぼん)卵(らん) (bonran): world egg

Kanji in this term
梵
ぼん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

梵(ぼん) • (bon) 

1. Abbreviation of 梵語.

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Korean

Hanja

梵 • (beom) (hangeul 범, revised beom, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 梵 (phạn, phạm)

1. Brahma
2. Sanskrit