阿吽

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
simp. and trad. (阿吽)		阿	吽

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit अहूँ (ahūm̐).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄏㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ahong
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-hung¹
    • Yale: ā-hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ahong
    • Palladius: ахун (axun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

阿吽

1. (Buddhism) A-un

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 阿吽 – see 阿訇 (“imam; mullah; akhund”). (This term is a variant form of 阿訇).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	吽
あ Jinmeiyō	うん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
阿呍

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहूँ (ahūm̐).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɯ̟̃ɴ]
• (Tokyo) あうん [àúń] (Heiban – [0])

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɯ̟̃ɴ]

Proper noun

阿(あ)吽(うん) • (Aun) 

1. (Buddhism) A-un

Derived terms

• 阿吽(あうん)の呼吸(こきゅう) (aun no kokyū)

References

• “^▲阿^▲吽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026