梵

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Buddhist

HSK 10

Human →Relations

Fàn

ボン、フウ

범

Phonosemantic compound. 林 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound.

Components

林 woods+ 凡 ordinary =

梵 Buddhist

林 Meaning component

lín woods

forest, grove

凡 Phonetic component

fán ordinary

variant of 凡[fán]

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

梵

Regular

Modern

Chinese

梵 [Fàn]

abbr. for 梵教[Fànjiào] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fànyǔ] or 梵文[Fànwén]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fàndìgāng], the Vatican

Japanese

梵ぼん同音

noun

Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism); Brahma
Brahma (Hindu creator god)
abbrev. Sanskrit

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

梵そよぎ

Soyogi surname

梵ぼん

Bon given name

CHINESE WORDS (32)

梵蒂冈 [Fàndìgāng] #12,813

Vatican City

梵蒂冈 [Fàndìgāng] #12,813

Vatican City

梵高 [FánGāo] #22,614

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter

梵文 [Fànwén] #39,276

Sanskrit

梵蒂冈城 [Fàndìgāngchéng] #60,765

Vatican City, capital of Holy See

梵蒂冈城 [Fàndìgāngchéng] #60,765

Vatican City, capital of Holy See

Brahmana, ancient Hindu texts

梵克雅宝 [Fànkèyǎbǎo]

Van Cleef & Arpels (French luxury jewelry company)

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JAPANESE WORDS (16)

梵天 [ぼんてん] #73,577

Brahma (Hindu creator god)

梵字 [ぼんじ] #79,764

script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)

Buddhist priest's wife

梵唄 [ぼんばい] #203,299

song praising the virtues of the Buddha

梵天王 [ぼんてんおう] #210,177

Brahma (Hindu creator god)

梵本 [ぼんぽん] #222,962

book in Sanskrit characters (e.g. scripture)

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