梵 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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fàn

Buddhist

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

Components

林 Meaning component

lín

forest

凡 Sound component

fán

all

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

fàn

Buddhist, Sanskrit

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

Most common words with 梵

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	梵	abbr. for 梵教[Fànjiào] Brahmanism
	梵蒂冈	Vatican City
	梵高	Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
	梵文	Sanskrit
	梵蒂冈城	Vatican City, capital of Holy See

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2814% of movies

2978th most common character in movies

3276th most common character in books

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