Japanese symbol for “litany”
陀羅尼
だらに
Romaji: darani
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
In Japanese, litany is 陀羅尼, read だらに (darani).
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Meanings
- n dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿弥陀 | あみだ amida | Amitabha (Buddha); Amida |
| 仏陀 | ぶっだ budda | Buddha |
| 阿蘭陀 | オランダ oranda | Netherlands; Holland |
| お陀仏 | おだぶつ odabutsu | dying; kicking the bucket |
| 阿弥陀堂 | あみだどう amidadou | temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha |
| 網羅 | もうら moura | encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of) |
| 羅列 | られつ raretsu | enumeration; citation; listing |
| 羅針盤 | らしんばん rashinban | compass |
| 尼僧 | にそう nisou | Buddhist nun |
See also: Chinese symbol for “litany”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.