Japanese symbol for “mahayana”
大乗
だいじょう
Romaji: daijou
Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle
In Japanese, mahayana is 大乗, read だいじょう (daijou).
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Meanings
- n Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle (Buddh)
- n large passenger vehicle
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 乗り換え | のりかえ norikae | transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; connection |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく joukyaku | passenger |
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.