荼 — kanji meaning “a weed”
荼
a weed
- Meanings
- a weed
- On'yomi
- タ (ta)、ズ (zu)、ト (to)、ダ (da)
- Kun'yomi
- にがな
- Strokes
- 10
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- tú — Chinese character page
Words with 荼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曼荼羅 | まんだら mandara | mandala |
| 荼毘 | だび dabi | cremation |
| 軍荼利 | ぐんだり gundari | Kundali (tantric Buddhist deity) |
| 荼枳尼 | だきに dakini | Dakini (fairy-goddess) |
| 大曼荼羅 | だいまんだら daimandara | great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity |
| 法曼荼羅 | ほうまんだら houmandara | dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit |
| 鳩槃荼 | くはんだ kuhanda | Kumbhanda; demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality |
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