耶 — kanji meaning “question mark”
耶
question mark
- Meanings
- question mark
- On'yomi
- ヤ (ya)、ジャ (ja)
- Kun'yomi
- か
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Classical radical
- 128
- Chinese reading
- yé, yē — Chinese character page
Words with 耶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有耶無耶 | うやむや uyamuya | indefinite; hazy; vague |
| 伽耶 | かや kaya | Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy); Karak |
| 耶蘇教 | やそきょう yasokyou | Christianity |
| 耶蘇 | やそ yaso | Jesus (Christ) |
| 耶嬢 | やじょう yajou | father and mother |
| 阿頼耶識 | あらやしき arayashiki | alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence) |
| 三昧耶形 | さんまやぎょう sanmayagyou | object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life |
| 三昧耶 | さんまや sanmaya | time |
| 三昧耶戒 | さんまやかい sanmayakai | precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) |
| 耶蘇会 | やそかい yasokai | Society of Jesus; Jesuits |
| 摩耶蘭 | まやらん mayaran | Cymbidium macrorhizon (species of orchid) |
| 耶路撒冷 | エルサレム erusaremu | Jerusalem |
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