Keyword
nun
Info
FrequencyTop 2500-2600
Type
Jōyō 
?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1133
Readings
(86%)
あま
(13%)
Composed of
corpse with a flag
spoon
Used in kanji (3 in total)
mud
???
reconcile
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
nun; priestess
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
nunnery; convent
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
Dakini (fairy-goddess)
monks and nuns
nunnery; convent
jewel; pearl; gemstone; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
traditional "Chinese" medicine for the stomach (usually prepared as small dark spherical pills)
female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
muni (Indian ascetic or sage); Buddha
name of a famous Buddhist nun
Manila (Philippines)
Nile (river)
penny (monetary unit); pence
muni (Indian ascetic or sage); Buddha
Abyssinia; Ethiopia
Confucius
cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts
native of Amagasaki; (arch.) bitch
native of Amagasaki; (arch.) bitch
Agni (Vedic god of fire)
to love one's child too much for their own good; (lit.) to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
to love one's child too much for their own good; (lit.) to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
to love one's child too much for their own good; (lit.) to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
female Buddhist novice
jewel; pearl; gemstone
jewel; pearl; gemstone
minister or general's wife who became a nun
female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's misdemeanours and farts
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan
Examples (1 in total)
The nun prayed and crossed herself.