defensive platform over gate
闍 is a traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as dū in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as shé.
In simplified Chinese the character 阇 is used.
You need to log in to write a story for 闍
Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 闍
Definitions for 闍 pronounced as shé
- (used in Buddhist transliteration)
Definitions for 闍 pronounced as dū
- defensive platform over gate
- barbican
Vocabulary
The most common words for 闍 — see all
- blind monk
- refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)
- Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration)
- also written 闍棃|阇梨[she2 li2]