defensive platform over gate
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阇 is an 11 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as dū in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as shé.
In traditional Chinese the character 闍 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 阇
Definitions for 阇 pronounced as shé
- (used in Buddhist transliteration)
Definitions for 阇 pronounced as dū
- defensive platform over gate
- barbican
Vocabulary
The most common words for 阇 — 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]