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Meanings

alcove for an image

Features

Usage information

  • Grade : hyougaiji

Encodings

  • Unicode : 9f95
  • JIS 208 : 83-92

Coding

  • SKIP code : 2-2-20
  • S&H descriptor : 2a20.3
  • Four Corner code : 8021.1

Dictionary entries

Classic Nelson < 568 >
New Nelson < 7104 >
Morohashi < 48839 >

Related words

  • - がん - niche or alcove for an image; ...
  • 龕灯 - がんどう - Buddhist altar light; ...
  • 龕燈 - がんどう - Buddhist altar light; ...
  • 龕灯返し - がんどうがえし - rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene; ...
  • 龕燈返し - がんどうがえし - rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene; ...
  • 壁龕 - へきがん - niche (in Western architecture); ...
  • 起龕 - きがん - ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism); ...
  • 龕像 - がんぞう - Buddha figure carved into a rock; ...
  • 龕屋 - がんや - place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa); ...
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