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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
羅漢
- Short for 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (āluóhàn, “arhat”).
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
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First attested before the seventh century.[1]
Noun
羅漢 • (rakan)
- (Buddhism, colloquial) Short for 阿羅漢 (arakan): an arhat, Buddhist saint
- (theater, colloquial) Short for 羅漢台 (rakandai): a low seat behind the stage, the audience member sitting there vaguely resembling an arhat
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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From confusion of the uncommon kanji 罹 (ri) with the more common kanji 羅 (ra).
Noun
羅漢 • (rakan)
- Misspelling of 罹患 (rikan): contracting an illness
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
羅漢 • (nahan) (hangeul 나한)
- hanja form? of 나한 (“arhat”)
- hanja form? of 라한 (“arhat”)
Vietnamese
Noun
羅漢
- chữ Hán form of la hán (“arhat”).