阿吽

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Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
simp. and trad. (阿吽)		阿	吽

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit अहूँ (ahūm̐).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄏㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄏㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ahong
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-hung¹
  - Yale: ā-hūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ahong
  - Palladius: ахун (axun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

阿吽

(Buddhism) A-un

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 阿吽 – see 阿訇 (“imam; mullah; akhund”). (This term is a variant form of 阿訇).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	吽
あ Jinmeiyō	うん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
阿呍

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阿吽

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहूँ (ahūm̐).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あうん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Proper noun

阿(あ)吽(うん) • (Aun)

(Buddhism) A-un

Derived terms

阿吽(あうん)の呼吸(こきゅう) (aun no kokyū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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