羅漢

See also: 罗汉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (羅漢)		羅	漢
simp. (罗汉)		罗	汉
anagram		漢羅／汉罗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luóhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ hon³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô-hàn / lô͘-hàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵ hang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luóhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luóhàn
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-han⁴
    • Yale: lwó-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohann
    • Palladius: лохань (loxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ hon³
    • Yale: lòh hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ hɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: lô-hàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'haxn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² han²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ han¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² han²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ han²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² han⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: lôo-hàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo'haxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴⁻²² han⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lo⁵ hang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô hàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ haŋ²¹³/

Noun

羅漢

1. Short for 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (āluóhàn, “arhat”).

Derived terms

• 八百羅漢／八百罗汉
• 十八羅漢／十八罗汉 (Shíbā Luóhàn)
• 十六羅漢／十六罗汉
• 疊羅漢／叠罗汉 (diéluóhàn)
• 羅漢果／罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ)
• 羅漢松／罗汉松 (luóhànsōng)
• 羅漢柏／罗汉柏
• 羅漢腳／罗汉脚
• 羅漢菜／罗汉菜
• 羅漢豆／罗汉豆 (luóhàndòu)
• 羅漢身子／罗汉身子
• 羅漢齋／罗汉斋 (luóhànzhāi)
• 金身羅漢／金身罗汉

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羅漢):

• → Japanese: 羅漢(らかん) (rakan)
• → Korean: 나한(羅漢) (nahan), 라한(羅漢) (rahan)
• → Vietnamese: la hán (羅漢)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
羅	漢
ら Grade: S	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
羅漢 (kyūjitai)

First attested before the seventh century.

Noun

羅(ら)漢(かん) • (rakan) 

1. (Buddhism, colloquial) Short for 阿羅漢 (arakan): an arhat, Buddhist saint
2. (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

Derived terms

• 羅(ら)漢(かん)果(か) (rakanka)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)講(こう) (rakankō)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)山(ざん) (Rakan-zan)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)寺(じ) (Rakan-ji)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)松(しょう) (rakanshō)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)台(だい) (rakandai)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)柏(はく) (rakanhaku)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)舞(ま)い (rakanmai)
• 羅(ラ)漢(カン)槙(マキ) (rakanmaki)
• 羅(ら)漢(かん)回(まわ)し (rakan-mawashi)
• 五(ご)百(ひゃく)羅(ら)漢(かん) (Gohyaku Rakan)
• 十(じゅう)六(ろく)羅(ら)漢(かん) (Jūroku Rakan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
羅	漢
ら Grade: S (ateji)	かん Grade: 3 (ateji)
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
羅漢 (kyūjitai)

From confusion of the uncommon kanji 罹 (ri) with the more common kanji 羅 (ra).

Noun

羅(ら)漢(かん) • (rakan) 

1. Misspelling of 罹患 (rikan): contracting an illness

Korean

Hanja in this term
羅	漢

Noun

羅漢 • (nahan) (hangeul 나한)

1. Hanja form^? of 나한 (“arhat”).
2. Hanja form^? of 라한 (“arhat”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
羅	漢

Noun

羅漢

1. chữ Hán form of la hán (“arhat”).