しゃ

noun

  1. probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゃ
式叉摩那 しきしゃまな

Contained Kanji Breakdown

style, ceremony, rite
シキ のり (3rd, N3)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
fork in road, crotch
シャ また サ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
chafe, rub, polish
マ ま.する さす.る (9th, N1)
hemp, flax, numb
あさ マ あ (9th, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
grove, forest
リン はやし し (1st, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)
what?
ナ ダ なに (11th, N1)
tender, weak, gradually alternating
ゼン ネン あや.うい
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)