noun

  1. omen, sign of luck.
  2. origin, history, causation.
  3. Buddhist term.dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing. Abbreviation. Orig. meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
縁起 えんぎ
いんえん
縁起
縁起 いんえん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

affinity, relation, connection
エン -ネン ふち (7th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
divination
タン (Kentei 1)
pig's head radical variant (no. 58)
ケイ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)
rouse, wake up, get up
お.きる キ おこ.す (3rd, N4)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)