陀
steep
Readings
On'yomi
- タ
- ダ
- イ
- チ
- ジ
Kun'yomi
- けわ.しい
- ななめ
Meaning
陀 centers on steepness, describing a sharply inclined slope or a slanting, diagonal orientation.
Most common words using 陀
20 of 26- 仏陀ぶっだ
Buddha
- 阿弥陀あみだ
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida
- 南無阿弥陀仏なむあみだぶつ
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha
- 阿弥陀如来あみだにょらい
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
- お陀仏おだぶつ
dying; kicking the bucket
- 阿弥陀堂あみだどう
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
- 密陀みつだ
litharge; lead oxide
- 密陀僧みつだそう
litharge; lead monoxide
- 密陀絵みつだえ
mitsuda-e; litharge painting; oil painting with litharge as a desiccant
- 屍陀林王しだりんおう
Citipati (skeletal Buddhist demi-gods)
- 弥陀みだ
Amitabha
- 珍陀チンタ
red wine
- 阿呆陀羅あほんだら
fool; oaf; airhead
- 阿弥陀くじあみだくじ
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
- 阿弥陀にかぶるあみだにかぶる
to wear (one's hat) on the back of one's head
- 阿弥陀三尊あみださんぞん
Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
- 阿弥陀仏あみだぶつ
Amitabha
- 阿弥陀経あみだきょう
Sukhavati sutra
- 阿弥陀被りあみだかぶり
wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
- 阿蘭陀海芋オランダかいう
calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Study
Etymology
陀 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 它, which likely contributes the sound. The hill radical suggests a steep or sloping terrain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ is a hill, and the right side 它 looks like a tilted roof. Picture a hill so steep that even the roof on top is sliding off at an angle.
Reading mnemonic
For タ, imagine a steep hill so sharp it looks like a tack pointing upward: tack -> タ, and the hill is dangerously steep.