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Kotomora

陀

steep

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes8

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

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  • 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)

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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.