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アヘン (あへん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アヘン

あ

へ

ん

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

opium

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the narcotic drug obtained from the opium poppy.

アヘンは麻ま薬やくの一いっ種しゅです。
Opium is a type of narcotic.

Written forms

アヘンUsage61%
kana-only spelling
Usually written in katakana; usually written in kana.
阿あ片へんUsage25%
Kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
あへんUsage13%
Hiragana spelling, also common.
鴉あ

片へん

Usage<1%

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon
片one-sided, leaf, sheet
鴉crow, raven

Etymology

From English 'opium', via Dutch or Portuguese. The kanji forms are ateji.