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羅漢 is the title Lohan, achiever of Nirvana.
This can also be a place name and surname Rakan in Japanese.
In the Buddhist context, this can be arhan, arhat, saint, or perfect man of Hīnayāna. It can refer to the 16, 18, or 500 disciples appointed to witness Buddha's truth and save the world.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 羅漢 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
羅漢 罗汉 see styles |
luó hàn luo2 han4 lo han rakan らかん |
More info & calligraphy: Luohan / Lohan(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿羅漢・あらかん) arhat; (place-name, surname) Rakan arhan, arhat; worthy, worshipful, an arhat, the saint, or perfect man of Hīnayāna; the sixteen, eighteen, or 500 famous disciples appointed to witness to buddha-truth and save the world; v. 阿. |
十八羅漢 十八罗汉 see styles |
shí bā luó hàn shi2 ba1 luo2 han4 shih pa lo han juuhachirakan / juhachirakan じゅうはちらかん |
More info & calligraphy: The Eighteen Arhatseighteen arhats |
六羅漢 六罗汉 see styles |
liù luó hàn liu4 luo2 han4 liu lo han roku rakan |
The six arhats i. e. Śākyamuni and his first five disciples, cf. 五羅漢. |
大羅漢 大罗汉 see styles |
dà luó hàn da4 luo2 han4 ta lo han dairakan |
great arhat |
疊羅漢 叠罗汉 see styles |
dié luó hàn die2 luo2 han4 tieh lo han |
human pyramid |
羅漢前 see styles |
rakanmae らかんまえ |
(place-name) Rakanmae |
羅漢堂 罗汉堂 see styles |
luó hàn táng luo2 han4 tang2 lo han t`ang lo han tang rakan dō |
arhats hall |
羅漢寺 see styles |
rakanji らかんじ |
(personal name) Rakanji |
羅漢山 see styles |
rakanzan らかんざん |
(personal name) Rakanzan |
羅漢岩 see styles |
rakaniwa らかんいわ |
(place-name) Rakan'iwa |
羅漢島 see styles |
rakanjima らかんじま |
(personal name) Rakanjima |
羅漢川 see styles |
rakangawa らかんがわ |
(place-name) Rakangawa |
羅漢拳 罗汉拳 see styles |
luó hàn quán luo2 han4 quan2 lo han ch`üan lo han chüan |
luohan quan; arhat boxing (kungfu style) |
羅漢果 罗汉果 see styles |
luó hàn guǒ luo2 han4 guo3 lo han kuo rakanka; rakanka らかんか; ラカンカ |
monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine (kana only) luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii); herbaceous perennial vine native to China and Thailand; fruit of the Siraita grosvenorii realization of the arhat |
羅漢柏 see styles |
rakanhaku らかんはく asunaro あすなろ |
(kana only) hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata) |
羅漢槙 see styles |
rakanmaki; rakanmaki らかんまき; ラカンマキ |
(kana only) (See 犬槙) Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki (variety of yew plum pine) |
羅漢殿 罗汉殿 see styles |
luó hàn diàn luo2 han4 dian4 lo han tien rakan den |
hall of the [sixteen] arhats |
羅漢町 see styles |
rakanchou / rakancho らかんちょう |
(place-name) Rakanchō |
羅漢病 罗汉病 see styles |
luó hàn bìng luo2 han4 bing4 lo han ping |
snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis), disease caused by schistosome parasitic flatworm |
羅漢石 see styles |
rakanseki らかんせき |
(place-name) Rakanseki |
羅漢穴 see styles |
rakanana らかんあな |
(place-name) Rakan'ana |
羅漢肚 罗汉肚 see styles |
luó hàn dù luo2 han4 du4 lo han tu |
potbelly |
羅漢豆 罗汉豆 see styles |
luó hàn dòu luo2 han4 dou4 lo han tou |
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean |
羅漢道 罗汉道 see styles |
luó hàn dào luo2 han4 dao4 lo han tao rakandō |
the path of the arhat |
羅漢閣 罗汉阁 see styles |
luó hàn gé luo2 han4 ge2 lo han ko rakan kaku |
hall of the (five hundred) arhats |
羅漢魚 罗汉鱼 see styles |
luó hàn yú luo2 han4 yu2 lo han yü |
flowerhorn cichlid |
阿羅漢 阿罗汉 see styles |
ā luó hàn a1 luo2 han4 a lo han arakan あらかん |
arhat (Sanskrit); a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) {Buddh} arhat arhan, arhat, lohan; worthy, venerable; an enlightened, saintly man; the highest type or ideal saint in Hīnayāna in contrast with the bodhisattva as the saint in Mahāyāna; intp. as 應供worthy of worship, or respect; intp. as 殺賊 arihat, arihan, slayer of the enemy, i.e. of mortality; for the arhat enters nirvana 不生 not to be reborn, having destroyed the karma of reincarnation; he is also in the stage of 不學 no longer learning, having attained. Also 羅漢; 阿盧漢; 阿羅訶 or 阿羅呵; 阿梨呵 (or 阿黎呵); 羅呵, etc.; cf. 阿夷; 阿畧. |
五百羅漢 五百罗汉 see styles |
wǔ bǎi luó hàn wu3 bai3 luo2 han4 wu pai lo han gohyakurakan ごひゃくらかん |
(place-name) Gohyakurakan (五百大羅漢) 500 great arhats who formed the synod under Kaniṣka and are the supposed compilers of the Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā-śāstra, 400 years after Buddha entered nirvana (阿毗達磨大毗婆娑論), tr. by Xuanzang (A. D. 656-9). The 500 Lohans found in some monasteries have various definitions. |
十六羅漢 十六罗汉 see styles |
shí liù luó hàn shi2 liu4 luo2 han4 shih liu lo han juurokurakan / jurokurakan じゅうろくらかん |
{Buddh} the sixteen arhats; (personal name) Jūrokurakan sixteen arhats |
大阿羅漢 大阿罗汉 see styles |
dà ā luó hàn da4 a1 luo2 han4 ta a lo han dai arakan |
great arhat |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Luohan Lohan | 羅漢 罗汉 | rakan | luó hàn luo2 han4 luo han luohan | lo |
The Eighteen Arhats | 十八羅漢 十八罗汉 | shí bā luó hàn shi2 ba1 luo2 han4 shi ba luo han shibaluohan | shih pa lo han shihpalohan |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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