Radical and Phonetic
Radical
Total Number of Strokes 11
Number of Strokes 8
Mandarin Reading ǎn
TeoChew Phonetic
Chinese Definitions
唵 [方]∶把手里握着的粒状或粉末状的东西塞进嘴里。如:唵了一口炒米;唵了两口雪


――佛教咒语的发声字。为婀、乌、莽三字合成。如:唵字咒语(佛教语。“唵”字包括有所谓摄伏的作用,据说行此法时,可使一切诸天龙神听从指挥)
English Definitions
used in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds; to eat with the hand
References
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