Last Updated :2025/12/06

独鈷

Hiragana
とっこ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
仏教において用いられる法具の一種で、主に金属製の短い杵状の器具。煩悩を打ち砕く金剛杵の一形態。 / 独鈷形を連続・連結させて構成した、織物や染物などに用いられる紋様・文様。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ぶつどうでつかう、てにもっていのるための、かたいほこやつえのようなもの
What is this buttons?

He swung the vajra around in a Buddhist ceremony.

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

(Buddhism) Synonym of 金剛杵 (kongōsho, “vajra”) (mace and symbol)

Sense(2)

a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

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Rōmaji

hiragana historical

hiragana historical

hiragana

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(Buddhism) Synonym of 金剛杵 (kongōsho, “vajra”) (mace and symbol) / a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

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独鈷

彼は仏教の儀式で独鈷を振り回した。

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He swung the vajra around in a Buddhist ceremony.

He swung the vajra around in a Buddhist ceremony.

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彼は仏教の儀式で独鈷を振り回した。

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