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刹

temple
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingセチ、セツ、サツ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. temple
    私は刹那的な生き方をしている人間です。I'm a person who lives for the moment.tatoeba
    羅刹国を参照のこと。See "Rasetsu-koku."wiki
  2. momentRtK
  1. moment
  2. instant
  3. kshana
  4. duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second)
  5. shortest possible interval of time

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sheaf · tree (木) · wood (木) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1601

Compound words

刹那せつな
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
巨刹きょさつ
large temple
古刹こさつ
ancient temple
仏刹ぶっさつ
Buddhist temple
名刹めいさつ
famous temple
梵刹ぼんさつ
temple
一刹那いっせつな
(a) moment
刹那いせつない
painful
刹那的せつなてき
ephemeral
刹那主義せつなしゅぎ
principle of living only for the moment

Additional Examples

絹本著色普賢十羅刹女像
Color painting on silk of image of Fugen and the ten demonesseswiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 刹

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