偈
verse in praise of Buddha; fast; healthy; rest
11 strokes.
Readings
- ゲ (on reading): 偈 (げ) gatha (poetic verse of a scripture); 開経偈 (かいきょうげ) opening chant of a sutra
- ケツ (on reading)
- ケイ (on reading)
- いこう (kun reading)
Components
- 亻
- 曷
- 一 radical one
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 人 radical person
- 勹 radical wrap
- 匕 radical spoon
- ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
- 日 radical sun; day
Words using 偈
- 偈 (げ) gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)
- 開経偈 (かいきょうげ) opening chant of a sutra
- 雪山偈 (せっせんげ) Himalayan verses (of the Nirvana Sutra)
- 七仏通戒偈 (しちぶつつうかいげ) Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
- 回向偈 (えこうげ) closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead