Kanji details for 灌
灌
pour
KUN:
- そそ.ぐsoso.gu
ON:
- カンkan
Example words(showing 1-10 of 13 results)
Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to pour (into)
See also:注ぐ (つぐ)
2.
to sprinkle on (from above), to water (e.g. plants), to pour onto, to spray
3.
to shed (tears)
4.
to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on, to devote to, to fix (one's eyes) on
Godan-gu verb, intransitive verb
5.
to flow into (e.g. of a river), to run into, to drain into
6.
to fall (of rain, snow), to pour down
All readings:
注ぐ【そそぐ】
、灌ぐ【そそぐ】
、潅ぐ【そそぐ】
、濺ぐ【そそぐ】
、漑ぐ【そそぐ】
noun
1.
baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood(Buddhist term)
2.
baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)(Buddhist term)
3.
pouring water onto a gravestone(Buddhist term)
4.
teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
Other readings:
灌頂【かんちょう】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
sprinkling (water), watering (plants)
All readings:
潅水【かんすい】
、かん水【かんすい】
、灌水【かんすい】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
(giving an) enema
See also:カンチョー
All readings:
浣腸【かんちょう】
、潅腸【かんちょう】
、灌腸【かんちょう】
、カンチョウ