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刹 means 'temple'
Common readings
On
サツ セツ
Additional readings
On セチ
Notes
The left side is a rare kanji, 杀.
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Find out about how 刹 (temple) once meant “to kill”! Learn about a shady network of Buddhist temples in the past. Discover how long a moment of consciousness is, and learn to say, “The moment I wasn’t looking, the accident occurred.” Also find out how to say, “I’m the sort of person who lives for the moment,” and how you can aggrandize this lifestyle by calling it a principle.
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刹 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 刹 is used 16 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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サツ
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セツ
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
moment; instant; juncture (see also: 一刹那; originally from Sanskrit 'kṣaṇa')(click the word for examples and links)
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セツ
(read as せっ)
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noun
Kshatriya (member of India's military caste) (often written with kana only; originally from Sanskrit 'kṣatriya')(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
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