阿鼻叫喚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	鼻	叫	喚
あ Jinmeiyō	び Grade: 3	きょう Grade: S	かん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

阿鼻地獄 (あびじごく) (abi jigoku, “avīci”) and 叫喚地獄 (きょうかんじごく) (kyōkan jigoku, “raurava”) are two of the hot hells of Buddhism.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [a̠bʲi kʲo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

阿鼻叫喚 (hiragana あびきょうかん, rōmaji abi kyōkan, historical hiragana あびけうくぁん)

agonized crying out in the midst of tragedy

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