This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヒ、ビ、たす.ける
Romaji: hi, bi, tasu.keru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

help, assist

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  102
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-5-4
Korean Reading:  bi
Chinese Reading:  pi2
Unicode:  6bd8
JIS:  487B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2997
New Nelson Index: 3011
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5f4.6
Four Corner Index: 6011.1
Japanese Names Index: 1195
Daikanwanjiten Index: 16753
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0808
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2217
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3169

Words

毘沙門天 (びしゃもんてん)
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
亜剌比亜 (アラビア)
Arabia
荼毘 (だび)
cremation
大直毘神 (おおなおびのかみ)
great god of restoration
直日神 (なおびのかみ)
gods of restoration (who purify sin, etc.)
金毘羅 (こんぴら)
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
毘盧遮那仏 (びるしゃなぶつ)
Vairocana-Buddha
阿毘達磨 (あびだつま)
abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras
大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 (だいびるしゃなきょうじょうぶつしんぺんかじきょう)
Mahavairocana Sutra
毘盧遮那 (びるしゃな)
Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
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