Detail word “灌頂”
かんじょう かんちょう
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ka/n'jo–‾
◆ baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)
◆ pouring water onto a gravestone
◆ teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
☆ noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
◆ baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood
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The kanji
灌 「カン」
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Kanji radicals:
訓: そそ.ぐ
音: カン
頂 「チョウ」
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Kanji radicals:
訓: いただ.く いただき
音: チョウ