ǎn

  1. ǎn particle om
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '唵' particle; Mathews 1931 '唵', p. 6; Unihan '唵')
  2. ǎn verb to contain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '唵' v 1)
  3. ǎn verb to eat with the hands
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '唵' v 2)
  4. ǎn interjection exclamation expressing doubt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '唵' interjection)
  5. ǎn particle om
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: oṃ, Japanese: an, or: on; ॐ used in mantras; it is adopted from Vedic tradition, for example, the Mandukya Upanisad (BCSD '唵', p. 257; Ding '唵'; FGDB '唵'; Heehs 2002, p. 83; SH '唵', p. 343)

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