かん
乾
し
屎
けつ
橛

noun

Buddhist term. Derogatory. Ref. to the Buddha in a famous koan; trad. translated as "dried shit stick" (now considered a mistranslation of the orig. Chinese).
  1. something worthless, something impure, something unimportant, dried excrement in the shape of a stick.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
乾
し
屎
けつ
橛
乾屎橛 かんしけつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

drought, dry, dessicate
カン かわ.く いぬい (Early Jr. High, N2)
eminent(卓) variant
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
early, fast
はや.い サッ ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)
beg, invite, ask
こ.う コツ キツ (Late High School)
person, (人 variant)
the latter, duplicate, strange
おと- オツ イツ (Late Jr. High, N1)
shit, excrement
シ キ くそ (Kentei 1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
post, stake, axle
ケツ カチ ケイ