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家族

see styles
jiā zú
    jia1 zu2
chia tsu
 kazoku
    かぞく

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Family / Members of a Family
family; clan
family

惣領

see styles
 souryou / soryo
    そうりょう

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First Born
(1) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; (2) child who carries on the family name; (3) (archaism) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (4) (archaism) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period); (place-name, surname) Souryō

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

see styles

    zu2
tsu
 zoku(p); zou(ok) / zoku(p); zo(ok)
    ぞく(P); ぞう(ok)
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
(n,n-suf) (1) tribe; clan; band; family; (n,n-suf) (2) (ぞく only) (taxonomical) tribe; (n,n-suf) (3) (ぞく only) group (of the periodic table); (female given name) Yakara
clan

宗族

see styles
zōng zú
    zong1 zu2
tsung tsu
 souzoku / sozoku
    そうぞく
clan; clansman
one's family or clan
clan

家門


家门

see styles
jiā mén
    jia1 men2
chia men
 kamon
    かもん
house door; family clan
one's family; one's clan; (given name) Kamon

氏族

see styles
shì zú
    shi4 zu2
shih tsu
 shizoku
    しぞく
clan
(noun - becomes adjective with の) clan; family

部族

see styles
bù zú
    bu4 zu2
pu tsu
 buzoku
    ぶぞく
tribe; clan
(noun - becomes adjective with の) tribe; clan; house

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
 dou / do
    どう
(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
(n,n-suf) (1) temple; shrine; chapel; (n,n-suf) (2) hall; (suffix) (3) (suffix used in company names, store names, etc.) company; (n,n-suf,n-pref) (4) (archaism) (See 表座敷) front room; (surname) Dōzaki
prāsāda. A hall, temple, court.

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zōng
    zong1
tsung
 sou / so
    そう
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
(1) (rare) origin; source; (2) (rare) virtuous ancestor; (given name) Motoi
Ancestors, ancestral; clan; class, category. kind; school, sect; siddhānta, summary, main doctrine, syllogism, proposition, conclusion, realization. Sects are of two kinds: (1) those founded on principles having historic continuity, as the twenty sects of the Hīnayāna, the thirteen sects of China, and the fourteen sects of Japan: (2) those arising from an individual interpretation of the general teaching of Buddhism, as the sub-sects founded by Yongming 永明 (d. 975), 法相宗, 法性宗, 破相宗, or those based on a peculiar interpretation of one of the recognized sects, as the Jōdo-shinshū 淨土眞宗 found by Shinran-shōnin. There are also divisions of five, six, and ten, which have reference to specific doctrinal differences. Cf. 宗派.

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shì
    shi4
shih
 muro
    むろ
room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar; (personal name) Muroran
House, household, abode; translit. ś, s, śr;, śl. Cf. 尸; 舍; 音; for 室摩 v. 沙門.

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cáo
    cao2
ts`ao
    tsao
 sou / so
    そう
class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
(1) (obsolete) (See 曹司・ぞうし・1) palace room for government officials; (2) (obsolete) fellow; set (of people); clan; family; (surname) Tsukasa
Company, class; used as the plural of pronouns, etc.

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zhī
    zhi1
chih
 shi
    し
see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
(suffix) (1) (honorific or respectful language) Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; (n,suf) (2) clan; (pronoun) (3) (honorific or respectful language) he; him; (counter) (4) (honorific or respectful language) counter for people; (surname) Hamauji

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shè
    she4
she
 yashiro
    やしろ
(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
(Shinto) shrine; (p,s,f) Yashiro
Gods of the land; a village, clan, society.


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    fa2
fa
 batsu
    ばつ
powerful individual, family or group; clique; (loanword) valve
(n,n-suf) clique; clan; faction; (personal name) Isao; Isawo

一味

see styles
yī wèi
    yi1 wei4
i wei
 ichimi
    いちみ
persistently; stubbornly; blindly
(1) clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew; (n,vs,vi) (2) participation (e.g. in a plot); (3) one flavour; one charm; (4) one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine); (5) {Buddh} universality (of the teachings of Buddha); (given name) Kazumi
One, or the same flavour, kind or character, i.e. the Buddha's teaching.

一族

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yī zú
    yi1 zu2
i tsu
 ichizoku
    いちぞく
social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族[zu2]
(1) family; relatives; dependents; (2) household

一門


一门

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yī mén
    yi1 men2
i men
 ichimon
    いちもん
(1) family; clan; kin; (2) sect; school; adherents; followers; disciples; (3) {sumo} group of related sumo stables; (surname) Hitokado
The one door out of mortality into nirvāṇa, i.e. the Pure-land door.

上忍

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shàng rěn
    shang4 ren3
shang jen
 jounin / jonin
    じょうにん
Ninja clan master; highest-ranking ninja
exceedingly patient

八憍

see styles
bā jiāo
    ba1 jiao1
pa chiao
 hakkyō
The eight kinds of pride, or arrogance, resulting in domineering: because of strength; of clan, or name; of wealth; of independence, or position; of years, or age; of cleverness, or wisdom; of good or charitable deeds; of good looks. Of these, eight birds are named as types: 鴟梟 two kinds of owl, eagle, vulture, crow, magpie, pigeon, wagtail.

八覺


八觉

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bā jué
    ba1 jue2
pa chüeh
 hachikaku
The eight (wrong) perceptions or thoughts, i.e. desire; hate; vexation (with others); 親里 home-sickness; patriotism (or thoughts of the country's welfare); dislike of death; ambition for one's clan or family; slighting or being rude to others. 華嚴經 13.

勢族


势族

see styles
shì zú
    shi4 zu2
shih tsu
influential family; powerful clan

單傳


单传

see styles
dān chuán
    dan1 chuan2
tan ch`uan
    tan chuan
 tanden
to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
direct transmission

四姓

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sì xìng
    si4 xing4
ssu hsing
 shisei / shise
    しせい
(1) the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); (2) (See ヴァルナ) varna (each of the four Hindu castes)
The four Indian 'clans' or castes— brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, i. e. (1) priestly, (2) military and ruling, (3) farmers and traders, and (4) serfs; born respectively from the mouth, shoulders, flanks, and feet of Brahma.

土豪

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tǔ háo
    tu3 hao2
t`u hao
    tu hao
 dogou / dogo
    どごう
local tyrant; local strong man; (slang) nouveau riche
powerful local clan; local strongman; (surname) Dogou

大族

see styles
dà zú
    da4 zu2
ta tsu
large and influential family; clan

宗主

see styles
zōng zhǔ
    zong1 zhu3
tsung chu
 soushu / soshu
    そうしゅ
head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain
suzerain

宗室

see styles
zōng shì
    zong1 shi4
tsung shih
 soushitsu / soshitsu
    そうしつ
imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine
(given name) Soushitsu

宗正

see styles
zōng zhèng
    zong1 zheng4
tsung cheng
 yahiro
    やひろ
Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
(surname) Yahiro

宗法

see styles
zōng fǎ
    zong1 fa3
tsung fa
 souhou / soho
    そうほう
patriarchal clan system
(hist) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order; (place-name) Souhou
宗體 The thesis of a syllogism consisting of two terms, each of which has five different names: 自性 subject; 差別 its differentiation; 有法 that which acts; 法 the action; 所別 that which is differentiated; 能別 that which differentiates; 前陳 first statement; 後陳 following statement; 宗依 that on which the syllogism depends, both for subject and predicate.

宗祠

see styles
zōng cí
    zong1 ci2
tsung tz`u
    tsung tzu
ancestral temple; clan hall

家家

see styles
jiā jiā
    jia1 jia1
chia chia
 keke
    いえいえ
each house; every house; many houses
one who goes from clan to clan

尚氏

see styles
 shoushi / shoshi
    しょうし
Shō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)

德川

see styles
dé chuān
    de2 chuan1
te ch`uan
    te chuan
Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850

斎部

see styles
 imibe; inbe
    いみべ; いんべ
(hist) Imbe clan (ancient Shinto priestly family); (surname) Monoibe

族人

see styles
zú rén
    zu2 ren2
tsu jen
clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority

族姓

see styles
zú xìng
    zu2 xing4
tsu hsing
 zokushō
a great clan; men of great clans

族權


族权

see styles
zú quán
    zu2 quan2
tsu ch`üan
    tsu chüan
clan authority; clan power

族長


族长

see styles
zú zhǎng
    zu2 zhang3
tsu chang
 zokuchou / zokucho
    ぞくちょう
clan elder
(noun - becomes adjective with の) patriarch; head of a family

族類


族类

see styles
zú lèi
    zu2 lei4
tsu lei
clan; race

旧族

see styles
 kyuuzoku / kyuzoku
    きゅうぞく
ancient clan

望族

see styles
wàng zú
    wang4 zu2
wang tsu
distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old)

本家

see styles
běn jiā
    ben3 jia1
pen chia
 honke(p); hoke(ok); iya(ok); honie(ok)
    ほんけ(P); ほけ(ok); いや(ok); ほんいえ(ok)
a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name
head house (family); birthplace; originator; (surname) Motoya

氏上

see styles
 ujinokami
    うじのかみ
(1) (archaism) eldest son; (2) (archaism) older brother; older sister; (3) (archaism) older person; (4) (archaism) head of a clan; head of a region; (5) (archaism) skilled craftsman; (archaism) head of a clan; (personal name) Ujinokami

氏人

see styles
 ujibito; ujihito; ujiudo
    うじびと; うじひと; うじうど
(hist) lineal descendant; clan member

氏宗

see styles
 ujinokami
    うじのかみ
(archaism) head of a clan

氏文

see styles
 ujibumi
    うじぶみ
ancient clan record (incl. their origins, their achievements, etc.)

氏長

see styles
 ujinaga
    うじなが
(archaism) head of a clan; (personal name) Ujinaga

漢氏

see styles
 ayauji
    あやうじ
Aya clan

神族

see styles
 shinzoku
    しんぞく
(See 魔族) family of gods; clan of gods; tribe of gods

總領

see styles
 souryou / soryo
    そうりょう
(out-dated kanji) (1) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; (2) child who carries on the family name; (3) (archaism) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (4) (archaism) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)

聯宗


联宗

see styles
lián zōng
    lian2 zong1
lien tsung
combined branches of a clan

薩長

see styles
 sacchou / saccho
    さっちょう
(hist) Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

藩政

see styles
 hansei / hanse
    はんせい
(hist) domain administration (Edo period); clan administration

藩校

see styles
 hankou / hanko
    はんこう
clan school; han school

藩閥

see styles
 hanbatsu
    はんばつ
(hist) clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism

藩黌

see styles
 hankou / hanko
    はんこう
clan school; han school

親族


亲族

see styles
qīn zú
    qin1 zu2
ch`in tsu
    chin tsu
 shinzoku
    しんぞく
relatives; members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
relative; relation; kin
kinsmen

豪族

see styles
háo zú
    hao2 zu2
hao tsu
 gouzoku / gozoku
    ごうぞく
powerful family; powerful clan
powerful family

軒猿

see styles
 nokizaru
    のきざる
ninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)

輩分


辈分

see styles
bèi fen
    bei4 fen5
pei fen
seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy; Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4]

通字

see styles
 tsuuji / tsuji
    つうじ
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

郡望

see styles
jun wàng
    jun4 wang4
chün wang
choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a choronym-surname combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1 li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1 li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].)

釋女


释女

see styles
shì nǚ
    shi4 nv3
shih nü
 shakunyo
The women of the Śākya clan.

釋氏


释氏

see styles
shì shì
    shi4 shi4
shih shih
 kikuchi
    きくち
(surname) Kikuchi
The Śākya clan, or family name; Śākyamuni.

釋種


释种

see styles
shì zhǒng
    shi4 zhong3
shih chung
 shakushu
Śākya-seed; Śākya clan; the disciples of Śākyamuni, especially monks and nuns.

釋迦


释迦

see styles
shì jiā
    shi4 jia1
shih chia
 shaka
    しゃか
sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
(personal name) Shaka
(釋迦婆) Śakra.; Śākya. the clan or family of the Buddha, said to be derived from śāka, vegetables, but intp. in Chinese as powerful, strong, and explained by 能 powerful, also erroneously by 仁charitable, which belongs rather to association with Śākyamuni. The clan, which is said to have wandered hither from the delta of the Indus, occupied a district of a few thousand square miles lying on the slopes of the Nepalese hills and on the plains to the south. Its capital was Kapilavastu. At the time of Buddha the clan was under the suzerainty of Kośala, an adjoining kingdom Later Buddhists, in order to surpass Brahmans, invented a fabulous line of five kings of the Vivartakalpa headed by Mahāsammata 大三末多; these were followed by five cakravartī, the first being Mūrdhaja 頂生王; after these came nineteen kings, the first being Cetiya 捨帝, the last Mahādeva 大天; these were succeeded by dynasties of 5,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 15,000 kings; after which long Gautama opens a line of 1,100 kings, the last, Ikṣvāku, reigning at Potala. With Ikṣvāku the Śākyas are said to have begun. His four sons reigned at Kapilavastu. 'Śākyamuni was one of his descendants in the seventh generation.' Later, after the destruction of Kapilavastu by Virūḍhaka, four survivors of the family founded the kingdoms of Udyana, Bamyam, Himatala, and Sāmbī. Eitel.

門中


门中

see styles
mén zhōng
    men2 zhong1
men chung
 monchuu / monchu
    もんちゅう
Okinawa family clan based on the paternal line that shares the same tomb and performs rituals together; (surname) Monnaka
in [this or that] aspect

門葉


门叶

see styles
mén shě
    men2 she3
men she
 monyou / monyo
    もんよう
(rare) bloodline; lineage; family; clan
the tradition of a particular school

開祖


开祖

see styles
kāi zǔ
    kai1 zu3
k`ai tsu
    kai tsu
 kaiso
    かいそ
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
The founder of a sect, or clan.

閥族

see styles
 batsuzoku
    ばつぞく
clan; clique

閨閥

see styles
 keibatsu / kebatsu
    けいばつ
clan

雄藩

see styles
 yuuhan / yuhan
    ゆうはん
(hist) influential feudal domain; powerful clan

集群

see styles
jí qún
    ji2 qun2
chi ch`ün
    chi chün
 shuugun / shugun
    しゅうぐん
clan; to clan together; to flock together
(noun/participle) gather a group together

三つ鱗

see styles
 mitsuuroko / mitsuroko
    みつうろこ
mitsuuroko emblem (three triangles in a triangular pattern; Hōjō clan symbol); (surname) Mitsuuroko

五摂家

see styles
 gosekke
    ごせっけ
(See 摂関) the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period

佛五姓

see styles
fó wǔ xìng
    fo2 wu3 xing4
fo wu hsing
 butsugoshō
The five surnames of Buddha before he became enlightened: 瞿曇 Gautama, a branch of the Śākya clan; 甘蔗Ikṣvāku, one of Buddha's ancestors; 日種 Sūryavaṁśa, of the sun race; 舍夷 ? Śāka; 釋迦 Śākya, the name of Buddha's clan. This last is generally used in China.

佛種姓


佛种姓

see styles
fó zhǒng xìng
    fo2 zhong3 xing4
fo chung hsing
 busshushō
Those of the Buddha-clan, Buddhists.

倭漢氏

see styles
 yamatonoayauji
    やまとのあやうじ
Yamato no Aya clan

六文銭

see styles
 rokumonsen
    ろくもんせん
(See 三途の川) crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)

吊瓶族

see styles
diào píng zú
    diao4 ping2 zu2
tiao p`ing tsu
    tiao ping tsu
"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc

奔奔族

see styles
bēn bēn zú
    ben1 ben1 zu2
pen pen tsu
lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)

宝結び

see styles
 takaramusubi
    たからむすび
(1) endless knot; treasure knot; (2) takaramusubi emblem (clan crest made of knots)

平打ち

see styles
 hirauchi
    ひらうち
(1) blow striking with the flat of the sword; (2) (See 平手打ち) to slap; (3) metal flattened by striking; (4) tape; flat braid; (5) (See 簪) type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers

族姓女

see styles
zú xìng nǚ
    zu2 xing4 nv3
tsu hsing nü
 zokushōnyo
a daughter of a great clan

族姓子

see styles
zú xìng zǐ
    zu2 xing4 zi3
tsu hsing tzu
 zokushō shi
a son of a great clan

族姓家

see styles
zú xìng jiā
    zu2 xing4 jia1
tsu hsing chia
 zokushō ke
a great clan

族姓男

see styles
zú xìng nán
    zu2 xing4 nan2
tsu hsing nan
 zokushōdan
a son of a great clan

月光族

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yuè guāng zú
    yue4 guang1 zu2
yüeh kuang tsu
 gekkouzoku / gekkozoku
    げっこうぞく
lit. moonlight group; fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)
(colloquialism) (from Chinese) carefree young people who spend all their income; moonlight clan

東漢氏

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 yamatonoayauji
    やまとのあやうじ
Yamato no Aya clan

氏の上

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 ujinokami
    うじのかみ
(archaism) head of a clan

爲家主


为家主

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wéi jiā zhǔ
    wei2 jia1 zhu3
wei chia chu
 i keshu
[as the] head of the family; clan

瞿曇仙


瞿昙仙

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jù tán xiān
    ju4 tan2 xian1
chü t`an hsien
    chü tan hsien
 Gudon sen
An ancient ṛṣi, said to be one of the founders of the clan.

神農氏


神农氏

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shén nóng shì
    shen2 nong2 shi4
shen nung shih
Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China; followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]

薩摩閥

see styles
 satsumabatsu
    さつまばつ
Satsuma clan

Variations:

see styles
 yakara
    やから
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

迦羅越


迦罗越

see styles
jiā luó yuè
    jia1 luo2 yue4
chia lo yüeh
 karaotsu
kulapati, the head of a clan, or family.

鈕祜祿


钮祜禄

see styles
niǔ hù lù
    niu3 hu4 lu4
niu hu lu
Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan)

長髄彦

see styles
 nagasunehiko
    ながすねひこ
(leg) Nagasunehiko; legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi; (male given name) Nagasunehiko

頂生王


顶生王

see styles
dǐng shēng wáng
    ding3 sheng1 wang2
ting sheng wang
Mūrdhaja-rāja, the king born from the crown of the head, name of the first cakravartī ancestors of the Śākya clan; the name is also applied to a former incarnation of Śākyamuni.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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