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2. Prideful Mind / Self-Respecting Heart
3. Independence
自恃 means self-reliance but is often used to mean self-confidence or the state of being self-assured.
Basically, this means you can rely on yourself (with a slight suggestion that others can rely on you as well).
The first character means “oneself,” while the second means “to rely upon.”
See Also: Confidence | Self-Confidence
自尊心 is a Japanese and Korean word that means “pride” or “self-respect.”
The first Kanji/Hanja means oneself. The second can mean revered, valuable, precious, noble, or exalted. And the last Kanji/Hanja means heart, mind, and/or spirit.
While these characters make sense and hold the same general meaning in Chinese, this is not a normal Chinese word. This selection should only be used if your audience is Japanese or Korean.
See Also: Respect | Pride | Self-Control | Self-Discipline
Besides meaning “to be independent,” this can also mean “to stand alone,” self-reliance or self-support.
Modern Japanese use a simplified version of the first character of independence. it’s the same simplified version currently used in mainland China, so understood by most Chinese and all Japanese people. Click on the character to the right if you want the simplified/Japanese version.
大乘無上法 means the supreme Mahāyāna truth.
This refers to the ultimate reality in contrast with the temporary and apparent. Other translations include “the reliance on the power of the vow of the bodhisattva” or “the peerless great vehicle teaching.”
Note: This may suggest that Mahayana Buddhism, as practiced in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other regions is superior (with subtle arrogance) to the original Theravada (or old school) Buddhism. Mahayana and Theravada Buddhists generally get along better than Catholics and Protestants, but there have been schisms.
信賴 can also be translated as confidence, reliance, or dependence; thus, it can also mean “to rely on” or “to depend on.”
Trust is having faith in someone or something. It is a positive attitude about life. You are confident that the right thing will happen without trying to control or make it happen. Even when difficult things happen, trust helps us to find the gift or lesson in it.
There is a slight deviation in the Japanese Kanji form of the second character. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people.
See Also: Confidence | Truth | Honor
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your reliance search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
信 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty / Fidelity(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論. |
独立 see styles |
dokuritsu どくりつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own; (n,vs,vi) (2) independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; (n,vs,vi) (3) separation; isolation |
自恃 see styles |
zì shì zi4 shi4 tzu shih |
More info & calligraphy: Self-Reliance |
大乘無上法 大乘无上法 see styles |
dà shèng wú shàng fǎ da4 sheng4 wu2 shang4 fa3 ta sheng wu shang fa daijō mujō hō |
More info & calligraphy: The Supreme Mahayana Truth |
緣 缘 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan en |
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along pratyaya means conviction, reliance, but with Buddhists especially it means 'a co-operating cause, the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its proximate cause'. M.W. It is the circumstantial, conditioning, or secondary cause, in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. hetu is as the seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind 能緣can reason, the objective is 所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are 因緣; 次第緣; 緣緣, and 增上緣 q.v. |
主体 see styles |
chuche チュチェ |
(1) (kana only) (See 主体思想) Juche (North Korean political ideology) (kor:); self-reliance; (2) (kana only) Juche (North Korean calendar) |
依存 see styles |
yī cún yi1 cun2 i ts`un i tsun izon(p); ison いぞん(P); いそん |
to depend on something for existence; dependent on (n,vs,vt,vi) dependence; reliance |
依義 依义 see styles |
yī yì yi1 yi4 i i egi |
reliance upon the meaning |
依頼 see styles |
irai いらい |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); (n,vs,vi) (2) dependence; reliance |
信頼 see styles |
shinrai しんらい |
(noun, transitive verb) trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance; (personal name) Nobuyori |
恃み see styles |
tanomi たのみ |
(1) request; favor; favour; (n,n-suf) (2) reliance; dependence; trust |
憑み see styles |
tanomi たのみ |
(1) request; favor; favour; (n,n-suf) (2) reliance; dependence; trust |
憑拠 see styles |
hyoukyo / hyokyo ひょうきょ |
(noun/participle) basis; foundation; reliance |
独歩 see styles |
doppo; dokuho(ok) どっぽ; どくほ(ok) |
(n,vs,vi) (1) walking alone; walking without assistance; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-reliance; being independent; (can be adjective with の) (3) unique; matchless; unparalleled; unequaled; unrivaled; unchallenged; peerless; (given name) Doppo |
独行 see styles |
dokkou / dokko どっこう |
(n,vs,vi) (1) going alone; travelling alone; solitary journey; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-reliance; acting independently; doing by oneself; (personal name) Tokuyuki |
甘え see styles |
amae あまえ |
(See 甘える・あまえる) lack of self-reliance; depending on others |
自主 see styles |
zì zhǔ zi4 zhu3 tzu chu jishu じしゅ |
independent; to act for oneself; autonomous (noun/participle) independence; autonomy; self-reliance |
自助 see styles |
zì zhù zi4 zhu4 tzu chu jijo じじょ |
self-service self-help; self-reliance; (given name) Jisuke |
自立 see styles |
zì lì zi4 li4 tzu li jiritsu じりつ |
independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself (n,vs,vi,adj-no) independence; self-reliance; (given name) Yoritatsu self-sufficient |
言法 see styles |
yán fǎ yan2 fa3 yen fa gonpō |
the method of [reliance on] words |
頼り see styles |
tayori たより |
reliance; dependence |
七最勝 七最胜 see styles |
qī zuì shèng qi1 zui4 sheng4 ch`i tsui sheng chi tsui sheng shichi saishō |
The seven perfections, see唯識論, 9. 安住最勝 Perfect rest in the bodhisattva nature. 依止最勝 perfect reliance on, or holding fast to the great bodhi (awakened mind). 意果最勝 perfect resultant aim in-pity for all 事業最勝 Perfect in constant performance. 巧便最勝 Perfect in able device (for spiritual presentation). 廻向最勝 Perfect direction towards the highest bodhi. 滿淨最勝 Perfect purity and peace. |
二依處 二依处 see styles |
èr yī chù er4 yi1 chu4 erh i ch`u erh i chu ni esho |
two loci of reliance |
人頼り see styles |
hitodayori ひとだより |
reliance on others |
依存度 see styles |
izondo いぞんど |
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance |
依文字 see styles |
yī wén zì yi1 wen2 zi4 i wen tzu e monji |
reliance upon the letters |
依止力 see styles |
yī zhǐ lì yi1 zhi3 li4 i chih li eshiriki |
strength of reliance |
因明論 因明论 see styles |
yīn míng lùn yin1 ming2 lun4 yin ming lun inmyō ron |
reliance on logic |
心頼み see styles |
kokorodanomi こころだのみ |
reliance; dependence |
無常依 无常依 see styles |
wú cháng yī wu2 chang2 yi1 wu ch`ang i wu chang i mujō e |
The reliance of the impermanent, i.e. Buddha, upon whom mortals can rely. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Self-Reliance | 自恃 | zì shì / zi4 shi4 / zi shi / zishi | tzu shih / tzushih | |
Prideful Mind Self-Respecting Heart | 自尊心 | ji son shin jisonshin | zì zūn xīn zi4 zun1 xin1 zi zun xin zizunxin | tzu tsun hsin tzutsunhsin |
Independence | 獨立 独立 | dokuritsu | dú lì / du2 li4 / du li / duli | tu li / tuli |
Standing by Oneself Walking by Oneself | 獨立獨步 独立独步 | do kuritsu do ppo dokuritsudoppo do kuritsu do po | ||
The Supreme Mahayana Truth | 大乘無上法 大乘无上法 | dai jou mu jou hou daijoumujouhou dai jo mu jo ho | dà shèng wú shàng fǎ da4 sheng4 wu2 shang4 fa3 da sheng wu shang fa dashengwushangfa | ta sheng wu shang fa tashengwushangfa |
Trust To Have Faith | 信賴 信赖 | shinrai | xìn lài / xin4 lai4 / xin lai / xinlai | hsin lai / hsinlai |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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