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Depending on the context, 教友 can mean Christian or “friend of the same religion.”
While technically, it could be any religion, this is used mainly within the Christian faith. You can also translate this as “Christian friend” and, in some cases, “Church member.”
信仰 means firm belief, faith, persuasion, conviction, and sometimes religion or creed in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This clearly fits the religious connotation of the English word “devotion.”
This is often used to refer to a person of faith or a religious person.
This can be directly translated as “firm belief,” “creed,” “conviction,” or simply as “religious,” depending on context.
Some will also use this to mean “trust in God” in Japanese (though the term for God is not actually in this title).
It should be noted that this word is a little strange alone on a wall scroll.
While this can be pronounced in Japanese, it’s not a great selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Japanese.
See Also: Faith | Trust | Devotion | Trust | Trust in God
The religion of the Hui People
回教 means “Hui Religion” in Chinese.
It refers specifically to the Hui people (Huizu), who have typical Oriental looks but are Muslim (practice the religion of Islam). Hui people can be found throughout China, often establishing Muslim neighborhoods in many cities.
My Japanese dictionary lists this as the all-Kanji way to write Islam as well.
In Korean, the first character is used as a short name to say Muslim.
保佑 is the more religious and sometimes superstitious word for protection in Chinese. It's sort of a blessing of protection and is often translated as “bless and protect,” “blessing,” or “to bless.”
This would be used as the protection or blessing that a deity (such as God) would bestow upon you. It is not religion-specific in the same way a language cannot be specific to any religion.
Note: Sometimes the second character is written in the form shown to the right. Let us know if you have a preference when you place your order.
See Also: Guardian Angel
The way of the truth
These search terms might be related to Religious:
Devout / Godly / Faithful
Holy Bible
Holy Diver
Holy Land
Holy Man / Saint
Holy Mother / Saint Mary
Holy Spirit / Holy Ghost
Holy Warrior
Life Energy / Spiritual Energy
Sacred Fire
Spirit / Spiritual Essence
Spiritual Peace / Enlightened Peace
Spiritual Soul Mates
Spiritual Strength / Strength of Spirit
Spiritual Warrior
The Holy Trinity
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your religious 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. |
忍 see styles |
rěn ren3 jen nin にん |
More info & calligraphy: Patience / Perseverance(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things. |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
門 门 see styles |
mén men2 men mon(p); kado もん(P); かど |
More info & calligraphy: Gate(n,n-suf) (1) gate; (n,n-suf) (2) (もん only) branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; (n,n-suf) (3) (もん only) {biol} division; phylum; (counter) (4) (もん only) counter for cannons; (surname) Yuki A door; gate; a sect, school, teaching, especially one leading to salvation or nirvana. |
信仰 see styles |
xìn yǎng xin4 yang3 hsin yang shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Religious Devotion / Faith in God / Religious Faith(noun, transitive verb) (religious) faith; belief; creed; (given name) Shinkou To believe in and look up to. |
修行 see styles |
xiū xíng xiu1 xing2 hsiu hsing shugyou(p); sugyou(ok) / shugyo(p); sugyo(ok) しゅぎょう(P); すぎょう(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Shugyo(noun, transitive verb) (1) training; practice; discipline; study; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} ascetic practices; (personal name) Nobuyuki caryā, conduct; to observe and do; to end one's ways; to cultivate oneself in right practice; be religious, or pious. |
參禪 参禅 see styles |
cān chán can1 chan2 ts`an ch`an tsan chan noshi wo ri |
More info & calligraphy: Zen UnderstandingTo inquire, discuss, seek religious instruction. |
毛拉 see styles |
máo lā mao2 la1 mao la |
More info & calligraphy: Maura |
義理 义理 see styles |
yì lǐ yi4 li3 i li giri ぎり |
More info & calligraphy: Giri(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa reason |
聖人 圣人 see styles |
shèng rén sheng4 ren2 sheng jen seijin / sejin せいじん |
More info & calligraphy: Holy Man / Saint(1) {Christn} saint; (2) (orig. meaning) wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; sage; (3) (See 清酒) refined sake; (male given name) Masato is the opposite of the 凡人 common, or unenlightened man. |
道場 道场 see styles |
dào chǎng dao4 chang3 tao ch`ang tao chang doujou / dojo どうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Dojo / Martial Arts Studio(1) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提道場) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (surname) Michiba Truth-plot. bodhimaṇḍala, circle, or place of enlightenment. The place where Buddha attained enlightenment. A place, or method, for attaining to Buddha-truth. An object of or place for religious offerings. A place for teaching, learning, or practising religion. |
乞求者 see styles |
qǐ qiú zhě qi3 qiu2 zhe3 ch`i ch`iu che chi chiu che kotsugusha |
More info & calligraphy: Religious Seeker |
ちゃんと see styles |
chanto チャント |
(1) (religious) chant; (2) chant (in a sports game, etc.); cheer; (personal name) Chant |
信心深い see styles |
shinjinbukai しんじんぶかい |
More info & calligraphy: Devout / Godly / Faithful |
師 师 see styles |
shī shi1 shih shi し |
teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops (1) teacher; master; mentor; (n,suf) (2) religious leader; (suffix) (3) specialist; (4) (hist) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army); (surname) Morosaki A host, army; a leader, preceptor, teacher, model; tr. of upādhyāya, an 'under-teacher', generally intp. as a Buddhist monk. |
梵 see styles |
fàn fan4 fan bon ぼん |
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican (1) Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism); Brahma; (2) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (3) (abbreviation) (See 梵語) Sanskrit; (given name) Bon Brahman (from roots bṛh, vṛh, connected with bṛṃh, "religious devotion," "prayer," "a sacred text," or mantra, "the mystic syllable om"; "sacred learning," "the religious life," "the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal," "the Absolute," "the priestly or sacerdotal class," etc. M.W. Translit. |
禡 祃 see styles |
mà ma4 ma |
(arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war |
講 讲 see styles |
jiǎng jiang3 chiang kou / ko こう |
to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as something is concerned; speech; lecture (n,n-suf) (1) (Buddhist) lecture meeting; (n,n-suf) (2) religious association; (n,n-suf) (3) mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance); (surname) Kōsaki To talk, explain, preach, discourse. |
齋 斋 see styles |
zhāi zhai1 chai hitoshi ひとし |
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk) (surname) Hitoshi To reverence: abstinence; to purify as by fasting, or abstaining, e.g. from flesh food; religious or abstinential duties, or times; upavasatha (uposatha), a fast; the ritual period for food, i.e. before noon; a room for meditation, a study, a building, etc., devoted to abstinence, chastity, or the Buddhist religion; mourning (for parents). |
一臈 see styles |
yī là yi1 la4 i la ichirō |
一臘 The end of the monastic year at the summer retreat; a monastic year; also called 法臈? or 法歲, the religious year; cf. 一夏. |
三自 see styles |
sān zì san1 zi4 san tzu sanji |
abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[San1 zi4 Ai4 guo2 Jiao4 hui4], Three-Self Patriotic Movement Three divisions of the eight-fold noble path, the first to the third 自調 self-control, the fourth and fifth 自淨 self-purification, the last three 自度 self-development in the religious life and in wisdom. Also 自體, 自相, 自用 substance, form, and function. |
不淫 see styles |
bù yín bu4 yin2 pu yin fuin ふいん |
(often religious) celibacy; chastity abstention from sexual indulgence |
予言 see styles |
yogen よげん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) prediction; prophecy; prognostication; foretelling; forecast; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (See 預言) (religious) prophecy |
二愛 二爱 see styles |
èr ài er4 ai4 erh ai futae ふたえ |
(female given name) Futae The two kinds of love, 欲愛 ordinary human love springing from desire; 法愛 bodhisattva or religious love, i.e. desiring to save all creatures. |
信教 see styles |
xìn jiào xin4 jiao4 hsin chiao shinkyou / shinkyo しんきょう |
religious belief; to practice a faith; to be religious religious belief; faith; (personal name) Michinori |
修士 see styles |
xiū shì xiu1 shi4 hsiu shih shuushi / shushi しゅうし |
member of religious order; frater (noun - becomes adjective with の) master's (academic degree); (given name) Shuuji |
修會 修会 see styles |
xiū huì xiu1 hui4 hsiu hui |
religious order |
修道 see styles |
xiū dào xiu1 dao4 hsiu tao shuudou / shudo しゅうどう |
to practice Daoism (n,vs,vi) learning; studying the fine arts; (given name) Nagamichi To cultivate the way of religion; be religious; the way of self-cultivation. In the Hīnayāna the stage from anāgāmin to arhat; in Mahāyāna one of the bodhisattva stages. |
僧号 see styles |
sougou / sogo そうごう |
priest's religious name |
儀礼 see styles |
girei / gire ぎれい |
(1) courtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol; (2) (religious) observance; ritual; rite; (given name) Girei |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Christian Friend | 教友 | jiào yǒu / jiao4 you3 / jiao you / jiaoyou | chiao yu / chiaoyu | |
Religious Devotion Faith in God Religious Faith | 信仰 | shin kou / shinkou / shin ko | xìn yǎng / xin4 yang3 / xin yang / xinyang | hsin yang / hsinyang |
Islam | 回教 | kai kyou / kaikyou / kai kyo | huí jiào / hui2 jiao4 / hui jiao / huijiao | hui chiao / huichiao |
Blessings and Protection | 保佑 / 保祐 保佑 | bǎo yòu / bao3 you4 / bao you / baoyou | pao yu / paoyu | |
Religious Seeker | 乞求者 | kotsugusha | qǐ qiú zhě qi3 qiu2 zhe3 qi qiu zhe qiqiuzhe | ch`i ch`iu che chichiuche chi chiu che |
True Religion Buddha Truth | 實道 实道 | jitsu dou / jitsudou / jitsu do | shí dào / shi2 dao4 / shi dao / shidao | shih tao / shihtao |
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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