地獄 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Hell

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dì yù

jigoku

지옥

地獄 is the way that hell is written in modern Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

There's more than one way to express hell, but this is the one that has stood the test of time.

The first character refers to the ground or the earth.
The second character means jail or prison.

You can also translate this word as infernal, inferno, Hades, or underworld.

It should be noted that this is a somewhat terrible selection for a wall scroll. Hanging this in your home is like telling the world that your home is hell. Oddly, many people search for this on our website, so I added it for reference.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
地獄地狱 see styles	dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく	More info & calligraphy: Hell hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka (1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.
八地獄八地狱 see styles	bā dì yù ba1 di4 yu4 pa ti yü hachi jigoku	八地獄 Custom Scroll eight hells
叉地獄 see styles	chā dì yù cha1 di4 yu4 ch`a ti yü cha ti yü	叉地獄 Custom Scroll The hell in which the sufferers are dismembered with five-pronged forks.
地獄人地狱人 see styles	dì yù rén di4 yu4 ren2 ti yü jen jigoku nin	地獄人 Custom Scroll hell denizens
地獄卒地狱卒 see styles	dì yù zú di4 yu4 zu2 ti yü tsu jigoku no sotsu	地獄卒 Custom Scroll demon jailer
地獄受地狱受 see styles	dì yù shòu di4 yu4 shou4 ti yü shou jigoku ju	地獄受 Custom Scroll undergo the retribution of being born in a hell
地獄台 see styles	jigokudai じごくだい	地獄台 Custom Scroll (place-name) Jigokudai
地獄因地狱因 see styles	dì yù yīn di4 yu4 yin1 ti yü yin jigoku in	地獄因 Custom Scroll a cause of falling into hell
地獄圖地狱图 see styles	dì yù tú di4 yu4 tu2 ti yü t`u ti yü tu jigoku zu	地獄圖 Custom Scroll depiction of hell
地獄変 see styles	jigokuhen じごくへん	地獄変 Custom Scroll picture of Hell
地獄島 see styles	jigokujima ぢごくじま	地獄島 Custom Scroll (place-name) Digokujima
地獄川 see styles	chigokugawa ちごくがわ	地獄川 Custom Scroll (place-name) Chigokugawa
地獄業地狱业 see styles	dì yù yè di4 yu4 ye4 ti yü yeh jigoku gō	地獄業 Custom Scroll hell-bent activity
地獄沢 see styles	jigokuzawa じごくざわ	地獄沢 Custom Scroll (place-name) Jigokuzawa
地獄沼 see styles	jigokunuma じごくぬま	地獄沼 Custom Scroll (personal name) Jigokunuma
地獄滝 see styles	jigokudaki じごくだき	地獄滝 Custom Scroll (place-name) Jigokudaki
地獄界地狱界 see styles	dì yù jiè di4 yu4 jie4 ti yü chieh jigoku kai	地獄界 Custom Scroll hell realms
地獄絵 see styles	jigokue じごくえ	地獄絵 Custom Scroll (See 地獄変) picture of Hell; painting representing Hell
地獄繪地狱绘 see styles	dì yù huì di4 yu4 hui4 ti yü hui jigoku e	地獄繪 Custom Scroll depiction of hell
地獄耳 see styles	jigokumimi じごくみみ	地獄耳 Custom Scroll (n,exp) (1) being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; (n,exp) (2) ability to remember everything one hears
地獄變地狱变 see styles	dì yù biàn di4 yu4 bian4 ti yü pien jigoku hen	地獄變 Custom Scroll depiction of hell
地獄谷 see styles	jigogudani じごぐだに	地獄谷 Custom Scroll (personal name) Jigogudani
地獄趣地狱趣 see styles	dì yù qù di4 yu4 qu4 ti yü ch`ü ti yü chü jigoku shu	地獄趣 Custom Scroll hell beings
地獄道地狱道 see styles	dì yù dào di4 yu4 dao4 ti yü tao jigokudou / jigokudo じごくどう	地獄道 Custom Scroll {Buddh} (See 六道) naraka (hell) realm or 地獄趣 The hell-gati, br destiny of reincarnation in the hells.
地獄鼻 see styles	jigokubana じごくばな	地獄鼻 Custom Scroll (place-name) Jigokubana
墮地獄堕地狱 see styles	duò dì yù duo4 di4 yu4 to ti yü da jigoku	墮地獄 Custom Scroll fall into hell
大地獄大地狱 see styles	dà dì yù da4 di4 yu4 ta ti yü dai jigoku	大地獄 Custom Scroll a great hell
孤地獄孤地狱 see styles	gū dì yù gu1 di4 yu4 ku ti yü ko jigoku	孤地獄 Custom Scroll (孤獨地獄) Lokāntarika, solitary hells situated in space, or the wilds, etc.
寒地獄寒地狱 see styles	hán dì yù han2 di4 yu4 han ti yü kan jigoku	寒地獄 Custom Scroll cold hell
小地獄 see styles	kojigoku こじごく	小地獄 Custom Scroll (place-name) Kojigoku

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Hell	地獄地狱	jigoku	dì yù / di4 yu4 / di yu / diyu	ti yü / tiyü
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.