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12345>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
一 see styles |
yī yi1 i ii / i イー |
More info & calligraphy: One(numeric) one (chi: yī); (female given name) Moto eka. One, unity, monad, once, the same; immediately on (seeing, hearing, etc.). |
切 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh setsu せつ |
More info & calligraphy: Che(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch) To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反. |
草 see styles |
cào cao4 ts`ao tsao hajime はじめ |
More info & calligraphy: Cao / Kusa / Grass(1) draft; rough copy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style; (female given name) Hajime Grass, herbs, plants; rough; female (of animals, birds, etc. ). |
鳥 鸟 see styles |
niǎo niao3 niao yanadori やなどり |
More info & calligraphy: Bird(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry; (surname) Yanadori A bird. |
情報 情报 see styles |
qíng bào qing2 bao4 ch`ing pao ching pao jouhou / joho じょうほう |
More info & calligraphy: Intelligence / Information-Gathering(1) information; news; report; intelligence; (2) information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); (3) informatics (as a subject) |
スマイリー see styles |
sumairii / sumairi スマイリー |
More info & calligraphy: Smiley |
丂 see styles |
kǎo kao3 k`ao kao |
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters |
丆 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system |
丨 see styles |
shù shu4 shu |
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3] |
丵 see styles |
zhuó zhuo2 cho |
thick grass; "bush" component in Chinese characters |
丶 see styles |
zhǔ zhu3 chu |
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 點|点[dian3] |
丷 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system |
丿 see styles |
piě pie3 p`ieh pieh |
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4), aka 撇[pie3] |
乇 see styles |
zhé zhe2 che |
"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters |
乊 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ho"), an ancient Korean writing system |
乙 see styles |
zhé zhe2 che kinoto きのと |
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2] (noun or adjectival noun) second in rank; second sign of the Chinese calendar; (surname, female given name) Kinoto |
乚 see styles |
yà ya4 ya |
component in Chinese characters; old variant of 毫[hao2]; old variant of 乙[yi3] |
乥 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "hol"), an ancient Korean writing system |
亅 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh |
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6), aka 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] |
亠 see styles |
tóu tou2 t`ou tou |
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8) |
亪 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ye"), an ancient Korean writing system |
亻 see styles |
rén ren2 jen |
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9) |
亽 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system |
仒 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "eo" or "sya"), an ancient Korean writing system |
伊 see styles |
yī yi1 i i い |
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that (abbreviation) (See 伊太利・イタリア) Italy; (personal name) Yoshi He, she, it; that; translit. i, ai, ṛ; cf. 壹, 彝 and 意; for the long ī the double characters 翳吚 and 伊伊 are sometimes used. |
伩 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin |
variant of 信[xin4] (originally meant as part of the second round of simplified Chinese characters) |
儿 see styles |
rén ren2 jen |
variant of 人[ren2]; "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc |
冂 see styles |
jiōng jiong1 chiung maki まき |
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4] (female given name) Maki |
冖 see styles |
mì mi4 mi |
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4] |
冫 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping |
"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3] |
匸 see styles |
xì xi4 hsi |
"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23) (distinguished from 匚[fang1]) |
卩 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh warifu わりふ |
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26) (See 割符) kanji "seal" radical (radical 26) |
卪 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system |
厂 see styles |
hǎn han3 han gandare がんだれ |
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc (kana only) kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27) |
厼 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "keum"), an ancient Korean writing system |
反 see styles |
fǎn fan3 fan sori そり |
contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system (prefix) (1) anti-; (2) (See 反定立) antithesis; (3) (abbreviation) (See 反切) fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone; (surname) Sori To turn over, turn or send back; contrary; to rebel. |
句 see styles |
jù ju4 chü ku く |
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse (n,n-suf) (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; (n,n-suf) (2) {ling} phrase; (n,n-suf) (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); (n,n-suf) (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; (n,n-suf) (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression; (n,n-suf) (6) {comp} clause (e.g. in a database query language) A sentence, phrase, clause; also used for a place. |
圕 see styles |
tuān tuan1 t`uan tuan |
contraction of the three characters of 圖書館|图书馆[tu2 shu1 guan3]; library |
塢 坞 see styles |
wù wu4 wu u |
(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort A bank, wall, entrenchment, dock; translit. u, for which many other characters are used, e.g. 烏; 憂; 于, etc. |
墨 see styles |
mò mo4 mo boku ぼく |
ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead (1) (abbreviation) (See 墨西哥・メキシコ) Mexico; (2) (rare) (See 墨家) Mohism; (3) (archaism) (See 墨・1) ink; (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 墨刑) tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China); (personal name) Boku Ink; black; dyed black, e.g. 墨衣 black clothes, at one time said to have been the garb of the monk to distinguish him from the ordinary people who wore white. |
壭 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "san"), an ancient Korean writing system |
夂 see styles |
zhǐ zhi3 chih |
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters; see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2] |
广 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen madare まだれ |
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc kanji "dotted cliff" radical (radical 53) |
廴 see styles |
yǐn yin3 yin |
"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc |
彡 see styles |
shān shan1 shan |
"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59) |
扌 see styles |
shǒu shou3 shou |
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc |
捺 see styles |
nà na4 na natsu なつ |
to press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) (female given name) Natsu To press down; a pen-stroke to the right; translit. na. |
朩 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "pin"), an ancient Korean writing system |
朰 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "teul"), an ancient Korean writing system |
楷 see styles |
kǎi kai3 k`ai kai nori のり |
model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style) (1) (See 楷書・かいしょ) regular script (of Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style; (2) Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis); (female given name) Nori |
氵 see styles |
shuǐ shui3 shui |
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc; see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3] |
灬 see styles |
huǒ huo3 huo |
"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc |
爫 see styles |
zhǎo zhao3 chao |
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87) |
直 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih masami まさみ |
straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters (prefix) (kana only) earnestly; immediately; exactly; (surname) Masami Straight, upright, direct; to arrange. |
磔 see styles |
zhé zhe2 che taku たく |
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]; sound made by birds (onom.); (literary) to dismember (form of punishment); to spread (See 永字八法) eighth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls rightwards and fattens at the bottom |
篆 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan ten てん |
seal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆; writing in seal script (See 篆書) seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script |
糹 纟 see styles |
sī si1 ssu |
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lu : 4], 累[lei4] etc; also pr. [mi4] |
繁 see styles |
fán fan2 fan tokushige とくしげ |
complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters (1) (ant: 簡・1) complexity; frequency; trouble; (2) (abbreviation) (See 繁体字) traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character; (surname) Tokushige many |
罖 see styles |
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one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system |
虍 see styles |
hū hu1 hu |
stripes of a tiger; "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) |
訁 讠 see styles |
yán yan2 yen |
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149); see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2] |
豎 竖 see styles |
shù shu4 shu |
to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) |
豸 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih |
worm-like invertebrate; mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]); radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153) |
镸 see styles |
cháng chang2 ch`ang chang |
"long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168) |
隸 隶 see styles |
lì li4 li rei |
(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate; (bound form) to be subordinate to; (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) To control; retainers. |
飠 饣 see styles |
shí shi2 shih |
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184) |
點 点 see styles |
diǎn dian3 tien ten |
to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts To dot, touch, punctuate, light, nod; the stroke of a clock; to check off; a speck, dot, drop, etc. |
㐄 see styles |
kuà kua4 k`ua kua |
component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂[zhi3] |
㔾 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh |
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26) |
龶 see styles |
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component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc, referred to as 青字頭|青字头[qing1 zi4 tou2] |
CP see styles |
c p c p c p shii pii; shiipii(sk) / shi pi; shipi(sk) シー・ピー; シーピー(sk) |
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling") (1) (See コマーシャルペーパー) commercial paper; CP; (2) (See 共産党) communist party; CP; (3) (See 脳性麻痺) cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; CP; (4) (See カウンターパーチェス) counterpurchase; (5) (See クリーナープロダクション) cleaner production; (6) (See コンプライアンスプログラム) compliance program; (7) {physics} charge parity; C parity; CP; (8) (See カップリング・2) shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.) |
カフ see styles |
kapu カプ |
(abbreviation) (slang) (See カップリング・2) shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.); (personal name) Gabb |
チビ see styles |
chibi チビ |
(1) (kana only) (sensitive word) small child; pipsqueak; small fry; small, cute versions of manga, anime, etc. characters, typically with oversized heads; (2) (sensitive word) (kana only) short person; midget; dwarf; (3) small animal; runt; (prefix) (4) worn down (pencil, etc.) |
ネ申 see styles |
kami(gikun) かみ(gikun) |
(n-pref,adj-na) (net-sl) (written with characters resembling 神) (See 神・かみ・2) incredible; fantastic; amazing |
レ点 see styles |
reten レてん |
(1) (See 返り点) mark indicating that the order of the adjacent characters is to be reversed (for reading kanbun in Japanese word order); (2) check mark; tick mark |
七言 see styles |
shichigon しちごん |
Chinese poem with seven characters per line |
三字 see styles |
sān zì san1 zi4 san tzu sanji |
The "three characters", a term for 阿彌陀 Amitābha. |
九字 see styles |
jiǔ zì jiu3 zi4 chiu tzu kuji くじ |
{Buddh} (See 臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前) nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism) The nine magical characters 臨兵鬪者皆陳列在前 implying that the armed forces are arrayed against the powers of evil. After reciting these words, four vertical and five horizontal lines, forming a grid, are drawn in the air to show that the forces are arrayed. It was used among Taoists and soldiers, and is still used in Japan, especially when going into the mountains. |
亂碼 乱码 see styles |
luàn mǎ luan4 ma3 luan ma |
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) |
二字 see styles |
èr zì er4 zi4 erh tzu niji にじ |
two characters; name; (surname) Niji Double-letters, i.e. a monk-because a monk's name consists of two characters. |
五体 see styles |
gotai ごたい |
(1) the whole body; (2) the five styles of writing Chinese characters; (3) (orig. meaning) the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet) |
五刑 see styles |
wǔ xíng wu3 xing2 wu hsing gokei / goke ごけい |
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] (1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) |
五筆 五笔 see styles |
wǔ bǐ wu3 bi3 wu pi |
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 |
五言 see styles |
gogon ごごん |
Chinese poem with five characters per line |
仮借 see styles |
kashaku; kasha かしゃく; かしゃ |
(noun/participle) (1) (かしゃく only) pardon; extenuation; excuse; (noun/participle) (2) (かしゃく only) borrowing; (3) (one of the six classes of Chinese characters) (See 六書・1) phonetic loan character; loangraph; character used for its pronunciation |
仿紙 仿纸 see styles |
fǎng zhǐ fang3 zhi3 fang chih |
copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice) |
会意 see styles |
kaii / kai かいい |
(one of the six classes of Chinese characters) (See 六書・1) compound ideograph; character made up of meaningful parts |
伽陀 see styles |
qié tuó qie2 tuo2 ch`ieh t`o chieh to gyada |
伽他 (1) gātha ＝ song; gāthā, a metrical narrative or hymn, with moral purport, described as generally composed of thirty-two characters, and called 孤起頌 a detached stanza, distinguished from geya, 重頌 which repeats the ideas of preceding prose passages. (2) agada as adjective ＝ healthy; as noun ＝ antidote. (3) gata, arrived at, fallen into, or "in a state". |
佉樓 佉楼 see styles |
qiā lóu qia1 lou2 ch`ia lou chia lou Kyaru |
佉慮 (佉慮風吒); 佉路瑟吒 Kharoṣṭhi, tr. by "Ass's lips"; name of an ancient ṛṣi, perhaps Jyotīrasa. Also, "the writing of all the northerners," said to have been introduced by him, consisting of seventy-two characters. |
倉頡 仓颉 see styles |
cāng jié cang1 jie2 ts`ang chieh tsang chieh souketsu / soketsu そうけつ |
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing; (computing) Cangjie input method (abbreviation) {comp} (See 倉頡輸入法) Cangjie (input method for Chinese); (person) Cangjie (c. 2667-2596 BCE; supposed inventor of Chinese characters) |
假借 see styles |
jiǎ jiè jia3 jie4 chia chieh |
to make use of; to use something as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan |
八字 see styles |
bā zì ba1 zi4 pa tzu yaji やじ |
the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling (surname) Yaji The eight leading characters of the 聖行 chapter in the Nirvāṇa sūtra 生滅滅巳寂滅爲樂, the teaching of the sūtra is death, or nirvāṇa, as entry into joy. |
六書 六书 see styles |
liù shū liu4 shu1 liu shu rikusho; rokusho りくしょ; ろくしょ |
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer) (1) (See 象形・2,指事,会意,形声,転注,仮借・3) the six classes of Chinese characters; (2) (See 六体) the six historical styles of writing Chinese characters; (3) (ろくしょ only) Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible) |
六義 see styles |
rokugi ろくぎ |
(1) six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); (2) six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); (3) six principles of calligraphy; (4) (See 六書・1) six classes of kanji characters; (given name) Rokugi |
切韻 切韵 see styles |
qiè yùn qie4 yun4 ch`ieh yün chieh yün setsuin せついん |
see 反切[fan3 qie4] qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie) |
刻字 see styles |
kokuji こくじ |
(n,vs,vt,vi) carving characters; carved characters |
半角 see styles |
hankaku はんかく |
(See 全角) half-width characters (e.g. romaji); single-byte characters; en quad |
反切 see styles |
fǎn qiè fan3 qie4 fan ch`ieh fan chieh hansetsu はんせつ |
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone The system of indicating the initial and final sounds of a character by two others, ascribed to Sun Yen 孫炎 in the third century A D., arising out of the translit. of Sanskrit terms in Buddhist translation. |
喃字 see styles |
nán zì nan2 zi4 nan tzu |
Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam) |
墨刑 see styles |
mò xíng mo4 xing2 mo hsing bokkei; bokukei / bokke; bokuke ぼっけい; ぼくけい |
corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead (hist) (See 五刑・1) tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "6 Characters" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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