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měng
    meng3
meng
meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan); variant of 猛[meng3]


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chì
    chi4
ch`ih
    chih
variant of 敕[chi4]
See:

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miǎn
    mian3
mien
variant of 勉[mian3]


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láo
    lao2
lao
 rō
to toil; labor; laborer; to put sb to trouble (of doing something); meritorious deed; to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)
Toil, labour, trouble; to reward.


𪟝

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    ji4
chi
 isao
    いさお
merit; accomplishment (variant of 績|绩[ji4])
(given name) Isao


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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
variant of 剿[jiao3]

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quàn
    quan4
ch`üan
    chüan
 tsutomu
    つとむ
Japanese variant of 勸|劝
(male given name) Tsutomu


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    yi4
i
(literary) toilsome; laborious; (of an edge etc) worn out; blunt


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xūn
    xun1
hsün
 tsutomu
    つとむ
variant of 勛|勋[xun1]
merit (esp. order of merit); (male given name) Tsutomu


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xūn
    xun1
hsün
 isao
    いさお
variant of 勛|勋[xun1]
(female given name) Isao
merit

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bāo
    bao1
pao
old variant of 包[bao1]

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sháo
    shao2
shao
 seki
    せき
    shaku
    しゃく
spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
(1) 18 ml (one-tenth of a go); (2) 0.033 meters square (one-hundredth of a tsubo); (3) dip; ladle

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xx
    xx5
xx
 monme
    もんめ
(Japanese kokuji) momme (Japanese unit of weight equal to 3.75 grams)
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g)

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 kaoru
    かおる
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) odour; odor; scent; smell; stench; (2) aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor; (m,f) Kaoru


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gài
    gai4
kai
variant of 丐[gai4]


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gài
    gai4
kai
variant of 丐[gai4]

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bāo
    bao1
pao
 hou / ho
    ほう
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
(See ゲル) yurt (chi: bāo); (surname) Hou
to wrap

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xiōng
    xiong1
hsiung
 fun
    フン
old variant of 胸[xiong1]
(kana only) (See フン族) Huns

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pēng
    peng1
p`eng
    peng
noise of waters

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    ju1
chü
variant of 掬[ju1]

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páo
    pao2
p`ao
    pao
 fukube
    ふくべ
    hisago
    ひさご
    hisako
    ひさこ
bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
(1) (kana only) Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit; (2) Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd); (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (archaism) gourd; calabash; bottle gourd; (2) dried gourd, used as flask

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gōng
    gong1
kung
old variant of 匑[gong1]

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    bi3
pi
 shaji
    しゃじ
    saji
    さじ
    kai
    かい
dagger; ladle; ancient type of spoon
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) spoon

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huà
    hua4
hua
 fua
    ふあ
to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
(suffix) (after a noun) (See 機械化,映画化) change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification; (personal name) Fua
To transform, metamorphose: (1) conversion by instruction, salvation into Buddhism; (2) magic powers 通力 of transformation, of which there are said to be fourteen mental and eight formal kinds. It also has the meaning of immediate appearance out of the void, or creation 無而忽起; and of giving alms, spending, digesting, melting, etc.

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běi
    bei3
pei
 matsuki
    まつき
north; (classical) to be defeated
(1) {mahj} north wind tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles; (personal name) Matsuki
uttara, North.

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nǎo
    nao3
nao
old variant of 腦|脑[nao3]

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    za1
tsa
 sō
(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround; (literary) whole; full; (literary) classifier for a full circuit or a turn of a coil
circumambulate

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jiàng
    jiang4
chiang
old variant of 匠[jiang4]


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kàng
    kang4
k`ang
    kang
old variant of 炕[kang4]

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xiá
    xia2
hsia
 hako
    はこ
    kushige
    くしげ
box
(1) box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (colloquialism) public building; community building; (5) (archaism) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (6) (archaism) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (suf,ctr) (7) counter for boxes (or boxed objects); (archaism) toiletries case

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qiè
    qie4
ch`ieh
    chieh
old variant of 篋|箧[qie4]


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huì
    hui4
hui
to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange


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lián
    lian2
lien
variant of 奩|奁[lian2]


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lián
    lian2
lien
variant of 奩|奁[lian2]

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    du2
tu
old variant of 櫝|椟[du2]

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jiù
    jiu4
chiu
old variant of 柩[jiu4]

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    pi3
p`i
    pi
 hiki
    ひき
(bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair; classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]); classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower
(counter) (1) counter for small animals; (2) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (3) roll of cloth; (counter) (1) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (2) (archaism) counter for horses; (3) roll of cloth; (surname) Hiki

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    zu2
tsu
variant of 卒[zu2], soldier; to die

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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 minoru
    みのる
to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres; (personal name) Minoru

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    wu3
wu
 kogoe
    こごえ
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
(1) the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 午の刻) hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); (3) (obsolete) south; (4) (obsolete) fifth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Kogoe
Noon.

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bàn
    ban4
pan
 hanzaki
    はんざき
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
(n-pref,n) (1) half; semi-; partial; (suffix noun) (2) half-past; (3) (See 丁・3) odd number; (4) (archaism) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2); (surname) Hanzaki
Half. Used as translit. for pan, pun.

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shì
    shi4
shih
old variant of 世[shi4]

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wàn
    wan4
wan
 manji
    まんじ
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (given name) Manji
sauvastika, 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa, lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika, the crampons of which turn to the right.

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    zu2
tsu
 sosu
    そす
soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess
(1) (hist) low-ranking soldier; (n-suf,n) (2) (abbreviation) (See 卒業・1) graduation; (n-suf,n-pref) (3) (abbreviation) (See 卒業・2) moving on (from); outgrowing (something); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 卒族) low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); (5) (abbreviation) (See 卒去) death (of a noble, etc.); (given name) Sosu
suddenly

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dān
    dan1
tan
 tan
    たん
Japanese variant of 單|单
(prefix) (1) single; simple; (2) (abbreviation) (See 単試合) singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); (3) (abbreviation) (See 単勝式) win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race); (surname) Tan

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shuài
    shuai4
shuai
old variant of 率[shuai4]

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kuàng
    kuang4
k`uang
    kuang
classical variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]

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    bu3
pu
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]

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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 uranai
    うら
to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
(archaism) fortune-telling; divination
To divine, prognosticate.

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guà
    gua4
kua
 ke
    け
divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
divination sign

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xx
    xx5
xx
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

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áng
    ang2
ang
I (regional colloquial); me; variant of 昂[ang2]

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mǎo
    mao3
mao
 bou / bo
    ぼう
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]; to exert one's strength
(1) the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare; (2) (See 卯の刻) hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); (3) (obsolete) east; (4) (obsolete) second month in the lunar calendar; (personal name) Bou

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yìn
    yin4
yin
 in
    いん
to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image
(1) stamp; seal; chop; (2) seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print; (3) {Buddh} mudra (symbolic hand gesture); (4) ninja hand sign; (5) (abbreviation) (See 印度・インド) India; (surname) In
mudrā; seal, sign, symbol, emblem, proof, assurance, approve; also 印契; 契印; 印相. Manual signs indicative of various ideas, e. g. each finger represents one of the five primary elements, earth, water, fire, air, and space, beginning with the little finger; the left hand represents 定 stillness, or meditation, the right hand 慧 discernment or wisdom; they have also many other indications. Also, the various symbols of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, e. g. the thunderbolt; cf. 因.; (度) The five Indias, or five regions of India, idem 五天竺 q. v.

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    ji2
chi
 chikashi
    ちかし
namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
(adv,pref) (1) instantly; immediately; at once; (conjunction) (2) (usu. in negative sentence) equals; means; is; (3) {Buddh} oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability; (given name) Chikashi

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xiè
    xie4
hsieh
 oroshi
    おろし
to unload; to unhitch; to remove or strip; to get rid of
wholesale; (irregular okurigana usage) (n-suf,n) (1) dropping; unloading; removing; (2) grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; (3) (abbreviation) grater; (4) using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.); (place-name) Oroshi

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    ji2
chi
 zoku
variant of 即[ji2]; promptly
To draw up to, or near; approach; forthwith; to be; i.e. alias; if, even if; 就是. It is intp. as 和融 united together; 不二not two, i.e. identical; 不離 not separate, inseparable. It resembles implication, e.g. the afflictions or passions imply, or are, bodhi; births-and-deaths imply, or are, nirvana; the indication being that the one is contained in or leads to the other. Tiantai has three definitions: (1) The union, or unity, of two things, e.g. 煩惱 and 菩提, i.e. the passions and enlightenment, the former being taken as the 相 form, the latter 性 spirit, which two are inseparable; in other words, apart from the subjugation of the passions there is no enlightenment. (2) Back and front are inseparables; also (3) substance and quality, e.g. water and wave.

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qīng
    qing1
ch`ing
    ching
 akira
    あきら
high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old); (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old); honorific (old)
(pronoun) (1) (honorific or respectful language) (masculine speech) (archaism) (used to address someone of equal or lower status) you; (pronoun) (2) (honorific or respectful language) (archaism) (used by a ruler to address a subject) you; (given name) Akira
you


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    xi1
hsi
old variant of 膝[xi1]
See:

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    ya2
ya
old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)

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    li2
li
 rin
    りん
variant of 釐|厘[li2]
(numeric) (1) one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme); (2) old monetary unit (0.001 yen); (female given name) Rin


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    ce4
ts`e
    tse
 kawaya
    かわや
variant of 廁|厕[ce4]
(dated) privy; toilet
A privy, cesspool; also called 西淨; 東淨; 東司; 雪隱; 後架; 起止處, etc. Ucchuṣma, v. 烏, is the guardian spirit of the cesspool.


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    li4
li
old variant of 曆|历[li4]; old variant of 歷|历[li4]

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jué
    jue2
chüeh
 ketsu
to faint; to lose consciousness; his; her; its; their
Third personal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun; also used instead of 倶.

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
variant of 廑[qin2]


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yàn
    yan4
yen
 on
    いや
(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
(noun or adjectival noun) disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
Satiated; weary of; disgusted with.

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    si1
ssu
 shi
variant of 廝|厮[si1]
Attendant, an attendant, servant; to serve.

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chǎng
    chang3
ch`ang
    chang
variant of 廠|厂[chang3]

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yán
    yan2
yen
 tsuyoshi
    つよし
Japanese variant of 嚴|严
(adj-t,adv-to) strict; stern; (male given name) Tsuyoshi


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yǎn
    yan3
yen
 heta
    へた
operculum (Latin: little lid); a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy)
(kana only) {zool} operculum (of a shellfish)

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    si1
ssu
old variant of 私[si1]

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hóng
    hong2
hung
old variant of 宏[hong2]

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    qu4
ch`ü
    chü
old variant of 去[qu4]

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    qu4
ch`ü
    chü
 kyo
to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
Go, go away; gone, past; depart, leave; to remove, dismiss; the 去 tone.

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xx
    xx5
xx
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "keum"), an ancient Korean writing system

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sān
    san1
san
variant of 參|叁[san1]

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 hakaru
    はかる
{astron} (See 二十八宿,白虎・びゃっこ・2) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (given name) Hakaru


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shēn
    shen1
shen
 shin
ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
Reflect on, counsel, visit superior. An assembly a gathering for the purpose of meditation, preaching, worship. Read shen, the twenty-first constellation, α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, and k in Orion.; Worship on the four fives, i. e. the fifth, tenth, twentieth, and twenty-fifth days of the month; also ||上堂.

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sān
    san1
san
variant of 參|叁[san1]


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cān
    can1
ts`an
    tsan
 san
old variant of 參|参[can1]
convene

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chǎ
    cha3
ch`a
    cha
 sha
    また
to diverge; to open (as legs)
(1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
A fork, forked; to fold, folded.

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shōu
    shou1
shou
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
variant of 收[shou1]
(given name) Shuu

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ruò
    ruo4
jo
old variant of 若[ruo4]; obedient; ancient mythical tree

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    qu3
ch`ü
    chü
 takadori
    たかどり
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) appropriation; obtaining; (surname) Takadori
upādāna. To grasp, hold on to, held by, be attached to, love; used as indicating both 愛 love or desire and 煩惱 the vexing passions and illusions. It is one of the twelve nidānas 十二因緣 or 十二支 the grasping at or holding on to self-existence and things.

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shòu
    shou4
shou
 uke
    うけ
to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
{Buddh} (See 五蘊,十二因縁) vedana (sensation); (place-name) Uke
To receive, be, bear; intp. of vedana, 'perception,' 'knowledge obtained by the senses, feeling, sensation.' M. W. It is defined as mental reaction to the object, but in general it means receptivity, or sensation; the two forms of sensation of physical and mental objects are indicated. It is one of the five skandhas; as one of the twelve nidānas it indicates the incipient stage of sensation in the embryo.


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jiǎ
    jia3
chia
variant of 假[jia3]; to borrow
See:


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ruì
    rui4
jui
 tooru
    とおる
variant of 睿[rui4]
(given name) Tooru
intelligent


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cóng
    cong2
ts`ung
    tsung
 sou / so
    そう
cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket
(n-suf,n) {anat} plexus; rete; (surname) Sou
A copse, grove, wood; crowded.

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kǒu
    kou3
k`ou
    kou
 hamanoguchi
    はまのぐち
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
(1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) (See 働き口) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる・1) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords; (surname) Hamanoguchi
mukha, the mouth, especially as the organ of speech. 身, 口, 意 are the three media of corruption, body or deed , mouth or word, and mind or thought.

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    gu3
ku
 furuhama
    ふるはま
ancient; old; paleo-
(1) used item; secondhand item; (prefix noun) (2) old; used; previous; antiquity; ancient times; (surname) Furuhama
Ancient, antique, old; of old.

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    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.

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tāo
    tao1
t`ao
    tao
to receive the benefit of

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zhǐ
    zhi3
chih
 tada
    ただ
only; merely; just
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) ordinary; common; usual; (2) (kana only) free of charge; (3) unaffected; as is; safe; (adverb) (4) only; merely; just; simply; (conjunction) (5) but; however; nevertheless; (surname) Tada
Only; a final particle; translit. j.

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dīng
    ding1
ting
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently; to ask repeatedly; to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound

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tái
    tai2
t`ai
    tai
 dai
    だい
(classical) you (in letters); variant of 臺|台[tai2]
(n,n-suf) (1) stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table; holder; support; rack; (2) setting (of a gem); mounting; (3) (See 台木・1) stock (in grafting); (counter) (4) counter for machines and vehicles; (suffix) (5) (after a rounded value) level (e.g. price level); mark; range; decade (of one's life); (suffix noun) (6) tall building (with a fine view); (observation) platform; (suffix noun) (7) (in place names) plateau; heights; (surname) Dai
A flat place, platform, plateau, terrace; an abbrev. for 臺 and for 天台 Tiantai, hence 台嶽 the Tiantai mountain; 台宗; 台家 its 'school'; 台徒 its disciples; 台教; 台道 its doctrine, or way.

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shǐ
    shi3
shih
 fumihito
    ふみひと
history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
(archaism) court historian; (male given name) Fumihito
history

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yòu
    you4
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 左・1) right; right-hand side; (2) right hand; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; (4) the right (wing); rightist; (5) the better (of two); (female given name) Yū
dakṣiṇa. The right hand, on the right, e. g.

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 gou / go
    ごう
(n,n-suf) (1) number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; (2) sobriquet; pen-name; (suffix) (3) suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.; (given name) Gou

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    si1
ssu
 mamoru
    まもる
to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
(archaism) (hist) (See 律令制) office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system); (given name) Mamoru

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    yu4

 ku
variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
aah!

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

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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).



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