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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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pǐn
    pin3
p`in
    pin
 shina
    しな
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste something; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
(1) court rank; (suffix) (2) {Buddh} (sometimes pronounced ぼん, ぽん as a suffix) (See 九品・1) level; grade; (suffix) (3) {Buddh} chapter; section; volume; (surname) Shina
varga, 跋渠 class, series, rank, character; a chapter of a sutra.

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 chika
    ちか
(1) {Buddh} (See 六境) voice; sound; (2) {ling} (also read せい) (See 四声,声点) tone (of Chinese character); tone mark; (3) stress (in pronunciation); intonation; accent; (female given name) Chika


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duó
    duo2
to
 datsu
to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
Snatch, carry off, take by force; decide.

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zhē
    zhe1
che
old character used in female names

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    zi4
tzu
 aza
    あざ
letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
(1) character (esp. kanji); letter; written text; (2) handwriting; penmanship; (3) (as 〜の字) (See ほの字) the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love"); (place-name) Aza
akṣara, 阿乞史囉; 阿刹羅; a letter, character; akṣara is also used for a vowel, especially the vowed 'a' as distinguished from the other vowels; a word, words.

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qián
    qian2
ch`ien
    chien
character used in place names

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    ji3
chi
 ki
    き
self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar; (place-name) Ki
Self, personal, own.

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    yi4
i
 mamoru
    まもる
forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
(1) role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service; (2) position (of responsibility); post; office; (3) part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character; (4) {mahj;cards;hanaf} scoring combination; hand; yaku; meld; (given name) Mamoru

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 shou / sho
    しょう
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
(archaism) disposition; nature; character; (surname) Shou
svabhāva, prakṛti, pradhāna. The nature intp. as embodied, causative, unchanging; also as independent or self-dependent; fundamental nature behind the manifestation or expression. Also, the Buddha-nature immanent in all beings, the Buddha heart or mind.

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    zi4
tzu
 shi
    ほしいまま
to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
(adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
offered

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 yoroko
    よろこ
self-satisfaction; rejoicing; (female given name) Yoroko

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zǒng
    zong3
tsung
 michi
    みち
(hist) rural local self-government (Muromachi period); (surname) Michi
overall

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màn
    man4
man
 man
slow
māna. Pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, supercilious, etc.; there are categories of seven and nine kinds of pride.

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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
 kyō
arrogant
Boastful, bragging; self-indulgent; indulgent; translit. ko, kau, go, gau; cf. 瞿, 倶, 拘, 巨.

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    wo3
wo
 ga
    が
I; me; my
(1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego
I, my, mine; the ego, the master of the body, compared to the ruler of a country. Composed of the five skandhas and hence not a permanent entity. It is used for ātman, the self, personality. Buddhism takes as a fundamental dogma 無我, i.e. no 常我, no permanent ego, only recognizing a temporal or functional ego. The erroneous idea of a permanent self continued in reincarnation is the source of all illusion. But the Nirvana Sutra definitely asserts a permanent ego in the transcendental world, above the range of reincarnation; and the trend of Mahāyāna supports such permanence; v. 常我樂淨.

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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 kai; ingoto(ok)
    かい; いんごと(ok)
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
(1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept)
śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna.

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è
    e4
o
to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard; to control; to hold

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chí
    chi2
ch`ih
    chih
 mochitoku
    もちとく
to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie; (surname) Mochitoku
dhṛ; dhara. Lay hold of, grasp, hold, maintain, keep; control.

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àn
    an4
an
 osae
    おさえ
to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
(surname) Osae
To place, lay down, lay the hand on; examine; accord with.


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shě
    she3
she
 sha
    しゃ
to give up; to abandon; to give alms
{Buddh} equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
upekṣā, neglect, indifference, abandoning, M.W. To relinquish, renounce, abandon, reject, give. One of the chief Buddhist virtues, that of renunciation, leading to a state of "indifference without pleasure or pain" (Keith), or independence of both. v. 舍. It is defined as the mind 平等 in equilibrium, i.e. above the distinction of things or persons, of self or others; indifferent, having abandoned the world and all things and having no affections or desires. One of the seven bodhyaṅgas. Translit. sa, śa, s(r).

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zhǎng
    zhang3
chang
 shougo / shogo
    しょうご
palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
palm (of one's hand); (personal name) Shougo
A palm, a paw; to grasp, control, administer.

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia

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    ti2
t`i
    ti
 hisage
    ひさげ
to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
(kana only) ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle; (place-name) Hisage
To raise, mention, bring forward, summon, lead.

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    wo4
wo
 nigiri
    にぎり
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
(place-name) Nigiri

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shàn
    shan4
shan
 hoshiimama / hoshimama
    ほしいまま
without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
(adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary


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shè
    she4
she
 setsu
    せつ
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
(female given name) Setsu
To collect, gather together, combine, include; lay hold of; assist, act for or with; control, direct, attend to; translit. ś, śa.

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liào
    liao4
liao
 ryou / ryo
    りょう
material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
(n-suf,n) (1) fee; charge; rate; (n-suf,n) (2) material
To measure (grain), calculate; control, direct; materials; glassware.

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páng
    pang2
p`ang
    pang
 tsukuri
    つくり
one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
(e.g. 彡 in 形) (See 偏) right-hand radical of a character
A side, beside, adjoining, near.


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tán
    tan2
t`an
    tan
 kumori
    くもり
dark clouds
cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow; (surname) Kumori
Clouds covering the sun, spreading clouds; translit. dh in dharma 曇摩, 曇磨, 曇無; v. 達 and 法. Dharma is also the initial character for a number of names of noted Indian monks, e.g. 曇磨毱多; 達摩瞿諦; 曇無德 Dharmagupta, founder of a school, the 曇無德部 which flourished in Ceylon A.D 400. Also Dharmajātayaśas, Dharmakāla, Dharmākara, Dharmamitra, Dharmanandi, Dharmapriya, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmaruci, Dharmasatva, Dharmayaśas, etc.

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shù
    shu4
shu
 tsugane
    つがね
to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control
(1) strut; short vertical post; (2) thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (3) (archaism) (See 束・そく・1,束・そく・2,束・そく・3) handbreadth; bundle; (given name) Tsugane
a bundle; a band

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    ge2
ko
 wataru
    わたる
square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesomethingetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit
(hist) (See 律令) amendment (to ritsuryō); (given name) Wataru
A rule, line, pattern; reach, research, science.

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ǎi
    ai3
ai
see historical character Lao Ai 嫪毐; by extension, person of reprehensible morals; immoral; adulterer


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    wu1
wu
 yogore; yogore
    よごれ; ヨゴレ
variant of 污[wu1]
(kana only) (See 汚鮫・よごれざめ,オーシャニックホワイトティップシャーク) oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Filthy, impure. kleśa; contamination of attachment to the pleasures of sense, to heretical views, to moral and ascetic practices regarded as adequate to salvation, to the belief in the self, all which cause misery.; Impure; to defile.

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 haru
    はる
to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
(1) (rare) politics; government; administration; rule; (2) (rare) (See 治に居て乱を忘れず) (ant: 乱) peace; (3) (archaism) medical treatment; cure; (surname, given name) Haru
Rule, govern; prepare; treat, cure; repress, punish.

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mǐn
    min3
min
(ancient character used in posomethingumous titles of monarchs); old variant of 憫|悯[min3]

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 tomoru
    ともる
(1) dot; spot; point; speck; mark; (2) mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points; (3) point (in a game); score; goal; run; (4) {geom} point; (5) point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint; (6) (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot; (7) "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character); (counter) (8) counter for points, marks, goals, etc.; (counter) (9) counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.; (female given name) Tomoru

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shāng
    shang1
shang
entropy (character created in 1923)

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juàn
    juan4
chüan
impetuous; rash; upright (character)

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zhū
    zhu1
chu
 megumi
    めぐみ
bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
(1) ball; sphere; globe; orb; (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; (3) ball (in sports); (4) pile (of noodles, etc.); (5) bullet; (6) bulb (i.e. a light bulb); (7) lens (of glasses, etc.); (8) bead (of an abacus); (9) (slang) (abbreviation) ball (i.e. a testicle); (10) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); (12) (derogatory term) person (when commenting on their nature); character; (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot; (n,n-suf) (14) egg; (suffix noun) (15) coin; (16) precious; beautiful; excellent; (female given name) Megumi
mani. A pearl; a bead; synonym for buddha-truth.


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    li2
li
(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. [li4]; variant of 璃[li2]
See:

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lüè
    lu:e4
lu:e
 ryaku
    りゃく
brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
(n,n-suf) (1) abbreviation; omission; (2) outline; gist; (3) plan; strategy; scheme
To mark off, define: abridge, outline, sketch; summarize in general; rather, somewhat.


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huà
    hua4
hua
 ga
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
Draw, paint, picture, sketch; devise, fix.


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    bi3
pi
 fumi
    ふみ
writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
(1) writing brush; paintbrush; pen; (2) writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush; (3) (ふで only) writing (composing text); the written word; (counter) (4) (ひつ only) (land) lot; plot; (female given name) Fumi
A pen.

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guǎn
    guan3
kuan
 suge
    すげ
to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
(1) pipe; tube; (2) bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel); (surname) Suge
A pipe, tube; to rule, control.

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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 muneo
    むねお
old variant of 縱|纵[zong4]
(adverb) (kana only) even if; (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary; (1) the vertical; height; (2) front-to-back; length; (3) north-to-south; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (5) (weaving) warp; (personal name) Muneo

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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

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zhào
    zhao4
chao
to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

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lǎo
    lao3
lao
 rou / ro
    ろう
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
(n,n-pref,n-suf) (1) old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (used by the elderly) I; me; my humble self; (surname) Rou
jarā; old, old age.

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    si4
ssu
 shi
    ほしいまま
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton; (literary) shop
(adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary; (numeric) four
a market

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    ji1
chi
 hadae
    はだえ
    hada
    はだ
(bound form) flesh; muscle
(1) skin; (2) body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); (n,n-suf) (3) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; (4) disposition; temperament; character; type


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    fu1
fu
 fu
    はだえ
skin
(1) skin; (2) body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); (n,n-suf) (3) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; (4) disposition; temperament; character; type
surface

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    zi4
tzu
 mizu
    みず
(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
(prefix) (1) self-; (prefix) (2) (See 至) from (a time or place); (female given name) Mizu
sva, svayam; the self, one' s own, personal; of itself, naturally, of course; also, from (i. e. from the self as central). 自 is used as the opposite of 他 another, other's, etc., e. g. 自力 (in) one's own strength as contrasted with 他力 the strength of another, especially in the power to save of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It is also used in the sense of ātman 阿怛摩 the self, or the soul.

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méng
    meng2
meng
 moyuru
    もゆる
(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character); variant of 氓[meng2]
(female given name) Moyuru
a sprout


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wàn
    wan4
wan
 yorozu
    よろづ
ten thousand; a great number
(counter) {mahj} counter for character tiles (chi: wàn); (surname) Yorozu
Myriad, 10,000; all.


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    sa4
sa
 satsusa
    さつさ
used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration
(surname) Satsusa
A character introduced by the Buddhists, used as a translit. of sa sounds.

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    wu4
wu
to disobey; contrary; against; to go against; to violate; obscure character, possibly variant of 惡|恶[e4]

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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
 mitsuchi
    みつち
    mizuchi
    みずち
a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast


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xùn
    xun4
hsün
 yomi
    よみ
to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
(1) native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; (n,suf) (2) (See 処世訓・しょせいくん) precept; lesson; one's teachings; (female given name) Yomi
To teach.


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jué
    jue2
chüeh
 satoshi
    さとし
to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
(male given name) Satoshi
to branch off

調


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tiáo
    tiao2
t`iao
    tiao
 mitsugu
    みつぐ
to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
(n,n-suf) (1) {music} key; (n,n-suf) (2) {music} mode (in gagaku); (suffix noun) (3) time; tempo; rhythm; (suffix noun) (4) meter (of a poem); metre; (suffix noun) (5) style; form; mood; pattern; (6) (hist) tax in kind (paid with locally produced goods; under the ritsuryō system); (male given name) Mitsugu
To harmonize, blend; regulate, control; to change about, exchange; a song, tune.


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    zi1
tzu
 moto
    もと
resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
(1) funds; capital; (2) material; basis; (3) character; qualities; disposition; (female given name) Moto
Funds, basis, property, supplies; fees; to depend on: disposition: expenditure.


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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 tadashi
    ただし
character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
(1) (kana only) nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; (2) (kana only) nature (of something); character; kind; sort; (given name) Tadashi
Substance, matter; to substantiate, to confront; substantial honest, sound; translit. ci, ce.

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zhuǎi
    zhuai3
chuai
to waddle; to swagger; (coll.) strutting; self-satisfied

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    ru3
ju
 joku
    はじ
disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [ru4]
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) shame; embarrassment; disgrace
shame

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chuò
    chuo4
ch`o
    cho
to walk (side part of split character)

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chuò
    chuo4
ch`o
    cho
to walk (side part of split character)

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tòng
    tong4
t`ung
    tung
 michiaki
    みちあき
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
(n,n-suf,adj-na) (1) authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person; (counter) (2) counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; insight; (4) supernatural powers; magical powers; (given name) Michiaki
Permeate, pass through, pervade; perceive, know thoroughly; communicate; current; free, without hindrance, unimpeded universal; e.g. 神通 supernatural, ubiquitous powers. There are categories of 五通, 六通, and 十通, all referring to supernatural powers; the five are (1) knowledge of the supernatural world; (2) deva vision; (3) deva hearing; (4) knowledge of the minds of all others; (5) knowledge of all the transmigrations of self and all others. The six are the above together with perfect wisdom for ending moral hindrance and delusion. The ten are knowing all previous transmigrations, having deva hearing, knowing the minds of others, having deva vision, showing deva powers, manifesting many bodies or forms, being anywhere instantly, power of bringing glory to one's domain, manifesting a body of transformation, and power to end evil and transmigration.

see styles

    bi3
pi
 hina
    ひな
rustic; low; base; mean; to despise; to scorn
countryside; rural areas; (female given name) Hina
I (self-deprecatory)

see styles
āi
    ai1
ai
character used in Korea in former times to represent the syllable "ngai"


see styles

    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.

see styles
yīn
    yin1
yin
 riri
    りり
sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
(n,n-suf) (1) sound; noise; (2) (speech) sound; (3) (See 訓・1) Chinese-derived reading of a kanji; (female given name) Riri
Sound, note, that which is heard.


see styles
yùn
    yun4
yün
 hibiki
    ひびき
the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound
(1) (See 韻を踏む) rhyme; (2) {ling} rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime; (personal name) Hibiki
vowel


see styles

    yu4
variant of 御[yu4]; to drive; to manage; to control


see styles
jià
    jia4
chia
 kago
    かご
to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage; (place-name) Kago
[horse] carriage

see styles
yǐn
    yin3
yin
component in Chinese character 殷[yin1]

IP

see styles
i p
    i p
i p
 ai pii; aipii(sk) / ai pi; aipi(sk)
    アイ・ピー; アイピー(sk)
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
(1) {comp} (See インターネットプロトコル) Internet Protocol; IP; (2) (See 知的財産) intellectual property

J隊

see styles
 jeetai; jeitai(sk) / jeetai; jetai(sk)
    ジェーたい; ジェイたい(sk)
(slang) (pun on 自衛(じえい)) (See 自衛隊・1) Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF

NC

see styles
 enushii; enu shii(sk) / enushi; enu shi(sk)
    エヌシー; エヌ・シー(sk)
(1) (See 数値制御・すうちせいぎょ) numerical control; (2) (See ネットワークコンピュータ) network computer

OS

see styles
o s
    o s
o s
 oo esu; ooesu(sk)
    オー・エス; オーエス(sk)
(in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience
{comp} operating system; OS

PC

see styles
 pii shii; piishii(sk) / pi shi; pishi(sk)
    ピー・シー; ピーシー(sk)
(1) (See パーソナルコンピューター) personal computer; PC; (2) (See プレストレストコンクリート) prestressed concrete; (3) (See プレキャストコンクリート) precast concrete; (4) (See ポリカーボネート) polycarbonate; (5) (See ポリティカルコレクトネス) political correctness; (6) (See パトロールカー) patrol car; police car; (7) (See パブリックコメント) public comment; (8) (See プレイヤーキャラクター) player character; playable character

QC

see styles
 kyuu shii; kyuushii(sk) / kyu shi; kyushi(sk)
    キュー・シー; キューシー(sk)
(See 品質管理) quality control; QC

RC

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 aaru shii; aarushii(sk) / aru shi; arushi(sk)
    アール・シー; アールシー(sk)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 鉄筋コンクリート・てっきんコンクリート) reinforced concrete; (2) (abbreviation) (See リモートコントロール) remote control

ひで

see styles
 hide
    ヒデ
(1) bidet (fre:); (2) (on toilet control panels) (See おしり・2) bidet function (for female genital cleansing); (female given name) Hide

ヒト

see styles
 hito
    ヒト
(1) man; person; (2) human being; mankind; people; (3) (kana only) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; (4) character; personality; (5) man of talent; true man; (6) another person; other people; others; (7) adult

モブ

see styles
 mobu
    モブ
(1) mob; (2) {comp} minor character (in computer games, from mobile object)

一味

see styles
yī wèi
    yi1 wei4
i wei
 kazumi
    かずみ
persistently; stubbornly; blindly
(1) clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew; (n,vs,vi) (2) participation (e.g. in a plot); (3) one flavour; one charm; (4) one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine); (5) {Buddh} universality (of the teachings of Buddha); (given name) Kazumi
One, or the same flavour, kind or character, i.e. the Buddha's teaching.

一地

see styles
yī dì
    yi1 di4
i ti
 ichiji
    いちぢ
(personal name) Ichiji
The one ground; the same ground; the Buddha-nature of all living beings i.e. as all the plants grow out of the one ground, so all good character and works grow from the one Buddha-nature.

一如

see styles
yī rú
    yi1 ru2
i ju
 kazuyuki
    かずゆき
to be just like
oneness; (personal name) Kazuyuki
The one ru, i.e. the bhūtatathatā, or absolute, as the norm and essence of life. The 眞如 true suchness, or true character, or reality; the 法性 nature of things or beings. The whole of things as they are, or seem; a cosmos; a species; things of the same order. Name of a celebrated monk, Yiru. V. 一眞; 一實.

一字

see styles
yī zì
    yi1 zi4
i tzu
 ichiji
    いちじ
in a row; in a line
(one) letter; (one) character
One word; a magic or esoteric word.

一我

see styles
yī wǒ
    yi1 wo3
i wo
 ichiga
a unitary self

一文

see styles
 kazufumi
    かずふみ
(1) tiny amount of money; a penny; a cent; a farthing; (2) one letter; one character; (3) (hist) (See 文・1) one mon (unit of currency); (given name) Kazufumi

七聖


七圣

see styles
qī shèng
    qi1 sheng4
ch`i sheng
    chi sheng
 nanasei / nanase
    ななせい
(male given name) Nanasei
v.七賢, 七聖, 七聖財, saptadhana. The seven sacred graces variously defined, e.g. 信 faith, 戒 observation of the commandments, 聞hearing instruction, 慙 shame (for self), 愧 shame (for others); 捨 renunciation; and慧 wisdom.

万俟

see styles
mò qí
    mo4 qi2
mo ch`i
    mo chi
two-character surname Moqi

万子

see styles
 manko
    まんこ
(mahj) (kana only) character tiles (chi:); (surname, female given name) Manko

三乘

see styles
sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

三体

see styles
 santai
    さんたい
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass; (wk) The Three-Body Problem (2008 novel and subsequent adaptations)

三修

see styles
sān xiū
    san1 xiu1
san hsiu
 san shū
The three ways of discipline, i.e. three śrāvaka and three bodhisattva ways. The three śrāvaka ways are 無常修 no realization of the eternal, seeing everything as transient; 非樂修 joyless, through only contemplating misery and not realizing the ultimate nirvāṇa-joy; 無我修 non-ego discipline, seeing only the perishing self and not realizing the immortal self. The bodhisattva three are the opposite of these.

三德

see styles
sān dé
    san1 de2
san te
 santoku
The three virtues or powers, of which three groups are given below. (1) (a) 法身德 The virtue or potency of the Buddha's eternal, spiritual body, the dharmakāya; (b) 般若德 of his prājñā, or wisdom, knowing all things in their reality; (c) 解脫德 of his freedom from all bonds and his sovereign Iiberty. Each of these has the four qualities of 常, 樂我, 淨eternity, joy, personality, and purity; v. 漫涅槃經 (2) (a) 智德 The potency of his perfect knowledge; (b) 斷德 of his cutting off all illusion and perfecting of supreme nirvāṇa; the above two are 自利 for his own advantage; (c) 恩德 of his universal grace and salvation, which 利他 bestows the benefits he has acquired on others. (3) (a) 因圓德 The perfection of his causative or karmic works during his three great kalpas of preparation; (b) 果圓德 the perfection of the fruit, or results in his own character and wisdom; (c) 恩圓德 the perfection of his grace in the salvation of others.

三性

see styles
sān xìng
    san1 xing4
san hsing
 sanshō
The three types of character 善, 惡, 無記 good, bad and undefinable, or neutral; v. 唯識論 5. Also, 徧依圓三性 the three aspects of the nature of a thing— partial, as when a rope is mistaken for a snake; only partly reliable, i.e. incomplete inference, as when it is considered as mere hemp; all around, or perfect, when content, form, etc., are all considered.

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