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huǒ
    huo3
huo
 hi
    ひ

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Fire
fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
fire; flame; blaze
Fire, flame. Śikhin 尸棄; 式棄, which means fire in the sense of flame, is the name of the 999th Buddha of the kalpa preceding this.


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    wu1
wu
 karasu
    からす

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Black Raven
crow; black
(kana only) crow (Corvus spp.); raven; (surname) Karasu
The crow; black, not; ah! alas! translit. chiefly uu; cf. 優; 盂; 鬱; 鄥; 塢.


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    wu2
wu
 non
    のん

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Nothing / Nothingness
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
(1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (prefix) (2) un-; non-; (prefix) (1) un-; non-; (2) bad ...; poor ...; (female given name) Non
Sanskrit a, or before a vowel an, similar to English un-, in- in a negative sense; not no, none, non-existent, v. 不, 非, 否; opposite of 有.

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yàn
    yan4
yen
 yasushi
    やすし

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Swallow
swallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴[yan4]
(1) (kana only) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; (2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); (3) (See 若い燕) younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy; (given name) Yasushi

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niú
    niu2
niu
 nyuu / nyu
    にゅう

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Ox / Bull / Cow
ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
(1) cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; (2) {food} (usu. ぎゅう) (See 牛肉) beef; (3) (ぎゅう only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,玄武・げんぶ・2) Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Nyū
go, gaus; ox, bull, bullock, etc. A term applied to the Buddha Gautama as in 牛王 king of bulls, possibly because of the derivation of his name; the phrase 騎牛來牛 (or 騎牛覔牛) to ride an ox, to seek an ox, means to use the Buddha to find the Buddha.

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    hu2
hu
 kitsunezaki
    きつねざき

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Fox
fox
(1) (kana only) fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); (2) (kana only) fox (i.e. a sly person); (3) (kana only) (See 狐うどん・きつねうどん) soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; (4) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See きつね色) light brown; golden brown; (surname) Kitsunezaki
A fox; seems to be used also for a jackal.

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láng
    lang2
lang
 ookami
    おおかみ

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Wolf
wolf; CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
(1) wolf (Canis lupus); (2) wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer; (surname) Ookami
A wolf; fierce.

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hóu
    hou2
hou
 go

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Monkey
monkey; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
The monkey; 3-5 p. m.

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 mase
    ませ

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Monkey / Ape
ape
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (1) (kana only) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (2) (derogatory term) sly person; (3) (derogatory term) idiot; hick; (4) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (5) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (6) (archaism) bathhouse prostitute; (surname) Mase
monkey

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    yu4

 hikaru
    ひかる

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Jade
jade
(1) (also formerly read as ごく) precious stone (esp. jade); (2) {food} (occ. ギョク) egg (esp. as a sushi topping); (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; (4) (See 建玉) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); (5) geisha; (6) (abbreviation) (See 玉代) time charge for a geisha; (7) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 玉将) king (of the junior player); (female given name) Hikaru
Jade, a gem; jade-like, precious; you, your.

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wàng
    wang4
wang
 wan
    わん

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King
(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
(n,n-suf) (1) king; ruler; sovereign; monarch; (n,n-suf) (2) tycoon; magnate; champion; master; (n,n-suf) (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 王将・おうしょう・1) king (of the senior player); (surname) Wan
rāja, king, prince, royal; to rule.

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    li3
li
 wataru
    わたる

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Science
texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
(1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism); (given name) Wataru
siddhānta; hetu. Ruling principle, fundamental law, intrinsicality, universal basis, essential element; nidāna, reason; pramāṇa, to arrange, regulate, rule, rectify.

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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 yanao
    やなお

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Birth / Life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student
(n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.); (surname) Yanao
jāti 惹多; life; utpāda means coming forth, birth, production; 生 means beget, bear, birth, rebirth, born, begin, produce, life, the living. One of the twelve nidānas, 十二因緣; birth takes place in four forms, catur yoni, v. 四生, in each case causing: a sentient being to enter one of the 六道 six gati, or paths of transmigration.

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tián
    tian2
t`ien
    tien
 yanakida
    やなきだ

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Tian / Tien
field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
rice field; (surname) Yanakida
A field, fields; a place, or state, for the cultivation of meritorious or other deeds; cf. 福田.

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bái
    bai2
pai
 yuki
    ゆき

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White
white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
(1) white; (2) (See ボラ・1) striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (3) (See 科白・1) (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; (4) {mahj} white dragon tile; (5) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (6) (abbreviation) (rare) (See 白耳義・ベルギー) Belgium; (7) (abbreviation) (archaism) (See 白人・1) white person; Caucasian; (female given name) Yuki
White, pure, clear; make clear, inform.

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yǎn
    yan3
yen
 mesaki
    めさき

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Eyeballs / Eyes
eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
(1) eye; eyeball; (2) (archaism) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (3) (archaism) insight; perceptivity; power of observation; (4) (archaism) look; field of vision; (5) (archaism) core; center; centre; essence; (surname) Mesaki
cakṣuh, the eye.

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zhī
    zhi1
chih
 tomoko
    ともこ

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Realization and Knowledge
to know; to be aware
(1) wisdom; (2) (Buddhist term) jnana (higher knowledge); (female given name) Tomoko
To know. Sanskrit root vid, hence vidyā, knowledge; the Vedas, etc. 知 vijñā is to know, 智 is vijñāna, wisdom arising from perception or knowing.

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shí
    shi2
shih
 tsuruishi
    つるいし

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Stone / Rock
rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(counter) (1) counter for jewels in a watch; (counter) (2) counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product; (surname) Tsuruishi
Stone, rock.

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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
 kei / ke
    けい

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Khánh
chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei
A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion.

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 reiji / reji
    れいじ

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Respect
(1) (See お礼・1) thanks; gratitude; (2) manners; etiquette; (n,ctr) (3) bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; (4) reward; gift; (5) ceremony; ritual; (6) (abbreviation) (See 礼金・2) key money; (personal name) Reiji

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shén
    shen2
shen
 miwa
    みわ

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Spirit / Spiritual Essence
god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
(1) spirit; psyche; (2) (See 神・かみ・1) god; deity; divinity; kami; (female given name) Miwa
Inscrutable spiritual powers, or power; a spirit; a deva, god, or divinity; the human spirit; divine, spiritual, supernatural.


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim.

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 yasushi
    やすし

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Qin / Chin / Tan / Yasushi
surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1]
(hist) Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty; (surname) Yasushi
a fine strain of rice

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 ron
    ろん
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron
śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both.

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lóng
    long2
lung
 ryou / ryo
    りょう

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Dragon / Emperor Symbol
Japanese variant of 龍|龙
(1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryō


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kan
    かん

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Simplicity
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan
A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct.

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suǒ
    suo3
so
 saku
    さく

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Soe
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
(counter) {mahj} counter for bamboo tiles; (given name) Saku
Cord; to extort, express; the cord or noose of Guanyin by which she binds the good; the cord of the vajra-king by which he binds the evil; translit. sa.


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gàn
    gan4
kan
 konsaki
    こんさき

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Violet Color
violet or purple
(noun - becomes adjective with の) navy blue; deep blue; (surname) Konsaki
A violet or purplish colour, a blend of blue and red; also called紺靑 and紺璢璃, the colour of the roots紺髮 or 紺頂 of the Buddha's hair.


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wéi
    wei2
wei
 yuki
    ゆき

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Vee
to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki
A carriage-curtain; a net; a corner, cardinal point; to tie or hold together, connect; a copula, also, but, whereas, now.


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luó
    luo2
lo
 rou / ro
    ろう

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Rowe
gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift
(abbreviation) (See 羅甸語) Latin (language); (surname) Rou
A net (for catching birds), gauze, open work; sieve; to arrange in order; translit. la and ra sounds, e.g. 南羅 S. Lāra; Lāḍa; Lāṭa, in Gujarāt; 北羅 N. Lāra, Valabhī, on the western coast of Gujarāt.


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    yi4
i
 yoshimura
    よしむら

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Justice / Rectitude / Right Decision
justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) meaning; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) {Buddh} teachings; doctrine; (n,n-pref) (4) nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws); (n,n-pref) (5) prosthesis; (surname) Yoshimura
The right, proper, righteous; loyal; public-spirited, public; meaning, significance. It is used for the Skt. artha, object, purpose, meaning, etc.; also for abhidheya.

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    yi4
i
 asuka
    あすか

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Wings
bright; tomorrow
(prefix) the following; next; (female given name) Asuka

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    yi4
i
 yoku
    よく

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Wings
wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌
(1) wing; (2) (よく only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (3) (よく only) (archaism) counter for birds or bird wings; (female given name) Yoku
assist


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shèng
    sheng4
sheng
 mina
    みな

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The Saint
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
(1) highly virtuous monk; (2) (honorific or respectful language) monk; (3) Buddhist solitary; (4) (See 高野聖・1) Buddhist missionary; (5) saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (6) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) emperor; (7) (in form 〜の聖) master; expert; (female given name) Mina
ārya; sādhu; a sage; wise and good; upright, or correct in all his character; sacred, holy, saintly.

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    yi4
i
 yomogi
    よもぎ

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Yai
variant of 刈[yi4]; variant of 乂[yi4]
(1) (See 灸) moxa (dried mugwort leaf used in moxibustion); (2) (See ヨモギ・1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); (surname) Yomogi

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fēn
    fen1
fen
 fun
    ふん

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Fynn
perfume; fragrance
(1) (abbreviation) (See 芬蘭・フィンランド) Finland; (adj-t,adv-to) (2) (archaism) fragrant; aromatic
Fragrant; confused; translit. puṇ in芬陀利 (or芬陁利) puṇḍarīka. The white lotus, v. 分陀利.

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huā
    hua1
hua
 ririka
    りりか

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Flower
flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful
(1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best; (female given name) Ririka
華 puṣpa, a flower, flowers; especially the lotus, and celestial flowers. 花座 The lotus throne on which buddhas and bodhisattvas sit.

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    xi1
hsi
 sen
    せん

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Madder
used in the transliteration of people's names
(1) (kana only) madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); (2) madder (red color); (surname, female given name) Sen

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chá
    cha2
ch`a
    cha
 cha
    ちゃ

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Tea
tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
(1) (See お茶・1) tea; (2) tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (3) (See 茶道) tea preparation; making tea; (4) (abbreviation) (See 茶色) brown; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (archaism) (See 茶化す) mockery; (surname, given name) Cha
Tea; tea-leaves; translit. ja, jha.

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    li4
li
 rei / re
    れい

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Lee
used in 茉莉[mo4li4]; used in the transliteration of female names
(female given name) Rei

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méi
    mei2
mei
 ichigo
    いちご

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Berry
berry; strawberry
(out-dated kanji) (kana only) strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); (female given name) Ichigo

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jǐn
    jin3
chin
 sumire
    すみれ

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Violet
variant of 堇[jin3]; violet
(kana only) violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica); (surname, female given name) Sumire


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huá
    hua2
hua
 ririka
    りりか
magnificent; splendid; flowery
(1) flashiness; showiness; brilliance; splendor; (2) bloom; flowers; (3) (abbreviation) (See 中華民国・1) Republic of China; (female given name) Ririka
kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China.


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    ye4
yeh
 you / yo
    よう

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Yeh
leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats
(suf,ctr) (1) counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (suf,ctr) (2) (archaism) counter for boats; (female given name) Yō; (surname) Yō; Ye
pattra; parṇa; leaf, leaves.


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gài
    gai4
kai
 kinugasa
    きぬがさ

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Guy
lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
cover; lid; cap; (surname) Kinugasa
A cover, anything that screens, hides, or hinders; to build; then, for. The passions which delude the real mind so that it does not develop. A hat, or umbrella, or any cover. The canopy over a Buddha.


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lián
    lian2
lien
 ren
    れん

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Lotus
lotus
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (2) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (f,m,s) Ren
puṇḍarīka, the lotus, especially the white lotus, Numphoea alba; padma, especially the Nelumbium speciosum; utpala, the Nymphoea coerulea, the blue lotus; kumuda, Nymphoea esculenta, white lotus, or N. rubra, red lotus; nīlotpala, N. cyanea, a blue lotus. The first four are called white, red, blue, and yellow lotuses; but the white lotus is generally meant unless otherwise specified.

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cài
    cai4
ts`ai
    tsai
 hanako
    はなこ

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Chay
surname Cai
(female given name) Hanako
chāyā, a shadow, reflection; gnomon, dial.


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 shou / sho
    しょう

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Siu
(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
(1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood; (surname) Shou
gloomy


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    su1
su
 sohou / soho
    そほう
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
(1) condensed milk; (n,n-suf,n-pref) (2) (abbreviation) Soviet Union; (personal name) Sohou
Refreshing thyme; revive, cheer; Suzhou; translit. su, so, sa, s. Most frequently it translit. the Sanskait su, which means good, well excellent, very. Cf. 須, 修.


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lán
    lan2
lan
 ran
    らん

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Orchid
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
(1) orchid; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿蘭陀・オランダ) Netherlands; Holland; (surname, female given name) Ran
The epidendrum, orchid; scented, refined; pledged, sworn; translit. ra, ram, ran; abbrev. for 偸蘭遮 q.v.

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guó
    guo2
kuo

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Guo
surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[Xi1 Guo2guo2] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[Dong1 Guo2guo2]

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    yi2
i
 hebi
    へび

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Snake / Serpent
used in 委蛇[wei1yi2]
(1) (じゃ is more associated with serpent and large snakes) snake; (2) serpent; large snake; (surname) Hebi
sarpa, a serpent, snake.

西

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    xi1
hsi
 nishihama
    にしはま

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West
west
(1) {mahj} west wind tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of west wind tiles; (surname) Nishihama
paścima, 跛室制麽; west; it is largely used in the limited sense of Kashmir in such terms as 西方 the west, or western regions; but it is also much used for the western heavens of Amitābha; 西天 is India, the western 天竺國.


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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
 yoshimi
    よしみ

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Kean
parents-in-law of one's offspring
(1) (ant: 疎・そ・2) intimacy; closeness; friendliness; (2) close relative; (prefix) (3) (See 親米) pro- (e.g. pro-American); (personal name) Yoshimi
Personally related, own, intimate; family; a wife, marriage.


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jué
    jue2
chüeh
 satoru
    さとる

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Awareness
to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware
(personal name) Satoru
bodhi, from bodha, 'knowing, understanding', means enlightenment, illumination; 覺 is to awake, apprehend, perceive, realize; awake, aware; (also, to sleep). It is illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming; also, enlightenment in regard to moral evil. Cf. 菩提 and 佛.


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chéng
    cheng2
ch`eng
    cheng
 masakatsu
    まさかつ

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Honesty
(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
(adv,n) (1) truth; reality; (2) sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; (3) (archaism) that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.); (personal name) Masakatsu
Truthful, true, truth; real; sincere, sincerity.; See under Fourteen Strokes.


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xiè
    xie4
hsieh
 ja
    じゃ

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Shea
to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
(surname) Ja
To thank; return (with thanks), decline; fall; apologize; accept with thanks.


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    du2
tu
 doku

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Read / Study
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
To read; a comma, full stop.


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zhū
    zhu1
chu
 cho
    い

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Boar / Pig
hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
(archaism) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
boar


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fèi
    fei4
fei
 hi
    ひ

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Fe
to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses
(suffix noun) cost; expense; (surname) Hi
To spend, lavish, waste, squander; expense: translit. vi, ve, in vidyā, v. 明; viṇā, a lute, v. 批; Veda, the Vedas, v. 韋.


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bīn
    bin1
pin
 bin
    びん

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Bean
visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) visitor from afar; guest; (1) visitor from afar; (2) joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms; (surname) Bin
A guest; to entertain; to submit.


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 masaru
    まさる

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Wise and Virtuous
worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue; (male given name) Masaru
Wise and virtuous, sage, second rank to a 聖 saint; good, excellent in character, virtuous.


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lài
    lai4
lai
 rai

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Rhei
to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on
To rely upon, depend on; throw the burden on, repudiate.

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chì
    chi4
ch`ih
    chih
 sekizaki
    せきざき

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Scarlet / Red / Crimson
red; scarlet; bare; naked
(1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbreviation) red light; (5) (abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) (6) complete; total; perfect; obvious; (7) copper; (surname) Sekizaki
kaṣāya 袈沙野, red, hot; south; naked.

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chāo
    chao1
ch`ao
    chao
 wataru
    わたる

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Super
to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru
vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna.

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 misaki
    みさき

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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki
kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身.

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xīn
    xin1
hsin
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう

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Sim
(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa
(counter) (colloquialism) counter for spiciness of food (e.g. curry); (surname) Shinkou
sharp

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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 shō

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Easy-Going
used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1yao2]
To roam, saunter.


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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 sasuga
    さすが

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Sasuga
old variant of 偵|侦[zhen1]
(adj-na,adv,adj-no) (1) (kana only) as one would expect; (2) (kana only) still; all the same; (3) (kana only) even... (e.g. "even a genius..."); (given name) Sasuga

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dào
    dao4
tao
 wataru
    わたる

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.


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zhèng
    zheng4
cheng
 tei / te
    てい

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Zheng / Tei / Jeong / Trinh
used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4zhong4]
(surname) Tei

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jiǔ
    jiu3
chiu
 zake
    ざけ

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Wine / Alcohol / Sake
wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
(suffix) alcohol; (alcoholic) drink; liqueur; (surname) Zake
surā; maireya; madya. Wine, alcoholic liquor; forbidden to monks and nuns by the fifth commandment.

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jīn
    jin1
chin
 kimu
    キム

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Gold / Metal
gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim
hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money.


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chuàn
    chuan4
ch`uan
    chuan
 kushiro
    くしろ

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Chuan
armlet; bracelet
(archaism) (See 古墳時代) bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)


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jìng
    jing4
ching
 mira
    みら

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Mirror
mirror; lens
(1) mirror; looking-glass; (2) barrel head; (3) {finc} page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; (4) (abbreviation) (See 鏡餅・かがみもち) mirror-shaped mochi; (female given name) Mira
ādarśa. A mirror.


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mén
    men2
men
 yuki
    ゆき

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Gate
gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
(n,n-suf) (1) gate; (n,n-suf) (2) (もん only) branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; (n,n-suf) (3) (もん only) {biol} division; phylum; (counter) (4) (もん only) counter for cannons; (surname) Yuki
A door; gate; a sect, school, teaching, especially one leading to salvation or nirvana.


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àn
    an4
an
 awa
    あわ

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Darkness
(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4])
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) darkness; the dark; (2) bewilderment; despair; hopelessness; (3) hidden place; secrecy; oblivion; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels; (personal name) Awa
To shut; dark; retired; translit. am, cf. 暗, 菴.


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guān
    guan1
kuan
 seki
    せき

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Guan / Kwan / Seki
mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
(surname) Seki
To shut, a closed place, barrier, frontier; to include, concern, involve.


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yáng
    yang2
yang
 youji / yoji
    ようじ

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Yako / Minami
positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (the) positive; (2) (ant: 陰・2) yang (in Chinese divination); (3) (See 陰に陽に) the open; visible place; public place; (personal name) Yōji
The side on which the sun shines, the sun, heat, this life, positive, masculine, dynamic, etc.

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yàn
    yan4
yen
 gan
    がん

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Wild Goose
wild goose
(1) (surname) (given) Gan; (2) (work) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai); (surname, given name) Gan; (wk) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai)
A hawk, also used for hamsa, a wild goose.

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    yu4

 furu
    ふる

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Rain
(literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
(1) rain; (2) rainy day; rainy weather; (3) (See 花札) the November suit (in hanafuda); (personal name) Furu
varṣa. Rain; to rain.

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Zero
zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) zero; nought; (female given name) Rei

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léi
    lei2
lei
 rai
    らい

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Thunder
thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
(1) lightning; thunder; thunderbolt; (2) (かみなり only) god of thunder; god of lightning; (3) (かみなり only) anger; fit of anger; (surname, female given name) Rai
garjita, thunder, thundering.


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diàn
    dian4
tien
 hikaru
    ひかる

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Electricity / Lightning
lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
(out-dated kanji) lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt; (female given name) Hikaru
Lightning, symbolizes the impermanent and transient.


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líng
    ling2
ling
 ryō

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Spirit / Soul
quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
Spirit, spiritual, energy, effective, clever.


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien

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Qian
used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1]
See:


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dùn
    dun4
tun
 tomi
    とみ

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Dayton
to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi
To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually.


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fēng
    feng1
feng
 fuwari
    ふわり

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Wind
wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
(adj-na,n,n-suf) (1) method; manner; way; style; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (2) appearance; air; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (3) tendency; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (4) (See 六義・1) folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); (adj-na,n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1) wind (one of the five elements); (female given name) Fuwari
vāyu. Wind, air; rumour, repute; custom; temper, lust.

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
 yuka
    ゆか

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Fragrant / Good Smell
fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
(See 御香) incense; (female given name) Yuka
(竹; 象) Incense made in coils and burnt to measure the time; also 香盤; 香印.; gandha. Fragrance; incense; the sense of smell, i.e. one of the ṣaḍāyātana, six senses. Incense is one of the 使 Buddha's messengers to stimulate faith and devotion.


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    ma3
ma
 me
    め

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Horse
horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
(1) horse; (2) (See 競馬) horse racing; (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 竜馬・2) promoted bishop; (4) {cards} knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); (surname) Me
aśva, a horse; a stallion; one of the seven treasures of a sovereign.


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    ti3
t`i
    ti
 tai
body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
Body, limbs; corpus, corporeal; the substance, the essentials; to show respect to, accord with.


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sōng
    song1
sung
 su
    す
loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
(1) (kana only) cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.); pore; hollow; bubble; blowhole; (can be adjective with の) (2) (kana only) porous; pithy; spongy

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 miniwa
    みにわ

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

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hún
    hun2
hun
 kokoro
    こころ

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Soul / Spirit
soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
(See 魄) Yang energy; spirit; (female given name) Kokoro
The mind, the soul, conscious mind, vijñāna; also 魂神.


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liǎng
    liang3
liang

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Fairy / Sprite
used in 魍魎|魍魉[wang3liang3]


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    lu3
lu
 rou / ro
    ろう

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Rue
(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period); (surname) Rou
Stupid, vulgar, honest.


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niǎo
    niao3
niao
 yanadori
    やなどり

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Bird
bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry; (surname) Yanadori
A bird.


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fèng
    feng4
feng
 pou / po
    ぽう

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Phoenix (male)
phoenix
(rare) (See 鳳凰) feng (male Chinese firebird); (given name) Pou
The 'phœnix' the auspicious bird.


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    he4
ho
 tsuruhama
    つるはま

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Crane
crane
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis); (surname) Tsuruhama
The crane; the egret; translit. ha, ho.

鹿

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    lu4
lu
 roku
    ろく

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Deer
deer
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid; (personal name) Roku
mṛga; a deer; as Śākyamuni first preached the four noble truths in the Deer-garden, the deer is a symbol of his preaching.

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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.

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