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<123456>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
康応 see styles |
kouou / koo こうおう |
(hist) Kōō era (of the Northern Court; 1389.2.9-1390.3.26) |
康暦 see styles |
kouryaku / koryaku こうりゃく |
(hist) Kōryaku era (of the Northern Court; 1379.3.22-1381.2.24) |
康永 see styles |
yasunaga やすなが |
(hist) Kōei era (of the Northern Court; 1342.4.27-1345.10.21); (surname, given name) Yasunaga |
延文 see styles |
nobufumi のぶふみ |
(hist) Enbun era (of the Northern Court; 1356.3.28-1361.3.29); (personal name) Nobufumi |
建武 see styles |
kenmu けんむ |
(1) (hist) Kenmu era (of unified Japan; 1334.1.29-1336.2.29); (2) (hist) Kenmu era (of the Northern Court; 1336.2.29-1338.8.28) |
後魏 后魏 see styles |
hòu wèi hou4 wei4 hou wei |
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
御肉 see styles |
oniku; oniku おにく; オニク |
(kana only) northern groundcone (Boschniakia rossica) |
志徳 see styles |
shitoku しとく |
(hist) Shitoku era (of the Northern Court; 1384.2.27-1387.8.23); (place-name) Shitoku |
応安 see styles |
ouan / oan おうあん |
(hist) Ōan era (of the Northern Court; 1368.2.18-1375.2.27) |
恆山 恒山 see styles |
héng shān heng2 shan1 heng shan |
Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]; Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang |
慶州 庆州 see styles |
qìng zhōu qing4 zhou1 ch`ing chou ching chou kyonju キョンジュ |
Qingzhou, ancient northern province; Gyeongju City, South Korea (place-name) Gyeongju, South Korea Gyeongju |
拉活 see styles |
lā huó la1 huo2 la huo |
(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver); to pick up a piece of work (as a courier) |
拓拔 see styles |
tuò bá tuo4 ba2 t`o pa to pa |
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓跋 |
拓跋 see styles |
tuò bá tuo4 ba2 t`o pa to pa |
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓拔 |
摂津 see styles |
setsutsu せつつ |
(hist) Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures); (surname) Setsutsu |
摩羯 see styles |
mó jié mo2 jie2 mo chieh |
Capricorn (star sign); northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴 |
文和 see styles |
bunwa ぶんわ |
Bunna era (of the Northern Court; 1352.9.27-1356.3.28); Bunwa era; (given name) Bunwa |
新竹 see styles |
xīn zhú xin1 zhu2 hsin chu shinjuu / shinju シンジュー |
Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries; Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan (place-name) Hsinchu (Taiwan) |
明徳 see styles |
meitoku / metoku めいとく |
(1) virtue; (2) (hist) Meitoku era (of the Northern Court; 1390.3.26-1392.10.5); (3) (hist) Meitoku era (of reunified Japan; 1392.10.5-1394.7.5); (g,p) Meitoku |
明藏 see styles |
míng zàng ming2 zang4 ming tsang Myō zō |
The Buddhist canon of the Ming dynasty; there were two editions, one the Southern at Nanjing made by T'ai Tsu, the northern at Beijing by Tai Tsung. A later edition was produced in the reign of Shen Tsung (Wan Li), which became the standard in Japan. |
晉州 晋州 see styles |
jìn zhōu jin4 zhou1 chin chou |
see 晉州市|晋州市[Jin4 zhou1 Shi4]; Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty in 528, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4] in Shanxi See: 晋州 |
暦応 see styles |
ryakuou; rekiou / ryakuo; rekio りゃくおう; れきおう |
Ryakuō era (of the Northern Court; 1338.8.28-1342.4.27); Rekiō era |
曹錕 曹锟 see styles |
cáo kūn cao2 kun1 ts`ao k`un tsao kun |
Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords |
月支 see styles |
yuè zhī yue4 zhi1 yüeh chih Gasshi げっし |
the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]) Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people (月支國) The Yuezhi, or 'Indo-Scythians', 月氏 (國) and a country they at one time occupied, i. e. 都貨羅 Tukhara, Tokharestan, or Badakshan. Driven out from the northern curve of the Yellow River by the Huns, circa 165 B. C., they conquered Bactria 大夏, the Punjab, Kashmir, 'and the greater part of India. ' Their expulsion from the north of Shansi was the cause of the famous journey of Zhangqian of the Han dynasty and the beginning of Chinese expansion to the north-west. Kanishka, king of the Yuezhi towards the end of the first century A. D., became the great protector and propagator of Buddhism. |
東魏 东魏 see styles |
dōng wèi dong1 wei4 tung wei tougi / togi とうぎ |
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 Eastern Wei dynasty (of China; 534-550) |
林逋 see styles |
lín bū lin2 bu1 lin pu |
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet |
楊億 杨亿 see styles |
yáng yì yang2 yi4 yang i |
Yang Yi (974-1020), Northern Song dynasty writer and poet |
楊業 杨业 see styles |
yáng yè yang2 ye4 yang yeh |
Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao 遼|辽[Liao2] |
極光 极光 see styles |
jí guāng ji2 guang1 chi kuang kyokukou / kyokuko きょくこう |
aurora (meteorology) northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis; (given name) Kyokukou |
正慶 see styles |
masayoshi まさよし |
Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era; (male given name) Masayoshi |
武定 see styles |
wǔ dìng wu3 ding4 wu ting takesada たけさだ |
Wuding reign name (543–550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]; see 武定縣|武定县[Wu3 ding4 Xian4] (given name) Takesada |
毛人 see styles |
moujin / mojin もうじん |
(archaism) (See 蝦夷・1) Emishi; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan |
永和 see styles |
yǒng hé yong3 he2 yung ho hisato ひさと |
Yonghe or Yungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan Eiwa era (of the Northern Court) (1375.2.27-1379.3.22); (given name) Hisato |
永徳 see styles |
hisanori ひさのり |
Eitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1381.2.24-1384.2.27); (given name) Hisanori |
汴京 see styles |
biàn jīng bian4 jing1 pien ching |
Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan |
油子 see styles |
yóu zi you2 zi5 yu tzu aburako あぶらこ |
dense and sticky substance; (dialect) wily old fox (1) (kana only) (See 鮎魚女) (as used in Northern Japan) greenling; (2) (See 目高) (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish; (place-name) Aburako |
油症 see styles |
yóu zhèng you2 zheng4 yu cheng yushou / yusho ゆしょう |
Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979) yusho (disease caused by PCB ingestion) |
泰北 see styles |
tài běi tai4 bei3 t`ai pei tai pei |
northern Thailand |
洛北 see styles |
rakuhoku らくほく |
(1) north of the capital; (2) northern part of Kyoto |
海星 see styles |
hǎi xīng hai3 xing1 hai hsing mihoshi みほし |
starfish; sea star (1) (kana only) starfish; sea star; asteroid; any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea; (2) (kana only) northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis); (female given name) Mihoshi |
溟池 see styles |
míng chí ming2 chi2 ming ch`ih ming chih |
the northern sea |
燕國 燕国 see styles |
yān guó yan1 guo2 yen kuo |
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) |
猛鴞 猛鸮 see styles |
měng xiāo meng3 xiao1 meng hsiao |
(bird species of China) northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) |
獫狁 猃狁 see styles |
xiǎn yǔn xian3 yun3 hsien yün |
Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2] in the Qin and Han Dynasties |
玄琬 see styles |
xuán wǎn xuan2 wan3 hsüan wan Genon |
Xuanyuan, an influential Shensi monk who lived through the persecution of Buddhism in the 北周 Northern Zhou dynasty into the Sui and Tang dynasties. |
田鳧 see styles |
tageri たげり |
(kana only) northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit |
盒子 see styles |
hé zi he2 zi5 ho tzu |
box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines |
県北 see styles |
kenhoku; kenpoku けんほく; けんぽく |
northern part of a prefecture |
私多 see styles |
sī duō si1 duo1 ssu to shita |
私陀; 悉陀; 徒多; 枲多 Sītā. Described as the 'cold' river; one of the four great rivers flowing from the Anavatpta or Anavadata Lake 阿耨達池 in Tibet. One account makes it 'an eastern outflux' which subsequently becomes the Yellow River. It is also said to issue from the west. Again, 'the Ganges flows eastward, the Indus south, Vatsch (Oxus) west, Sītā north.' Vatsch = Vākṣu. 'According to Xuanzang, however, it is the northern outflux of the Sirikol [Sarikkol] Lake (Lat. 38°20′N., Long. 74°E.) now called Yarkand daria, which flows into Lake Lop, thence underneath the desert of Gobi, and reappears as the source of the Huanghe.' Eitel. According to Richard, the Huanghe 'rises a little above two neighbouring lakes of Khchara (Charingnor) and Khnora (Oring-nor). Both are connected by a channel and are situated at an elevation of 14,000 feet. It may perhaps be at first confounded with Djaghing-gol, a river 110 miles long, which flows from the south and empties into the channel joining the two lakes'. |
穗鵖 see styles |
suì bī sui4 bi1 sui pi |
(bird species of China) northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
穗䳭 see styles |
suì jí sui4 ji2 sui chi |
(bird species of China) northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
筑紫 see styles |
tsukushi つくし |
(1) (hist) Tsukushi (former province located in northern Kyūshū; later split into Chikuzen and Chikugo); (2) (archaism) (See 九州) Kyūshū; (p,s,f) Tsukushi |
粛慎 see styles |
mishihase; ashihase みしはせ; あしはせ |
(hist) Mishihase (ancient ethnic group of people who lived in northern Japan) |
紫微 see styles |
shibi しび |
(abbreviation) (See 紫微垣) Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) |
羅水 罗水 see styles |
luó shuǐ luo2 shui3 lo shui |
name of a river, the northern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1] |
羯族 see styles |
jié zú jie2 zu2 chieh tsu |
Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century |
羯胡 see styles |
jié hú jie2 hu2 chieh hu |
Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century |
胡虜 see styles |
koryo こりょ |
(1) (hist) northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; (2) (derogatory term) (rare) foreigner; barbarian tribe |
腰長 see styles |
koshinaga; koshinaga コシナガ; こしなが |
(kana only) longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol); northern bluefin tuna |
膃肭 腽肭 see styles |
wà nà wa4 na4 wa na otto おっと |
fur seal; (literary) fat; obese (rare) (abbreviation) (See 膃肭臍) fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal |
葷粥 荤粥 see styles |
xūn yù xun1 yu4 hsün yü |
Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times |
蒙恬 see styles |
méng tián meng2 tian2 meng t`ien meng tien mouten / moten もうてん |
Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall (person) Meng Tian (ca. 250-210 BCE; Chinese general) |
藍摩 蓝摩 see styles |
lán mó lan2 mo2 lan mo Ranma |
藍莫 Rāma; Rāmagrāma, an ancient kingdom and city of Northern India between Kapilavastu and Kuśinagara. |
蝦夷 虾夷 see styles |
xiā yí xia1 yi2 hsia i emishi えみし |
Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus (1) (hist) Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; (2) (えぞ only) (hist) (See 蝦夷地・1) Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands; (personal name) Emishi |
蠻子 蛮子 see styles |
mán zi man2 zi5 man tzu |
barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people) |
西魏 see styles |
xī wèi xi1 wei4 hsi wei seigi / segi せいぎ |
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 (hist) Western Wei dynasty (of China; 535-557) |
観応 see styles |
kanou / kano かんおう |
Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27); Kan'ō era; (given name) Kan'ou |
貞和 see styles |
sadakazu さだかず |
Jōwa era (of the Northern Court) (1345.10.21-1350.2.27); Teiwa era; (given name) Sadakazu |
貞治 see styles |
teiji / teji ていじ |
Jōji era (of the Northern Court) (1362.9.23-1368.2.18); Teiji era; (given name) Teiji |
邵雍 see styles |
shào yōng shao4 yong1 shao yung |
Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家|理学家 |
郊祀 see styles |
jiāo sì jiao1 si4 chiao ssu |
pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth) |
長樂 长乐 see styles |
cháng lè chang2 le4 ch`ang le chang le nagara ながら |
see 長樂區|长乐区[Chang2 le4 Qu1]; Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏[Xi1 Wei4], given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门[Tu3 men2] (surname) Nagara |
陝北 陕北 see styles |
shǎn běi shan3 bei3 shan pei |
Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 |
雜藏 杂藏 see styles |
zá zàng za2 zang4 tsa tsang zōzō |
saṃyuktapiṭaka, the miscellaneous canon, at first said to relate to bodhisattvas, but it contains miscellaneous works of Indian and Chinese authors, collections made under the Ming dynasty and supplements of the northern Chinese canon with their case marks from the southern canon. |
雷魚 see styles |
raigyo; raihii; raihii / raigyo; raihi; raihi らいぎょ; ライヒー; ライヒイ |
(1) (See 台湾泥鰌) blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); (2) (らいぎょ only) (See カムルチー) northern snakehead (Channa argus) |
韃靼 鞑靼 see styles |
dá dá da2 da2 ta ta dattan だったん |
Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China); Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) (hist) Tartary (various tribes that historically inhabited the area north of China); (place-name) Tartary |
頂港 顶港 see styles |
dǐng gǎng ding3 gang3 ting kang |
(Tw) northern Taiwan (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tíng-káng]) |
駿河 see styles |
toshikawa としかわ |
(hist) Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture); (surname) Toshikawa |
騊駼 𫘦𬳿 see styles |
táo tú tao2 tu2 t`ao t`u tao tu |
(literary) a well-regarded type of horse native to the northern regions, particularly associated with the Xiongnu people 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2] |
高雲 高云 see styles |
gāo yún gao1 yun2 kao yün takakumo たかくも |
Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty (surname) Takakumo |
魏收 see styles |
wèi shōu wei4 shou1 wei shou |
Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1] |
魏書 魏书 see styles |
wèi shū wei4 shu1 wei shu gisho ぎしょ |
History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls (personal name) Gisho |
麻溜 see styles |
má liu ma2 liu5 ma liu |
(dialect) quickly; briskly; without delay (northern colloquialism, often used in commands) |
齊書 齐书 see styles |
qí shū qi2 shu1 ch`i shu chi shu |
History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls; usually 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] to distinguish from Northern Qi |
龜茲 龟兹 see styles |
qiū cí qiu1 ci2 ch`iu tz`u chiu tzu Kyūji |
Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang Kucha |
ウニウ see styles |
uniu ウニウ |
(See オットセイ) fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus) (ain:); Alaskan fur seal |
ウネウ see styles |
uneu ウネウ |
fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus) (ain:) |
オニク see styles |
oniku オニク |
(kana only) northern groundcone (Boschniakia rossica) |
ヒトデ see styles |
hitode ヒトデ |
(1) (kana only) starfish; sea star; asteroid; any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea; (2) (kana only) northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis); (female given name) Hitode |
三論宗 三论宗 see styles |
sān lùn zōng san1 lun4 zong1 san lun tsung sanronshuu / sanronshu さんろんしゅう |
Three Treatise School (Buddhism) Sanron sect (of Buddhism) The Sanlun, Mādhyamika, or Middle School, founded in India by Nāgārjuna, in China by 嘉祥 Jiaxiang during the reign of 安帝 An Di, Eastern Jin, A.D. 397-419. It flourished up to the latter part of the Tang dynasty. In 625 it was carried to Japan as Sanron. After the death of Jiaxiang, who wrote the 三論玄義, a northern and southern division took place. While the Mādhyamika denied the reality of all phenomenal existence, and defined the noumenal world in negative terms, its aim seems not to have been nihilistic, but the advocacy of a reality beyond human conception and expression, which in our terminology may be termed a spiritual realm. |
五代史 see styles |
wǔ dài shǐ wu3 dai4 shi3 wu tai shih |
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls |
伐臘毗 see styles |
fá là pí fa2 la4 pi2 fa la p`i fa la pi |
Valabhī. Modern Wālā. 'An ancient kingdom and city on the eastern coast of Gujerat. ' Eitel. Known also as 北羅 northern Lata. |
倶盧洲 倶卢洲 see styles |
jù lú zhōu ju4 lu2 zhou1 chü lu chou kurushū |
Kurudvīpa; Uttarakuru. The northern of the four continents of a world; cf. 大洲 and 鬱. |
僧迦舍 see styles |
sēng jiā shè seng1 jia1 she4 seng chia she Sōkasha |
Sāṅkāśya, an ancient kingdom and city in Northern India (v. Kapitha 劫). The modern Samkassam, now a village 45 miles north-west of Kanauj. Also 僧伽施. |
元好問 元好问 see styles |
yuán hào wèn yuan2 hao4 wen4 yüan hao wen |
Yuan Haowen (1190-1257), famous poet Northern China during the Jin-Yuan transition |
六盤山 六盘山 see styles |
liù pán shān liu4 pan2 shan1 liu p`an shan liu pan shan |
Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China |
包待制 see styles |
bāo dài zhì bao1 dai4 zhi4 pao tai chih |
Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
包青天 see styles |
bāo qīng tiān bao1 qing1 tian1 pao ch`ing t`ien pao ching tien |
Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
包龍圖 包龙图 see styles |
bāo lóng tú bao1 long2 tu2 pao lung t`u pao lung tu |
Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
北の対 see styles |
kitanotai きたのたい |
(See 対の屋) northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Northern" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's
license.
Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.
No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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