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zhòu
    zhou4
chou
(literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period; to recite; to read (aloud)


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lán
    lan2
lan
 ran
    らん
basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
(female given name) Ran


𥫣

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    yu2
round basket used for feeding the cattle


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chóu
    chou2
ch`ou
    chou
 hikaru
    ひかる
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
(archaism) wooden skewer used for counting; (given name) Hikaru
To calculate, devise, plan; a tally.


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téng
    teng2
t`eng
    teng
 fuji
    ふじ
variant of 藤[teng2]
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture); (surname) Fuji


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lǒng
    long3
lung
 kagosaki
    かごさき
to envelop; to cover; (used in 籠子|笼子[long3 zi5]) large box; Taiwan pr. [long2]
(kana only) basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage; (surname) Kagosaki
A cage, crate; to ensnare.


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 higo
    ひご
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
(kana only) thin strip of bamboo
lot


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biān
    bian1
pien
bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets

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    mi3
mi
 yonehama
    よねはま
uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
(1) (because 米 can be deconstructed into 八十八) 88 years old; (2) (archaism) (See 米・こめ・1) rice; (surname) Yonehama
śāli, rice, i. e. hulled rice. The word śālihas been wrongly used for śarīra, relics, and for both words 舍利 has been used.

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 momi
    もみ
(1) unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 籾殻) rice husks; chaff; (surname) Momi

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cuì
    cui4
ts`ui
    tsui
 sui
    すい
Japanese variant of 粹
(1) essence; the best; cream; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (See 粋・いき・1) chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) considerate; understanding; thoughtful; tactful; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts); (female given name) Sui

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    po4
p`o
    po
 kasu
    かす
grains in distilled liquor
(1) (kana only) dregs; sediment; grounds; meal; (2) (kana only) lees (esp. sake); (3) (kana only) leftovers; by-product; (4) (kana only) worthless item; thing of little to no value; (5) (kana only) dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross; (6) (kana only) card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda); (surname) Kasu

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    su4
su
 awazaki
    あわざき
millet; (metonym) grain
(1) (obsolete) (See 粟・あわ) millet; grain; (2) (archaism) stipend in rice; (3) (See 尺・しゃく・1) 10,000th of a shaku; (surname) Awazaki
Maize, millet.

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zhōu
    zhou1
chou
 iku
    いく
congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]
(1) thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee; (2) (しゅく only) breakfast (in Zen temples); (personal name) Iku
Congee, gruel.

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lāo
    lao1
lao
a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc; Taiwan pr. [lao3]

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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 chimaki
    ちまき
rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves; (surname) Chimaki

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jīng
    jing1
ching
 makoto
    まこと
essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of something; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
(1) spirit; sprite; nymph; (2) energy; vigor (vigour); strength; (3) fine details; (4) (See 精液) semen; (given name) Makoto
Cleaned rice, freed from the husk, pure; essential, essence, germinating principle, spirit; fine, best, finest.

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cāo
    cao1
ts`ao
    tsao
rough; coarse (in texture)

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zāo
    zao1
tsao
 kasu
    かす
dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
(1) (kana only) dregs; sediment; grounds; meal; (2) (kana only) lees (esp. sake); (3) (kana only) leftovers; by-product; (4) (kana only) worthless item; thing of little to no value; (5) (kana only) dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross; (6) (kana only) card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda); (surname) Kasu


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liáng
    liang2
liang
 haze
    はぜ
grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) food; provisions; (1) food; provisions; (2) nourishment; source of encouragement; (surname) Haze
provisions

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shǔ
    shu3
shu
used in 麻糬[ma2shu3]


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    si1
ssu
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lu:4], 累[lei4] etc; also pr. [mi4]


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    ji4
chi
 motoi
    もとい
order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
(n,n-suf) (1) {geol} period; (2) (abbreviation) (See 日本書紀) Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan; (3) (abbreviation) (hist) Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures); (personal name) Motoi
To record; regulate; a year, a period (of twelve years).


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yuē
    yue1
yüeh
 yaku
    やく
to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
(adverb) (1) approximately; about; (2) promise; appointment; engagement; (3) shortening; reduction; simplification; (4) {ling} (See 約音) contraction (in phonetics); (female given name) Yaku
Bind, restrain; agree, covenant; about.


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    he2
ho
 kotsu
tassels
Tassels; the Uigur tribe; a knot.


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    ji2
chi
 kyuu / kyu
    きゅう
level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
(n,ctr) (1) (school) grade; year; class; (n,suf) (2) class; grade; rank; level; (n,ctr) (3) (See 段・4) kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)


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    xi4
hsi
 hososaki
    ほそさき
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
(1) (abbreviation) (See 細引き,細糸) fine thread; hempen cord; (prefix noun) (2) slender; narrow; weak; (suffix noun) (3) (as ぼそ) narrowness; (surname) Hososaki
Fine, small, minute, in detail: careful.


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zhōng
    zhong1
chung
 owari
    おわり
end; finish
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) never; not at all; (irregular okurigana usage) the end; (female given name) Owari
End, termination, final, utmost, death, the whole; opposite of 始.


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jié
    jie2
chieh
 ribon
    りぼん
knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
(female given name) Ribon
Knot, tie, bond; bound; settle, wind up; to form. The bond of transmigration. There are categories of three, five, and nine bonds; e.g. false views, the passions, etc.

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    ci4
tz`u
    tzu
ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth


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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
 kou / ko
    こう
to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn
(hist) death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
Intertwine, twist, intermingle.


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luò
    luo4
lo
 raku
net-like object; to hold something in place with a net; to wind; to twist; (TCM) channels in the human body
Continuous; fibres, veins.


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dié
    die2
tieh
hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner


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jué
    jue2
chüeh
 zetsu
    ぜつ
variant of 絕|绝[jue2]
(abbreviation) {hanaf} (See 絶場) starting field which contains the November and-or December 20-point card
To cut off, sunder, terminate, end; decidedly, superlatively.

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 ro
    ろ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)


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jīng
    jing1
ching
 tsune
    つね
classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
(female given name) Tsune
A warp, that which runs lengthwise; to pass through or by, past; to manage, regulate; laws, canons, classics. Skt. sūtras; threads, threaded together, classical works. Also called 契經 and 經本. The sūtras in the Tripiṭaka are the sermons attributed to the Buddha; the other two divisions are 律 the Vinaya, and 論 the śāstras, or Abhidharma; cf. 三藏. Every sūtra begins with the words 如是我聞 'Thus did I hear', indicating that it contains the words of Śākyamuni.


𫄧

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yán
    yan2
yen
 en
cap tassels
The threads of beads or gems which hang, front and back, from the ceremonial square cap.

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    xu4
hsü
 tsuzuku
    つづく
Japanese variant of 續|续
(n,n-pref) (oft. used in book titles) sequel; second series; (surname) Tsuzuku


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quǎn
    quan3
ch`üan
    chüan
 heso
    へそ
used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]
(place-name) Heso


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gāng
    gang1
kang
 tsunashi
    つなし
head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
(1) rope; cord; line; (2) {sumo} grand champion's braided belt; (given name) Tsunashi
A net rope, bond, social nexus, constant obligation, the restraints of society.


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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 inoue / inoe
    いのうえ
to burst open; to split at the seam
(personal name) Inoue


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chuò
    chuo4
ch`o
    cho
 yutaka
    ゆたか
(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 綽號|绰号[chuo4hao4] and 綽名|绰名[chuo4ming2]
(personal name) Yutaka


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líng
    ling2
ling
 rin
    りん
damask; thin silk
(1) (kana only) figure; design; (2) twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; (3) (kana only) style (of writing); figure (of speech); (4) (kana only) design; plot; plan; (5) (kana only) minor market fluctuation; technical correction; (6) (kana only) (abbreviation) cat's cradle; (7) (kana only) (abbreviation) lease rod (in a loom); (female given name) Rin


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jiān
    jian1
chien
 kan
    かん
letters; to close; to seal
(1) (See 緘する・かんする・1) seam; seal (e.g. envelope); (2) writing on the seal of an envelope


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    ke4
k`o
    ko
used in 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1]


线

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 sen
    せん
thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
(n,n-suf) (1) line; stripe; stria; (n,n-suf) (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire; (n,n-suf) (3) (See X線) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; (n,n-suf) (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; (n,n-suf) (5) outline; contours; form; (n,n-suf) (6) level; (n,n-suf) (7) division; (n,n-suf) (8) (See いい線) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; (n,n-suf) (9) (See 線が太い,線が細い) impression one leaves; air one gives off; (surname) Sen
A thread, wire, clue, spy, lead, connection.


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mín
    min2
min
 sashi; bin
    さし; びん
cord; fishing-line; string of coins
(1) (See 緡縄・さしなわ) slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin; (n,ctr) (2) string of coins (usu. 100 mon)


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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 en
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
pratyaya means conviction, reliance, but with Buddhists especially it means 'a co-operating cause, the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its proximate cause'. M.W. It is the circumstantial, conditioning, or secondary cause, in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. hetu is as the seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind 能緣can reason, the objective is 所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are 因緣; 次第緣; 緣緣, and 增上緣 q.v.


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wěi
    wei3
wei
 tsukane
    つかね
latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom); (female given name) Tsukane

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 odoshi
    おどし
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)


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    fu4
fu
 baku
    ばく
to bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. [fu2]
(See 縛につく) tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
bandha. Tie, attachment, bind, bond, another name for kleśa-afflictions, the passions, etc., which bind men; the 'three bonds' are 貪瞋痴 desire, resentment, stupidity; translit. pa, ba, va; cf. 跋, 婆, 飯.

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zài
    zai4
tsai
 kon
    こん
    koto
    こと
matter; affair
(out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) thing; matter; (2) (kana only) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) (kana only) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) (kana only) work; business; affair; (5) (kana only) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (suffix noun) (6) (kana only) nominalizing suffix; (7) (kana only) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (n,n-suf) (8) (kana only) alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as


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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 ken
    けん
county
(out-dated kanji) (1) prefecture (of Japan); (2) county (of China); (out-dated kanji) (1) territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (2) (archaism) countryside; (surname) Ken
to hang

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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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    xi3
hsi
band for the hair


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    lu:3

 ru
strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
thread


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zǒng
    zong3
tsung
 souzaki / sozaki
    そうざき
general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
(surname) Souzaki
sādhāraṇa. Altogether, all, whole, general; certainly.

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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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zhòu
    zhou4
chou
interpretations of the trigrams


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 noboru
    のぼる
to repair; to mend; to rewrite; to transcribe
(given name) Noboru
To repair, put in order, white out, copy.


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rào
    rao4
jao
 hanabusa
    はなぶさ
to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex
(kana only) (e.g. 道, 起) kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical; (personal name) Hanabusa
To wind round, go round.


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qiǎng
    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
 tasuki
    たすき
string of copper coins; variant of 襁[qiang3]
(1) cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; (2) sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); (3) wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.


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    xi4
hsi
 kei
to connect; to arrest; to worry
To fasten, attach to, connect; think of, be attached to, fix the thoughts on.


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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize


𦈡

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    xu1
hsü
multicolored silk; piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves


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bīn
    bin1
pin
used in 繽紛|缤纷[bin1fen1]


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qiǎn
    qian3
ch`ien
    chien
used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]


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chán
    chan2
ch`an
    chan
 matome
    まとめ
to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
(given name) Matome
To bind with cords; bonds; another name for 煩惱 the passions and delusions, etc.

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chán
    chan2
ch`an
    chan
 matome
    まとめ
old variant of 纏|缠[chan2]
(given name) Matome
afflictions in an active, manifest state

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xià
    xia4
hsia
 motai
    もたい
crack; grudge
(1) (kana only) crack; fissure; (2) (kana only) rift (in a relationship); split; crack; (personal name) Motai

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

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gāng
    gang1
kang
stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

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zuì
    zui4
tsui
 tsumi
    つみ
guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion; (2) penalty; sentence; punishment; (3) fault; responsibility; culpability; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) thoughtlessness; lack of consideration
That which is blameworthy and brings about bad karma; entangled in the net of wrong-doing; sin, crime.

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lǎn
    lan3
lan
a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net; to dredge with such a tool


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qún
    qun2
ch`ün
    chün
 gun
variant of 群[qun2]
A flock of sheep, herd, multitude, the flock, crowd, all.

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    yu3

 hano
    はの
feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
(counter) counter for birds or rabbits; (female given name) Hano
wing

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wēng
    weng1
weng
 on
    おん
elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)
(1) old man; venerable gentleman; (suffix) (2) (おう only) (honorific or respectful language) venerable; old; father; (surname) On
an old man

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liù
    liu4
liu
the sound of the wind; to soar

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    xi1
hsi
 sakari
    さかり
to open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
(given name) Sakari
to arise

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shà
    sha4
sha
wooden fan carried in procession

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    yi4
i
 ei
    さしば
feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract
(kana only) dimness (of sight); (1) shade; shadow; (2) other side; back; background; large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
A film; screen; fan; hide, invisible; translit. e, a.

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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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mào
    mao4
mao
extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian

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zhě
    zhe3
che
 mono(p); mon
    もの(P); もん
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to something mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
(rarely used without a qualifier) person
the one [who, which]

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gǒu
    gou3
kou
wrinkled face of the elderly

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dié
    die2
tieh
aged; in one's eighties

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huō
    huo1
huo
a hoe; to hoe; to loosen the soil with a hoe; Taiwan pr. [he2]


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lào
    lao4
lao
a kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground; to level the ground by dragging this tool

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ěr
    er3
erh
 mimi
    みみ
ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
(1) ear; (2) hearing; (3) ear (for music, etc.); (4) edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage; (5) ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle; (surname, female given name) Mimi
śrotra, the ear, one of the 六根 six organs of sense, hence 耳入 is one of the twelve 入, as 耳處 is one of the twelve 處.

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dīng
    ding1
ting
used in 耵聹|耵聍[ding1ning2]; Taiwan pr. [ding3]

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ye
    ye5
yeh
 yazuya
    やずや
final particle indicating enthusiasm etc
(female given name) Yazuya
An interrogative particle; translit. for jha, ya.

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dān
    dan1
tan
 tan
    たん
to indulge in; to delay
(given name) Tan
obsessed with

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guó
    guo2
kuo
cut off the left ear of the slain

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 muko
    むこ
(1) husband; groom; (2) (one's) son-in-law


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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 shō
    こえ
sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
(out-dated kanji) voice
śabda. Sound, tone, voice, repute; one of the five physical senses or sensations, i.e. sound, the聲入, 聲根, or聲塵, cf. 六 and 十二入.


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níng
    ning2
ning
used in 耵聹|耵聍[ding1ning2]


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zhào
    zhao4
chao
the start; the origin
See:

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ròu
    rou4
jou
 niku
    にく
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
(1) flesh; (2) meat; (3) flesh (of a fruit); pulp; (4) the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; (5) thickness; (6) content; substance; flesh; (7) (See 印肉) ink pad
māṃsa. Flesh.

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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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zhǒu
    zhou3
chou
 chū
    ひじ
elbow; pork shoulder
elbow
hasta, forearm, the 16,000th part of a yojana; it varies from 1ft. 4in. to 1ft. 8in. in length.

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

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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