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    mi4
mi
(bound form) to secrete

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fàn
    fan4
fan
 hiroshi
    ひろし
(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
(given name) Hiroshi
generalization

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mǐn
    min3
min
 min
    みん
(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate
(given name) Min
Vast; to flow off; ruin, confusion.


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xiè
    xie4
hsieh
 shiono
    しおの
(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
(personal name) Shiono
To leak, diminish.

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shè
    she4
she
 shō
(literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
to go over

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    ye4
yeh
 eki
    えき
(bound form) a liquid; also pr. [yi4]
(n,n-suf) liquid; fluid

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shū
    shu1
shu
 yoshi
    よし
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]
(female given name) Yoshi


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lèi
    lei4
lei
 rui
(bound form) tears; teardrops
Tears.


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hún
    hun2
hun
 kon
muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural; (bound form) whole; entire; all over
all

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liù
    liu4
liu
 ryuu / ryu
    りゅう
swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy; (bound form) rain runoff from a roof; (bound form) roof gutter; classifier for rows, lines etc; surroundings; neighborhood; (dialect) to practice; (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
(surname) Ryū

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    zi3
tzu
 kasu
    かす
(bound form) dregs; sediment
(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)

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tāo
    tao1
t`ao
    tao
(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent

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yǎn
    yan3
yen
 hiroshi
    ひろし
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
(given name) Hiroshi
To extend, expound, practise, perform.


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kuì
    kui4
k`uei
    kuei
 tsue
    つえ
(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
(place-name) Tsue


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bīn
    bin1
pin
 hin
    ひん
(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
(surname) Hin

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zhuó
    zhuo2
cho
 shaku
to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
burn, scorch, cauterize


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huàn
    huan4
huan
 akira
    あきら
(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
(given name) Akira

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    xi1
hsi
 hiromu
    ひろむ
(used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
(given name) Hiromu

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zào
    zao4
tsao
 sō
dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
dried

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suì
    sui4
sui
 hiuchi
    ひうち
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays; (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; (place-name, surname) Hiuchi
flame


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jìn
    jin4
chin
 shin
(bound form) cinders; ashes
ashes

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    wu4
wu
 mono(p); mon; mono
    もの(P); もん; モノ
(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
(1) thing; object; article; stuff; substance; (2) (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん) one's things; possessions; property; belongings; (3) things; something; anything; everything; nothing; (4) quality; (5) reason; the way of things; (6) (kana only) (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ) used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; (suffix noun) (7) (kana only) item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...; (suffix noun) (8) cause of ...; cause for ...; (prefix) (9) (もの only) (See 物寂しい・ものさびしい) somehow; somewhat; for some reason; (prefix) (10) (もの only) (See 物珍しい・ものめずらしい) really; truly; (surname) Mono
Thing, things in general, beings, living beings, matters; "substance," cf. 陀羅驃 dravya.


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 ken
to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
To haul, drag, influence, implicate.


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zhuàng
    zhuang4
chuang
 jō
(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
way of being

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xiá
    xia2
hsia
(bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or something; to treat frivolously


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shī
    shi1
shih
 shi
(bound form) lion
A lion; cf. 師子.


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jiǎng
    jiang3
chiang
 shō
prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
to recommend

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áo
    ao2
ao
(bound form) mastiff

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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 oi
    おい
(bound form) sister's son; nephew
(See 甥御,甥子) nephew

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yòng
    yong4
yung
 you / yo
    よう
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
(1) business; task; errand; engagement; (2) use; purpose; (suffix noun) (3) for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...; (4) (See 用を足す・2) call of nature; excretion; (place-name) Yō
To use, to employ; use, function.

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nán
    nan2
nan
 nan
    なん
(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
(n,n-suf,ctr) son; (male given name) Dan
Male.

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pàn
    pan4
p`an
    pan
 kuroyanagi
    くろやなぎ
(bound form) side; edge; boundary
(1) (kana only) on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond); (2) (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby; (1) (kana only) ridge of earth between rice fields; (2) (kana only) ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; (3) (abbreviation) footpath between rice fields; causeway; (surname) Kuroyanagi
A path between fields, or boundary; to trespass; translit. ban, van, par, pra. v. 般, 班, etc.

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

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fān
    fan1
fan
 ban
    ばん
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
(n,n-suf) (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (suffix noun) (4) rank; standing; position; (n,n-suf) (5) {sumo} bout; match; (suffix noun) (6) pieces (in a collection); (surname) Ban
Barbarian, foreign; a time, a turn.

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    yi2
i
 gi
    ぎ
(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
vicikitsā; doubt, suspect; hesitate, be uncertain, fear, surmise.

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    yi4
i
 yaku
(bound form) epidemic; plague
epidemic

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    ji2
chi
 tsuguo
    つぐお
(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
(personal name) Tsuguo
Sickness, an attack of illness: haste, speedy: angry.

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    di4
ti
 mato
    まと
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
(1) mark; target; (2) object; subject; focus; (3) point (e.g. of argument); (personal name) Yukuha
main point

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hào
    hao4
hao
 hiroshi
    ひろし
(bound form) bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)
(given name) Hiroshi
white

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mǐn
    min3
min
 sara
    さら
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108
(1) plate; dish; platter; disc; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) serving; helping; course; (3) kanji radical 108 (at the bottom); (place-name) Sara


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 gen
    げん
(bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
(n,n-suf) (1) (archaism) special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); (2) (archaism) (See 大宰府) secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu; (surname) Kanzaki
To survey, examine; a palace-eunuch; the Academy; to superintend, oversee; warden of a jail, warder, jail.

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xǐng
    xing3
hsing
 shou / sho
    しょう
(bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
(n,n-suf) (1) ministry; department; (n,n-suf) (2) province (of China); (prefix noun) (3) (See 省スペース) saving; conserving; (female given name) Mitsumu
Look into minutely, inspect, examine; arouse; spare, save; an inspectorate, hence a province.

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chī
    chi1
ch`ih
    chih
(bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)

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kuàng
    kuang4
k`uang
    kuang
(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. [kuang1]

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juàn
    juan4
chüan
 ken
    けん
(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for
(given name) Ken
Regard, love; wife; family; relatives; retainers.


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zhòng
    zhong4
chung
(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous

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    du1
tu
 masaru
    まさる
(bound form) to supervise
(personal name) Masaru

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gāo
    gao1
kao
(bound form) testicle


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zhū
    zhu1
chu
(bound form) cinnabar
See:

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    lu4
lu
 roku
    ろく
(bound form used in 忙碌[mang2 lu4], 勞碌|劳碌[lao2 lu4], 庸碌[yong1 lu4] etc)
(ateji / phonetic) (noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) satisfactory; decent; good; worthy


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    qi4
ch`i
    chi
 seki
    せき
(bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water
dry river bed; river beach; (surname) Seki


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    li4
li
 reki
    れき
(bound form) gravel; small stone
small stone; gravel; (place-name) Tsubute
small stone pebble

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shè
    she4
she
 yashiro
    やしろ
(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
(Shinto) shrine; (p,s,f) Yashiro
Gods of the land; a village, clan, society.

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    ji4
chi
 matsuri
    まつり
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (something magic); (bound form) ceremony; (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
festival; feast; (surname, female given name) Matsuri
Sacrifice, sacrificial.


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    yu4

 kazu
    かず
(bound form) to defend; to resist
(given name) Kazu

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 kin
    とり
(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒[qin2]
(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bird

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xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
(on a scale measuring quality, results, etc.; higher than 優) preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence; (given name) Minoru


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huì
    hui4
hui
 ai
(bound form) dirty; filthy
Foul, filthy, unclear, impure.


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huò
    huo4
huo
 yutaka
    ゆたか
(bound form) to reap; to harvest
(personal name) Yutaka

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duān
    duan1
tuan
 hashi(p); haji; hana
    はし(P); はじ; はな
(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out
(1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; (2) beginning; start; first; (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least; (female given name) Mizuki
Beginning, coming forth, elementary principles; a point either beginning or end; straight, proper.

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guā
    gua1
kua
 hazu
    はず
arrow end
(1) (kana only) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (sumo) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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děng
    deng3
teng
 ra
    ら
to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
(suffix) (1) (kana only) pluralizing suffix; (suffix) (2) (kana only) (See あちら,いくら・1) or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; (suffix) (3) (kana only) (after the stem of an adjective) (See 清ら) nominalizing suffix; (s,m,f) Hitoshi
To pair; parallel, equal, of like order; a class, grade, rank; common; to wait; sign of plural. In Buddhist writings it is also used for 'equal everywhere', 'equally everywhere', 'universal'.

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    bi4
pi
(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food


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jié
    jie2
chieh
 yo
    よ
joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
(archaism) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); (female given name) Misao; Misawo
joint

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piān
    pian1
p`ien
    pien
 hin
    へん
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
(n,n-suf) (1) compilation (of a text); editing; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) volume (of a text); (3) completed literary work
A slip of bamboo, a slip, leaf, page, books.


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shāi
    shai1
shai
 furui
    ふるい
(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong)
(1) sieve; sifter; screen; (2) screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)

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    cu4
ts`u
    tsu
 mura
    むら
    zoku
    ぞく
(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile; classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc
(n-suf,n-pref,n) gathering; cocoon holders

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    ji2
chi
 seki
    せき
(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records; (bound form) membership
(n,n-suf) (1) one's family register; one's domicile; (suffix noun) (2) nationality; (suffix noun) (3) membership (club, party, etc.); (surname) Seki
to write


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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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zōng
    zong1
tsung
 aze
    あぜ
(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. [zong4]
warp controller (on a loom); (personal name) Souji


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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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    di4
ti
(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union; to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)


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zhì
    zhi4
chih
(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
See:


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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 shō
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
grant


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 mayu
    まゆ
(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼[jian3])
cocoon; (female given name) Mayura
a cocoon

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chì
    chi4
ch`ih
    chih
 hane
    はね
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
(See 羽・はね・2) wing (of an insect); (surname) Tsubasa
A wing, fin; translit. ke.


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    xi2
hsi
 shii / shi
    シー
(bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
(surname) Xi
Repetition, practice, habit, skilled; u.f. 習氣 intp. vāsanā.

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nài
    nai4
nai
 tai
    たい
(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
(prefix) (See 耐アルカリ性) -proof; -resistant; (male given name) Tsuyoshi
To endure, bear.

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    da1
ta
(literary) big ears; (bound form) to droop


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lián
    lian2
lien
 tsurane
    つらね
(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
(personal name) Tsurane
to link


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cōng
    cong1
ts`ung
    tsung
 sou / so
    そう
(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
(given name) Sou
Quick at hearing, sharp, clever, astute, wise, 聰明.

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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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gāng
    gang1
kang
(bound form) anus; rectum

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    ji3
chi
 shaku
    せい
(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
height; stature; (1) back; spine; (2) reverse; rear side; (3) height; stature; (4) ridge (of a mountain)
the back

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qiāng
    qiang1
ch`iang
    chiang
 kou / ko
    こう
(bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock)
{anat} cavity

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jiǎng
    jiang3
chiang
(bound form) callus

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
(bound form) hollow space

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    yi4
i
 oku
    おく
(bound form) chest; breast; (bound form) inner feelings; subjective
(personal name) Oku


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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 heso(p); hozo; heso
    へそ(P); ほぞ; ヘソ
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
(1) (kana only) navel; belly button; (2) (へそ, ヘソ only) (kana only) protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; (3) (kana only) center; centre; most important part; main point
navel


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    la4
la
 rou / ro
    ろう
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
(1) {Buddh} offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; (2) twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; (3) (See 臈) year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
Dried flesh; to sacrifice to the gods three days after the winter solstice; the end of the year; a year; a monastic year, i.e. the end of the annual summer retreat, also called 戒臘; 夏臘; 法臘.

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

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 chigai
    ちがい
(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
(given name) Chigai
to cause

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shè
    she4
she
 sha
(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
A shelter, cottage; used as a term of humility for "my"; to lodge; let go, relinquish.

see styles
gǒu
    gou3
kou
(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily

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huí
    hui2
hui
(bound form) fennel

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róng
    rong2
jung
 kinoko
    きのこ
(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
(kana only) mushroom; (female given name) Kinoko

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mǎng
    mang3
mang
 mou / mo
    もう
(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish; reckless
(given name) Mou
Jungle; wild; rude; translit. ma, cf. 摩; intp. as 無 and 空.

see styles

    gu1
ku
(bound form) mushroom

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líng
    ling2
ling
 hishi; hishi
    ひし; ヒシ
(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
(1) water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; (2) caltrop (weapon); (surname) Hishi

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

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

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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.

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