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Simple Dictionary Definition

梵女

see styles
fàn nǚ
    fan4 nv3
fan nü
 bonnyo
A noble woman, a woman of high character.

梵室

see styles
fàn shì
    fan4 shi4
fan shih
 bonshitsu
A dwelling where celibate discipline is practised, a monastery, temple.

梵心

see styles
fàn xīn
    fan4 xin1
fan hsin
 bonshin
The noble or pure mind (which practises the discipline that ensures rebirth in the realm without form).

梵苑

see styles
fàn yuàn
    fan4 yuan4
fan yüan
 bon'on
A monastery or any place where celibate discipline is practised.

梵行

see styles
fàn xíng
    fan4 xing2
fan hsing
 bongyou / bongyo
    ぼんぎょう
{Buddh} ascetic practices (esp. celibacy)
Pure living; noble action; the discipline of celibacy which ensures rebirth in the brahmaloka, or in the realms beyond form.

槽點

see styles
cáo diǎn
    cao2 dian3
ts`ao tien
    tsao tien
(slang) an aspect that invites ridicule (e.g. a film's plot inconsistencies or unrealistic character behavior)

標徴

see styles
 hyouchou / hyocho
    ひょうちょう
(noun/participle) (1) appearing on the surface; (2) symbol; sign; (3) (biol) distinguishing mark; diagnostic character

標格


标格

see styles
biāo gé
    biao1 ge2
piao ko
style; character

標注


标注

see styles
biāo zhù
    biao1 zhu4
piao chu
to mark out; to tag; to put a sign on something explaining or calling attention to; to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)

橫出


横出

see styles
héng chū
    heng2 chu1
heng ch`u
    heng chu
 ōshutsu
By discipline to attain to temporary nirvāṇa in contrast with 橫超 happy salvation to Amitābha's paradise through trust in him.

橫折


横折

see styles
héng zhé
    heng2 zhe2
heng che
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)

歐陽


欧阳

see styles
ōu yáng
    ou1 yang2
ou yang
 ouyou / oyo
    おうよう
two-character surname Ouyang
(surname) Ouyou

止持

see styles
zhǐ chí
    zhi3 chi2
chih ch`ih
    chih chih
 shiji
Self-control in keeping the commandments or prohibitions relating to deeds and words, which are styled 止持戒, 止持門, 止惡門. 止犯; 止持作犯 Stopping offences; ceasing to do evil, preventing others from doing wrong.

正体

see styles
 shoutai / shotai
    しょうたい
(1) true character; true form; true colors (colours); identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin; (2) consciousness; one's senses

正字

see styles
zhèng zì
    zheng4 zi4
cheng tzu
 seiji / seji
    せいじ
to correct an erroneously written character; regular script (calligraphy); standard form (of a character or spelling)
(1) correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; (2) traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji; (3) (hist) official in charge of proofreading characters in books (in China)

正気

see styles
 seiki / seki
    せいき
true character; true heart; true spirit; (given name) Masaki

正音

see styles
zhèng yīn
    zheng4 yin1
cheng yin
 seion / seon
    せいおん
standard pronunciation; to correct sb's pronunciation
correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character; (given name) Masane

正體


正体

see styles
zhèng tǐ
    zheng4 ti3
cheng t`i
    cheng ti
 shōtai
standard form (of a Chinese character); plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic); printed style (as opposed to cursive); (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
substance

歪み

see styles
 yugami; igami(ok)
    ゆがみ; いがみ(ok)
(1) contortion; distortion; warp; bend; skew; (2) kink (in one's character); twist

民風


民风

see styles
mín fēng
    min2 feng1
min feng
 minpuu / minpu
    みんぷう
popular customs; folkways; the character of the people of a nation (or region etc)
national customs

気稟

see styles
 kihin
    きひん
innate character; temperament; disposition

気質

see styles
 kishitsu
    きしつ
    katagi
    かたぎ
(n,n-suf) spirit; character; trait; temperament; turn of mind; disposition

気風

see styles
 kifuu / kifu
    きふう
character; traits; ethos

氣量


气量

see styles
qì liàng
    qi4 liang4
ch`i liang
    chi liang
(lit. quantity of spirit); moral character; degree of forbearance; broad-mindedness or otherwise; tolerance; magnanimity

氣韻


气韵

see styles
qì yùn
    qi4 yun4
ch`i yün
    chi yün
(of literature, art) distinct style; flavor; spirit; character

水冠

see styles
shuǐ guàn
    shui3 guan4
shui kuan
 suikan
A monk's hat shaped like the character 'water' in front.

油滑

see styles
yóu huá
    you2 hua2
yu hua
oily; greasy; unctuous; slippery (character)

治身

see styles
zhì shēn
    zhi4 shen1
chih shen
 harumi
    はるみ
(given name) Harumi
self-discipline

法事

see styles
fǎ shì
    fa3 shi4
fa shih
 houji / hoji
    ほうじ
religious ceremony; ritual
Buddhist memorial service; (place-name) Houji
佛事 Religious affairs, e. g. assemblies and services; discipline and ritual.

法將


法将

see styles
fǎ jiàng
    fa3 jiang4
fa chiang
 hōshō
Dharma-generals, i.e. monks of high character and leadership.

法紀


法纪

see styles
fǎ jì
    fa3 ji4
fa chi
law and order; rules and discipline

法臘


法腊

see styles
fǎ là
    fa3 la4
fa la
 hōrō
The end of the monk's year after the summer retreat; a Buddhist year; the number of 夏 or 戒臘 summer or discipline years indicating the years since a monk's ordination.

法顯


法显

see styles
fǎ xiǎn
    fa3 xian3
fa hsien
 hokken
    ほっけん
(personal name) Hokken
Faxian, the famous pilgrim who with fellow-monks left Chang'an A.D. 399 overland for India, finally reached it, remained alone for six years, and spent three years on the return journey, arriving by sea in 414. His 佛國記 Records of the Buddhistic Kingdoms were made, for his information, by Buddhabhadra, an Indian monk in China. His own chief translation is the 僧祗律, a work on monastic discipline.

洪爐


洪炉

see styles
hóng lú
    hong2 lu2
hung lu
great furnace (metaphor for a place where character is forged)

淫声

see styles
 insei / inse
    いんせい
(1) screams produced during sex; (2) bawdy song; song of low character

淳于

see styles
chún yú
    chun2 yu2
ch`un yü
    chun yü
two-character surname Chunyu

源氏

see styles
 genji
    げんじ
(1) Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); (2) the Minamoto family; (place-name, surname) Genji

漏戒

see styles
lòu jiè
    lou4 jie4
lou chieh
 rokai
To make a leak in the commandments, i.e. break them.

演活

see styles
yǎn huó
    yan3 huo2
yen huo
(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life; to act brilliantly

漢字


汉字

see styles
hàn zì
    han4 zi4
han tzu
 kanji
    かんじ
Chinese character; CL:個|个[ge4]; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
kanji; Chinese character; (personal name) Kanji

為手

see styles
 narite
    なりて
    shite
    して
(irregular okurigana usage) candidate; suitable person; (1) doer; performer; (2) (kana only) protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character

無字


无字

see styles
wú zì
    wu2 zi4
wu tzu
 muji
    むじ
{Buddh} (See 狗子仏性) the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
without letters

無戒


无戒

see styles
wú jiè
    wu2 jie4
wu chieh
 mu kai
no moral discipline

無表


无表

see styles
wú biǎo
    wu2 biao3
wu piao
 muhyō
avijñapti. Unconscious, latent, not expressed, subjective, e.g. 'the taking of a religious vow impresses on a man's character a peculiar bent,' Keith. This is internal and not visible to others. It has a 'quasi-material' basis styled 無表色 or 無作色 which has power to resist evil. It is the Sarvāstivādin view, though certain other schools repudiated the material basis and defined it as mental. This invisible power may be both for good and evil, and may perhaps be compared to 'animal magnetism' or hypnotic powers. It means occult: power whether for higher spiritual ends or for base purposes.

熟字

see styles
shú zì
    shu2 zi4
shu tzu
 jukuji
    じゅくじ
familiar words; known Chinese character
(See 熟語・1) kanji compound

牛戒

see styles
niú jiè
    niu2 jie4
niu chieh
 gōkai
To live as a cow, eating grass with bent head, etc. — as certain Indian heretics are said to have done, in the belief that a cow's next reincarnation would be in the heavens.

牴牾

see styles
dǐ wǔ
    di3 wu3
ti wu
 modoki
    もどき
    teigo / tego
    ていご
variant of 抵牾[di3 wu3]
(out-dated kanji) (suffix noun) (1) (kana only) -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...; (2) comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (3) (archaism) criticism; censure; (noun/participle) crossing each other; running counter to; differing; clashing

犢子


犊子

see styles
dú zi
    du2 zi5
tu tzu
 Tokushi
calf
Vatsa, the founder of the犢子部, Vātsīputrīyas (Pali Vajjiputtakas), one of the main divisions of the Sarvāstivāda (Vaibhāṣika) school; they were considered schismatics through their insistence on the reality of the ego; "their failure in points of discipline," etc.; the vinaya as taught by this school "has never reached China". Eitel. For other forms of Vātsīputrīya, v. 跋私; also 婆 and 佛.

犯諱


犯讳

see styles
fàn huì
    fan4 hui4
fan hui
to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old); to violate a taboo; to use a taboo word or character

猫娘

see styles
 nekomusume
    ねこむすめ
catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat; (personal name) Nekomusume

猫耳

see styles
 nekomimi; nekomimi
    ねこみみ; ネコミミ
(1) cat ears; (2) catgirl (female character with cat ears; in manga, anime, etc.); (3) ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell

王英

see styles
wáng yīng
    wang2 ying1
wang ying
Wang Ying (character in the "Water Margin")

理性

see styles
lǐ xìng
    li3 xing4
li hsing
 risei / rise
    りせい
reason; rationality; rational
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
Absolute nature, immutable reality, fundamental principle or character.

生字

see styles
shēng zì
    sheng1 zi4
sheng tzu
new character (in textbook); character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied

申屠

see styles
shēn tú
    shen1 tu2
shen t`u
    shen tu
two-character surname Shentu

略字

see styles
lüè zì
    lu:e4 zi4
lu:e tzu
 ryakuji
    りゃくじ
abbreviated character; simplified character
(1) abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; (2) (See 略語) acronym; abbreviation

略筆

see styles
 ryakuhitsu
    りゃくひつ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) outline; synopsis; summary; (noun, transitive verb) (2) writing a character (e.g. kanji) in a simplified form; simplified character

畫軸


画轴

see styles
huà zhóu
    hua4 zhou2
hua chou
character scroll; scroll painting

異字

see styles
 iji
    いじ
(1) different character; other character; (2) variant character; different written form of a character

異文


异文

see styles
yì wén
    yi4 wen2
i wen
 ibun
    いぶん
variant character; loan word; variant written form (for the same word); different edition
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

異讀


异读

see styles
yì dú
    yi4 du2
i tu
variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)

異體


异体

see styles
yì tǐ
    yi4 ti3
i t`i
    i ti
 i tai
variant form (of a Chinese character)
separate essence

畳字

see styles
 jouji / joji
    じょうじ
(See 踊り字) iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)

疑字

see styles
 giji
    ぎじ
character of questionable form

白字

see styles
bái zì
    bai2 zi4
pai tzu
wrongly written or mispronounced character

白寿

see styles
 hakuju
    はくじゅ
(from viewing the character 白 as 百 (100) minus 一 (1)) 99th birthday

白讀


白读

see styles
bái dú
    bai2 du2
pai tu
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character

百里

see styles
bǎi lǐ
    bai3 li3
pai li
 yuri
    ゆり
two-character surname Baili
(female given name) Yuri

皆伝

see styles
 kaiden
    かいでん
(noun, transitive verb) initiation into an art or discipline; (surname) Minaden

皇甫

see styles
huáng fǔ
    huang2 fu3
huang fu
 kouhou / koho
    こうほう
two-character surname Huangfu
(surname) Kōhou

盛德

see styles
shèng dé
    sheng4 de2
sheng te
splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness

盛氣


盛气

see styles
shèng qì
    sheng4 qi4
sheng ch`i
    sheng chi
grand and heroic; exuberant character

省筆

see styles
 shouhitsu; seihitsu / shohitsu; sehitsu
    しょうひつ; せいひつ
(n,vs,vi) (1) omission (of words and passages); abbreviation; (n,vs,vi) (2) writing a character in a simplified form; omitting strokes from a kanji

眞如

see styles
zhēn rú
    zhen1 ru2
chen ju
 shinnyo
    しんにょ
(surname) Shinnyo
bhūtatathatā, 部多多他多. The眞 is intp. as 眞實 the real, 如 as 如常 thus always or eternally so; i.e. reality as contrasted with 虛妄 unreality, or appearance, and 不變不改 unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. It resembles the ocean in contrast with the waves. It is the eternal, impersonal, unchangeable reality behind all phenomena. bhūta is substance, that which exists; tathatā is suchness, thusness, i.e. such is its nature. The word is fundamental to Mahāyāna philosophy, implying the absolute, the ultimate source and character of all phenomena, it is the All. It is also called 自性淸淨心 self-existent pure Mind; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 法身 dharmakāya; 如來藏 tathāgata-garbha, or Buddha-treasury; 實相 reality; 法界 Dharma-realm; 法性Dharma-nature; 圓成實性 The complete and perfect real nature, or reality. There are categories of 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 in number: (1) The undifferentiated whole. (2) There are several antithetical classes, e.g. the unconditioned and the conditioned; the 空 void, static, abstract, noumenal, and the 不 空 not-void, dynamic, phenomenal; pure, and affected (or infected); undefiled (or innocent), i.e. that of Buddhas, defiled, that of all beings; in bonds and free; inexpressible, and expressible in words. (3) 無相 Formless; 無生 uncreated; 無性 without nature, i.e. without characteristics or qualities, absolute in itself. Also, as relative, i.e. good, bad, and indeterminate. (7, 10, 12) The 7 are given in the 唯識論 8; the 10 are in two classes, one of the 別教 cf. 唯識論 8; the other of the 圓教, cf. 菩提心義 4; the 12 are given in the Nirvana Sutra.

破体

see styles
 hatai
    はたい
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

破讀


破读

see styles
pò dú
    po4 du2
p`o tu
    po tu
pronunciation of a character other than the standard; lit. broken reading

硬骨

see styles
 koukotsu / kokotsu
    こうこつ
(1) bone; (n,adj-no,adj-na) (2) firmness (of character); backbone; unyielding spirit

磨練


磨练

see styles
mó liàn
    mo2 lian4
mo lien
to temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline; endurance

示し

see styles
 shimeshi
    しめし
(1) lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); (2) revelation

神髓

see styles
shén suǐ
    shen2 sui3
shen sui
lit. spirit and marrow; the essential character

禀性

see styles
 hinsei; rinsei / hinse; rinse
    ひんせい; りんせい
nature; character

禪化


禅化

see styles
chán huà
    chan2 hua4
ch`an hua
    chan hua
 zenke
The transforming character of Chan.

禪學


禅学

see styles
chán xué
    chan2 xue2
ch`an hsüeh
    chan hsüeh
 zengaku
discipline of meditation

禪行


禅行

see styles
chán xíng
    chan2 xing2
ch`an hsing
    chan hsing
 zengyō
The methods employed in meditation; the practices, or discipline, of the Chan school.

秉性

see styles
bǐng xìng
    bing3 xing4
ping hsing
innate character; natural disposition; attitude

秉持

see styles
bǐng chí
    bing3 chi2
ping ch`ih
    ping chih
 heiji
to uphold; to hold fast to
To hold firmly (to the discipline, or rules).

科斗

see styles
kē dǒu
    ke1 dou3
k`o tou
    ko tou
 kato
    かと
tadpole; also written 蝌蚪[ke1 dou3]
(1) tadpole; (2) ancient seal-script character

科罰

see styles
 kabatsu
    かばつ
punishment; discipline

秩序

see styles
zhì xù
    zhi4 xu4
chih hsü
 chitsujo
    ちつじょ
order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society); CL:個|个[ge4]
order; discipline; regularity; system; method

移情

see styles
yí qíng
    yi2 qing2
i ch`ing
    i ching
to redirect one's affections; (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character; empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object); transference (psychology)

穀梁


谷梁

see styles
gǔ liáng
    gu3 liang2
ku liang
two-character surname Guliang; abbr. for 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3liang2 Zhuan4], Guliang Annals

空格

see styles
kòng gé
    kong4 ge2
k`ung ko
    kung ko
blank; blank space on a form; space; 囗 (indicating missing or illegible character)

空聖


空圣

see styles
kōng shèng
    kong1 sheng4
k`ung sheng
    kung sheng
 akiyo
    あきよ
(female given name) Akiyo
A saint who bears the name without possessing the character.

空行

see styles
kōng xíng
    kong1 xing2
k`ung hsing
    kung hsing
 kuugyou / kugyo
    くうぎょう
blank line
The discipline or practice of the immaterial, or infinite, thus overcoming the illusion that the ego and all phenomena are realities.

端木

see styles
duān mù
    duan1 mu4
tuan mu
two-character surname Duanmu

笑場


笑场

see styles
xiào chǎng
    xiao4 chang3
hsiao ch`ang
    hsiao chang
(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse

符串

see styles
fú chuàn
    fu2 chuan4
fu ch`uan
    fu chuan
string (as in "character string")

筆字

see styles
 fudeji
    ふでじ
(See 筆文字) character written by brush; brush-stroke character

筆画

see styles
 hikkaku
    ひっかく
stroke in a Chinese character

筆畫


笔画

see styles
bǐ huà
    bi3 hua4
pi hua
strokes of a Chinese character

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