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三人行 see styles |
sān rén xíng san1 ren2 xing2 san jen hsing |
(slang) threesome |
三佛土 see styles |
sān fó tǔ san1 fo2 tu3 san fo t`u san fo tu san butsudo |
The three Buddha-lands, realms, or environment, corresponding to the Trikāya; v. 三身 and 佛土. |
三佛子 see styles |
sān fó zǐ san1 fo2 zi3 san fo tzu san busshi |
All the living are Buddha-sons, but they are of three kinds—the commonalty are 外子 external sons; the followers of the two inferior Buddhist vehicles, 小and 中 乘, are 庶子 secondary sons (i.e. of concubines); the bodhisattvas, i.e. mahāyānists) are 子 true sons, or sons in the truth. |
三佛性 see styles |
sān fó xìng san1 fo2 xing4 san fo hsing san busshō |
The three kinds of Buddha-nature: (1) 自性住佛性 the Buddha-nature which is in all living beings, even those in the three evil paths (gati). (2) 引出佛性 the Buddha-nature developed by the right discipline. (3) 至得果佛性 the final or perfected Buddha-nature resulting from the development of the original potentiality. |
三佛語 三佛语 see styles |
sān fó yǔ san1 fo2 yu3 san fo yü sanbutsugo |
The Buddha's three modes of discourse—unqualifed, i.e. out of the fullness of his nature; qualified to suit the intelligence of his hearers; and both. |
三假觀 三假观 see styles |
sān jiǎ guān san1 jia3 guan1 san chia kuan sanke kan |
The meditations on the three false assumptions 三假. |
三元色 see styles |
sangenshoku さんげんしょく |
(irregular kanji usage) three primary colors (colours); trichromatic |
三六九 see styles |
sān liù jiǔ san1 liu4 jiu3 san liu chiu miroku みろく |
(personal name) Miroku An esoteric objection to three, six, or nine persons worshipping together. |
三具足 see styles |
sān jù zú san1 ju4 zu2 san chü tsu mitsugusoku みつぐそく |
{Buddh} (See 香炉,華瓶,燭台) three implements for worship (incense burner, flower vase and candle-stand) The three essential articles for worship: flower-vase, candlestick, and censer. |
三冠馬 see styles |
sankanba さんかんば |
winner of Japan's three main horse races |
三刀流 see styles |
santouryuu / santoryu さんとうりゅう |
(1) (manga slang) wielding three swords; (2) {baseb} (See 二刀流・3) player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter |
三分別 三分别 see styles |
sān fēn bié san1 fen1 bie2 san fen pieh san funbetsu |
three forms of discrimination (1) 自性分別 natural discrimination, e. g. of present objects; (2) 計度分別 calculating discrimination (as to future action); (3) 隨念分別 discriminating by remembrance of affairs that are past. |
三分球 see styles |
sān fēn qiú san1 fen1 qiu2 san fen ch`iu san fen chiu |
(basketball) three-point shot |
三動弁 see styles |
sandouben / sandoben さんどうべん |
triple valve; three-state valve |
三十生 see styles |
sān shí shēng san1 shi2 sheng1 san shih sheng sanjū shō |
In each of the 十地 ten states there are three conditions, 入, 住, 出, entry, stay, exit, hence the 'thirty lives'. |
三千家 see styles |
sansenke さんせんけ |
the three Senke schools of tea ceremony (Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushakōjisenke) |
三博士 see styles |
sanhakase さんはかせ |
{Christn} (See マギ) Three Wise Men; Magi |
三卽一 see styles |
sān jí yī san1 ji2 yi1 san chi i |
The three vehicles (Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, Mahāyāna) are one, i. e. the three lead to bodhisattvaship and Buddhahood for all. |
三原則 三原则 see styles |
sān yuán zé san1 yuan2 ze2 san yüan tse |
the Three Principles (in many contexts) |
三原色 see styles |
sangenshoku さんげんしょく |
three primary colors (colours) |
三叉路 see styles |
sansaro さんさろ |
three-forked road; junction of three roads |
三合一 see styles |
sān hé yī san1 he2 yi1 san ho i |
three in one; triple |
三合土 see styles |
sān hé tǔ san1 he2 tu3 san ho t`u san ho tu |
traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, clay, and sand) |
三合院 see styles |
sān hé yuàn san1 he2 yuan4 san ho yüan |
residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides |
三名山 see styles |
sanmeizan / sanmezan さんめいざん |
(abbreviation) (See 日本三名山) Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) |
三味線 三味线 see styles |
sān wèi xiàn san1 wei4 xian4 san wei hsien shamisen しゃみせん |
shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute; (surname) Shamisen |
三和弦 see styles |
sān hé xián san1 he2 xian2 san ho hsien |
(music) triad; three-note chord |
三善根 see styles |
sān shàn gēn san1 shan4 gen1 san shan ken sanzengon; sanzenkon さんぜんごん; さんぜんこん |
{Buddh} three wholesome roots (no coveting, no anger, no delusion) The three good "roots", the foundation of all moral development, i.e. 無貪, 無瞋, 無痴 no lust (or selfish desire), no ire, no stupidity (or unwillingness to learn). Also, 施, 慈, 慧 giving, kindness, moral wisdom; v. 三毒 the three poisons for which these are a cure. |
三善道 see styles |
sān shàn dào san1 shan4 dao4 san shan tao san zendō |
(or 三善趣) The three good or upward directions or states of existence: 天 the highest class of goodness rewarded with the deva life, or heaven; 人 the middle class of goodness with a return to human life; 阿修羅 the inferior class of goodness with the asura state. Cf. 三惡道; v. 智度論 30. |
三四日 see styles |
sanyokka さんよっか |
three or four days |
三国志 see styles |
sangokushi さんごくし |
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text); (wk) Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms |
三國志 三国志 see styles |
sān guó zhì san1 guo2 zhi4 san kuo chih |
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls See: 三国志 |
三塁打 see styles |
sanruida さんるいだ |
{baseb} three-base hit; triple |
三大国 see styles |
sandaikoku さんだいこく |
the Big Three (countries) |
三大洋 see styles |
santaiyou / santaiyo さんたいよう |
(rare) (See 五大洋) three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian) |
三大節 see styles |
sandaisetsu さんだいせつ |
(hist) (See 紀元節,四方拝,天長節) the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) |
三大部 see styles |
sān dà bù san1 da4 bu4 san ta pu san daibu |
Three authoritative works of the Tiantai School, i.e. the 玄義, 文句, and 止觀, each of ten juan. |
三夷教 see styles |
sān yí jiào san1 yi2 jiao4 san i chiao |
the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism |
三安居 see styles |
sān ān jū san1 an1 ju1 san an chü san ango |
The three months of summer retreat, varṣāḥ; v. 跋. |
三家村 see styles |
sān jiā cūn san1 jia1 cun1 san chia ts`un san chia tsun |
(lit.) village of three households; the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution |
三尊佛 see styles |
sān zūn fó san1 zun1 fo2 san tsun fo sanzon butsu |
The three honoured Buddhas of the West: Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta. Though bodhisattvas, the two latter are called Buddhas when thus associated with Amitābha. |
三屜桌 三屉桌 see styles |
sān tì zhuō san1 ti4 zhuo1 san t`i cho san ti cho |
three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture) |
三差路 see styles |
sansaro さんさろ |
three-forked road; junction of three roads |
三幅対 see styles |
sanpukutsui さんぷくつい |
set of three |
三幕物 see styles |
sanmakumono さんまくもの |
three-act play |
三平等 see styles |
sān píng děng san1 ping2 deng3 san p`ing teng san ping teng mihira みひら |
(place-name, surname) Mihira The esoteric doctrine that the three— body, mouth, and mind— are one and universal. Thus in samādhi the Buddha "body" is found everywhere and in everything (pan-Buddha), every sound becomes a "true word", dhāraṇī or potent phrase, and these are summed up in mind, which being universal is my mind and my mind it, 入我我入 it in me and I in it. Other definitions of the three are 佛, 法, 儈 the triratna; and 心, 佛, 衆生 mind, Buddha, and the living. Also 三三昧. Cf. 三密. v. 大日經 1. |
三度豆 see styles |
sandomame さんどまめ |
(1) (because harvested three times per year) (See いんげん豆) common bean; (2) (Fukushima, Niigata dialects) (See さやえんどう) snow pea; mangetout |
三彌底 三弥底 see styles |
sān mí dǐ san1 mi2 di3 san mi ti Sanmitei |
三蜜 The Sammatīya school.; 彌底; 彌離底; 三密 (or 蜜) 栗底尼迦耶; 三眉底與量弟子 Saṃmatīyanikāya, Saṃmata, or Saṃmitīyas. A Hīnayāna sect the 正量部 correctly commensurate or logical school, very numerous and widely spread during the early centuries of our era. The 三彌底部論 is in the Tripiṭaka. It taught "that a soul exists in the highest and truest sense", "that an arhat can fall from arhatship, that a god can enter the paths of the Order, and that even an unconverted man can get rid of all lust and ill-will" (Eliot, i, 260). It split into the three branches of Kaurukullakāḥ Āvantikāh, and Vātsīputrīyāḥ. |
三悪趣 see styles |
sanakushu; sannakushu; sanmakushu さんあくしゅ; さんなくしゅ; さんまくしゅ |
{Buddh} (See 三悪道) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell |
三悪道 see styles |
sanakudou; sannakudou; sanmakudou / sanakudo; sannakudo; sanmakudo さんあくどう; さんなくどう; さんまくどう |
{Buddh} (See 三悪趣,三悪・さんあく・1) the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell |
三惡覺 三恶觉 see styles |
sān è jué san1 e4 jue2 san o chüeh san akukaku |
The three evil mental states: 欲 desire, 瞋 hate (or anger), 害 malevolence. |
三戦神 see styles |
sansenjin さんせんじん |
{Buddh} (See 摩利支天,大黒天・1,毘沙門天) the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana) |
三拍子 see styles |
sanbyoushi / sanbyoshi さんびょうし |
(1) {music} triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time; (2) (See 三拍子揃う) three important requisites; (place-name) Sanbyōshi |
三振法 see styles |
sanshinhou / sanshinho さんしんほう |
three strikes law (US) |
三損友 see styles |
sansonyuu / sansonyu さんそんゆう |
(archaism) (from Confucius) (See 損者三友) (ant: 三益友) three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones |
三攝提 三摄提 see styles |
sān shè tí san1 she4 ti2 san she t`i san she ti san shōdai |
The three prajñapti, v. 三假施設; they are the 受 and 法 and 名假施設. |
三日路 see styles |
mikkaji みっかじ |
three-day journey |
三日間 see styles |
mikkakan みっかかん |
three days |
三明智 see styles |
sān míng zhì san1 ming2 zhi4 san ming chih sanmyōchi |
trividyā. The three clear conceptions that (1) all is impermanent 無常 anitya; (2) all is sorrowful 苦 duḥkha; (3) all is devoid of a self 無我 anātman. |
三時教 三时教 see styles |
sān shí jiào san1 shi2 jiao4 san shih chiao sanji kyō |
(三時教判) The three periods and characteristics of Buddha's teaching, as defined by the Dharmalakṣana school 法相宗. They are: (1) 有, when he taught the 實有 reality of the skandhas and elements, but denied the common belief in 實我 real personality or a permanent soul; this period is represented by the four 阿含經 āgamas and other Hīnayāna sūtras. (2) 空 Śūnya, when he negatived the idea of 實法 the reality of things and advocated that all was 空 unreal; the period of the 般若經 prajñā sūtras. (3) 中 Madhyama, the mean, that mind or spirit is real, while things are unreal; the period of this school's specific sūtra the 解深密經, also the 法華 and later sūtras. In the two earlier periods he is said to have 方便 adapted his teaching to the development of his hearers; in the third to have delivered his complete and perfect doctrine. Another division by the 空宗 is (1) as above; (2) the early period of the Mahāyāna represented, by the 深密經; (3) the higher Mahāyāna as in the 般若經. v. also 三敎. |
三時業 三时业 see styles |
sān shí yè san1 shi2 ye4 san shih yeh sanjigou / sanjigo さんじごう |
{Buddh} (See 順現業,順次業,順後業) karmic retribution through the past, present, and future; three types of karma The three stages of karma— in the present life because of present deeds; in the next life because of present actions; and in future lives because of present actions. |
三暗刻 see styles |
sanankoo サンアンコー |
{mahj} (See 暗刻・アンコー) three concealed pungs (chi:) |
三本足 see styles |
sanbonashi さんぼんあし |
three legs (two legs and a cane) |
三極少 三极少 see styles |
sān jí shǎo san1 ji2 shao3 san chi shao san gokushō |
The three smallest things, i. e. an atom as the smallest particle of matter; a letter as the shortest possible name; a kṣaṇa, as the shortest period of time. |
三槓子 see styles |
sankantsu サンカンツ |
{mahj} three kongs; winning hand containing three kongs |
三次元 see styles |
sān cì yuán san1 ci4 yuan2 san tz`u yüan san tzu yüan sanjigen さんじげん |
three-dimensional; the real world (cf. 二次元[er4 ci4 yuan2]) (1) three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; 3-D; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (slang) (joc) real world; IRL (in real life) |
三歸依 三归依 see styles |
sān guī yī san1 gui1 yi1 san kuei i san kie |
the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3] three refuges |
三毛作 see styles |
sanmousaku / sanmosaku さんもうさく |
three crops a year |
三法印 see styles |
sān fǎ yìn san1 fa3 yin4 san fa yin sanbouin / sanboin さんぼういん |
Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self) idem 三印. |
三法司 see styles |
sān fǎ sī san1 fa3 si1 san fa ssu |
the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China) |
三法輪 三法轮 see styles |
sān fǎ lún san1 fa3 lun2 san fa lun san bōrin |
The three law-wheels, or periods of the Buddha's preaching, according to Paramārtha, to 嘉祥 Jiaxiang of the 三論 school, and to 玄奘 Xuanzang of the 法相 school. |
三淨肉 三净肉 see styles |
sān jìng ròu san1 jing4 rou4 san ching jou san jōniku |
The three kinds of "clean" flesh—when a monk has not seen the creature killed, has not heard of its being killed for him, and has no doubt thereon. |
三無差 三无差 see styles |
sān wú chā san1 wu2 cha1 san wu ch`a san wu cha san musha |
三無差別）The three that are without (essential) difference, i.e. are of the same nature: (a) 心 The nature of mind is the same in Buddhas, and men, and all the living; (b) 佛 the nature and enlightenment of all Buddhas is the same; (c) 衆生 the nature and enlightenment of all the living is the same. The 華嚴經 says 心佛及衆生, 是三無差別. |
三無性 三无性 see styles |
sān wú xìng san1 wu2 xing4 san wu hsing san mushō |
The three things without a nature or separate existence of their own: (a) 相無性 form, appearance or seeming, is unreal, e.g. a rope appearing like a snake; (b) 生無性 life ditto, for it is like the rope, which is derived from constituent materials; (c) 勝義無性 the 勝義, concept of the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā, is unreal, e.g. the hemp of which the rope is made; the bhūtatathatā is perfect and eternal. Every representation of it is abstract and unreal. The three are also known as 相無性, 無自然性, 法無性; v. 唯識論 9. |
三班倒 see styles |
sān bān dǎo san1 ban1 dao3 san pan tao |
three-shift system (work rostering) |
三界尊 see styles |
sān jiè zūn san1 jie4 zun1 san chieh tsun sangai son |
The honoured one of the three worlds, i.e. Buddha. |
三發心 三发心 see styles |
sān fā xīn san1 fa1 xin1 san fa hsin san hosshin |
The three resolves of the 起信論 Awakening of Faith: (a) 信成就發心 to perfect the bodhi of faith, i.e. in the stage of faith; (b) 解行發心 to understand and carry into practice this wisdom; (c) 證發心 the realization, or proof of or union with bodhi. |
三白法 see styles |
sān bái fǎ san1 bai2 fa3 san pai fa san byakuhō |
is the rule of the three white foods 三白食. |
三白食 see styles |
sān bái shí san1 bai2 shi2 san pai shih san byakujiki |
The three white foods— milk, cream (or curd), and rice (especially upland rice). |
三益友 see styles |
sanekiyuu / sanekiyu さんえきゆう |
(archaism) (from Confucius) (See 益者三友) (ant: 三損友) three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones |
三相續 三相续 see styles |
sān xiāng xù san1 xiang1 xu4 san hsiang hsü san sōzoku |
The three links, or consequences: (a) the worlds with their kingdoms, which arise from the karma of existence; (b) all beings, who arise out of the five skandhas; (c) rewards and punishments, which arise out of moral karma causes. |
三眞如 see styles |
sān zhēn rú san1 zhen1 ru2 san chen ju san shinnyo |
Three aspects of the bhūtatathatā, implying that it is above the limitations of form, creation, or a soul. (1) (a) 無相眞如 without form; (b) 無生眞如 without creation; (c) 無性眞如 without anything that can be called a nature for comparison; e.g. chaos, or primal matter. (2) (a) 善法眞如 The bhūtatathatā as good; (b) 不善法眞如 as evil; (c) 無記法眞如 as neutral, or neither good nor evil. |
三眠蚕 see styles |
sanminkaiko さんみんかいこ |
three-molt silkworm |
三碳糖 see styles |
sān tàn táng san1 tan4 tang2 san t`an t`ang san tan tang |
triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gan1 you2 quan2] |
三祕密 三秘密 see styles |
sān mì mì san1 mi4 mi4 san mi mi san himitsu |
The three mysteries, a term of the esoteric school for 身, 口, and 意; i.e. the symbol; the mystic word or sound; the meditation of the mind. |
三福業 三福业 see styles |
sān fú yè san1 fu2 ye4 san fu yeh san fukugō |
The three things that bring a happy lot— almsgiving, impartial kindness and Iove, pondering over the demands of the life beyond. |
三種天 三种天 see styles |
sān zhǒng tiān san1 zhong3 tian1 san chung t`ien san chung tien sanshu ten |
The three classes of devas: (1) 名天 famous rulers on earth styled 天王, 天子; (2) 生天 the highest incarnations of the six paths; (3) 淨天 the pure, or the saints, from śrāvakas to pratyeka-buddhas. 智度論 7.; Three definitions of heaven: (a) as a name or title, e.g. divine king, son of Heaven, etc.; (b) as a place for rebirth, the heavens of the gods; (c) the pure Buddha-land. |
三種常 三种常 see styles |
sān zhǒng cháng san1 zhong3 chang2 san chung ch`ang san chung chang sanshu jō |
A Buddha in his three eternal qualities: (a) 本性常 in his nature or dharmakāya; (b) 不斷常 in his unbroken eternity, saṃbhogakāya; (c) 相續常 in his continuous and eternally varied forms, nirmāṇakāya. |
三種斷 三种断 see styles |
sān zhǒng duàn san1 zhong3 duan4 san chung tuan sanshu dan |
The three kinds of uccheda— cutting-off, excision, or bringing to an end: (1) (a) 自性斷 with the incoming of wisdom, passion or illusion ceases of itself; (b) 不生斷 with realization of the doctrine that all is 空 unreal, evil karma ceases to arise; (c) 緣縛斷 illusion being ended, the causal nexus of the passions disappears and the attraction of the external ceases. (2) The three śrāvaka or ascetic stages are (a) 見所斷 ending the condition of false views; (b) 修行斷 getting rid of desire and illusion in practice; (c) 非所斷 no more illusion or desire to be cut off. |
三種有 三种有 see styles |
sān zhǒng yǒu san1 zhong3 you3 san chung yu sanshu u |
Three kinds of existence: (a) 相待有 that of qualities, as of opposites, e.g. length and shortness; (b) 假名有 that of phenomenal things so-called, e.g. a jar, a man; (c) 法有 that of the noumenal, or imaginary, understood as facts and not as illusions, such as a "hare's horns" or a "turtle's fur". |
三種欲 三种欲 see styles |
sān zhǒng yù san1 zhong3 yu4 san chung yü sanshu yoku |
Three kinds of desire— food, sleep, sex. |
三種生 三种生 see styles |
sān zhǒng shēng san1 zhong3 sheng1 san chung sheng sanshu shō |
The three sources, or causes of the rise of the passions and illusions: (a) 想生 the mind, or active thought; (b) 相生 the objective world; (c) 流注生 their constant interaction, or the continuous stream of latent predispositions. |
三種相 三种相 see styles |
sān zhǒng xiàng san1 zhong3 xiang4 san chung hsiang sanshu sō |
The three kinds of appearance: (1) In logic, the three kinds of percepts: (a) 標相 inferential, as fire is inferred from smoke; (b) 形相 formal or spatial, as length, breadth, etc.; (c) 體相 qualitative, as heat is in fire, etc. (2) (a) 假名相 names, which are merely indications of the temporal; (b) 法相 dharmas, or "things"; (c) 無相相 the formless— all three are incorrect positions. |
三種色 三种色 see styles |
sān zhǒng sè san1 zhong3 se4 san chung se sanshu shiki |
Three kinds of rūpa, i.e. appearance or object: (1) (a) visible objects; (b) invisible objects, e.g. sound; (c) invisible, immaterial, or abstract objects. (2) (a) colour, (b) shape, (c) quality. |
三種香 三种香 see styles |
sān zhǒng xiāng san1 zhong3 xiang1 san chung hsiang sanshu kō |
Three kinds of scent, or incense, i.e. from root, branch, or flower. |
三竦み see styles |
sansukumi さんすくみ |
three-way deadlock |
三等流 see styles |
sān děng liú san1 deng3 liu2 san teng liu santōru |
Three equal or universal currents or consequences, i.e. 眞等流 the certain consequences that follow on a good, evil, or neutral kind of nature, respectively; 假等流 the temporal or particular fate derived from a previous life's ill deeds, e.g. shortened life from taking life; 分位等流 each organ as reincarnated according to its previous deeds, hence the blind. |
三箇日 see styles |
sanganichi さんがにち |
first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd) |
三節棍 see styles |
sansetsukon さんせつこん |
three-section staff |
三節鞭 三节鞭 see styles |
sān jié biān san1 jie2 bian1 san chieh pien |
three-section staff (old-style weapon) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Three" 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
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