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福如東海壽比南山
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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
福 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fukutsuru ふくつる |
More info & calligraphy: Good Luck / Good Fortunegood fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck; (surname) Fukutsuru Blessing, happiness, felicity, good fortune. |
福如東海 福如东海 see styles |
fú rú dōng hǎi fu2 ru2 dong1 hai3 fu ju tung hai |
may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom) |
如 see styles |
rú ru2 ju yuki ゆき |
as; as if; such as {Buddh} (See 真如) tathata (the ultimate nature of all things); (female given name) Yuki tathā 多陀; 但他 (or 怛他), so, thus, in such manner, like, as. It is used in the sense of the absolute, the 空 śūnya, which is 諸佛之實相 the reality of all Buddhas; hence 如 ru is 賃相 the undifferentiated whole of things, the ultimate reality; it is 諸法之性 the nature of all things, hence it connotes 法性 faxing which is 眞實之際極 the ultimate of reality, or the absolute, and therefore connotes 實際 ultimate reality. The ultimate nature of all things being 如 ru, the one undivided same, it also connotes 理 li, the principle or theory behind all things, and this 理 li universal law, being the 眞實 truth or ultimate reality; 如 ru is termed 眞如 bhūtatathatā, the real so, or suchness, or reality, the ultimate or the all, i. e. the 一如 yiru. In regard to 如 ju as 理 li the Prajñā-pāramitā puṇḍarīka makes it the 中 zhong, neither matter nor nothingness. It is also used in the ordinary sense of so, like, as (cf yathā). |
如東 如东 see styles |
rú dōng ru2 dong1 ju tung |
Rudong county in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
東 东 see styles |
dōng dong1 tung yamato やまと |
More info & calligraphy: East(1) {mahj} east wind tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles; (personal name) Yamato pūrva, east. |
東海 东海 see styles |
dōng hǎi dong1 hai3 tung hai tonhe トンヘ |
East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography) (1) Tōkai region; region south of Tokyo on the Pacific Ocean side of Japan; (2) (sensitive word) (See 日本海) East Sea (Korean name for the Sea of Japan); (place-name) Donghae (South Korea) eastern sea |
海 see styles |
hǎi hai3 hai wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Ocean / Seasea; ocean; waters; (male given name) Wataru sāgara, the ocean, the sea. |
壽 寿 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou hisashi ひさし |
More info & calligraphy: Longevity / Long Life(out-dated kanji) (1) congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; (2) longevity; long life; (given name) Hisashi Long life, longevity, age, v. 耆婆 jīva. |
壽比南山 寿比南山 see styles |
shòu bǐ nán shān shou4 bi3 nan2 shan1 shou pi nan shan |
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! |
比 see styles |
bǐ bi3 pi firipin ふぃりぴん |
to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) (n,n-suf) (1) ratio; proportion; (2) match; equal; equivalent; comparison; (suffix noun) (3) compared with ...; relative to ...; (4) (abbreviation) (See 比律賓・フィリピン) Philippines; (5) (See 六義・1) explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (place-name) Firipin To compare; than; to assemble, arrive; partisan; each; translit. pi, bhi, vi, v. also 毘, 毗. |
比南 see styles |
hina ひな |
(female given name) Hina |
南 see styles |
nán nan2 nan minnami みんなみ |
More info & calligraphy: Nan / South(1) {mahj} south wind tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles; (personal name) Minnami dakṣina, south; translit. nāṃ and as a suffix intp. as meaning plural, several, i.e. more than three. |
南山 see styles |
nán shān nan2 shan1 nan shan minamiyama みなみやま |
Nanshan or Namsan, common place name; Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong (1) southern mountains; mountains to the south; (2) (See 北嶺・1) Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji); (place-name, surname) Minamiyama Southern hill, name of a monastery which gave its name to 道宣 Tao-hsuan of the Tang dynasty, founder of the 四分律 school. |
山 see styles |
shān shan1 shan yamamura やまむら |
More info & calligraphy: Mountain(n,ctr) (1) mountain; hill; (n,ctr) (2) mine; (n,ctr) (3) (mountain) forest; (n,ctr) (4) heap; pile; stack; mountain; (5) protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); (6) climax; peak; critical point; (7) guess; speculation; gamble; (8) (slang) (kana only) (police and crime reporter jargon; usu. written as ヤマ) (criminal) case; crime; (9) mountain climbing; mountaineering; (10) (See 山鉾) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); (11) {cards} (See 山札・1) deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; (12) {mahj} wall; wall tile; (prefix noun) (13) (before the name of a plant or animal) wild; (personal name) Yamamura A hill, mountain; a monastery. |
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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