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There are 11 total results for your Brotherly search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

兄弟

see styles
xiōng dì
    xiong1 di4
hsiung ti
 kyoudai(p); keitei / kyodai(p); kete
    きょうだい(P); けいてい

More info & calligraphy:

Brothers
brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
(1) (See ご兄弟) siblings; brothers and sisters; (2) brothers; (3) siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; (4) (familiar language) (masculine speech) mate; friend; (personal name) Kyōdai
Elder and younger brothers; brother, brethren, i. e. members of the fraternity.

博愛


博爱

see styles
bó ài
    bo2 ai4
po ai
 hakuai
    はくあい

More info & calligraphy:

Love for Humanity / Brotherly Love
universal fraternity (or brotherhood); universal love
(noun - becomes adjective with の) charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood; brotherly love; love of fellow man; (male given name) Hiroyoshi
to love universally without discrimination

友悌

see styles
yǒu tì
    you3 ti4
yu t`i
    yu ti
brotherly bond

孝弟

see styles
 takayasu
    たかやす
filial piety; brotherly love; (given name) Takayasu

孝悌

see styles
xiào tì
    xiao4 ti4
hsiao t`i
    hsiao ti
 takayoshi
    たかよし
filial piety and fraternal duty
filial piety; brotherly love; (male given name) Takayoshi

悌友

see styles
tì yǒu
    ti4 you3
t`i yu
    ti yu
to show brotherly love for friends

兄弟愛

see styles
 kyoudaiai / kyodaiai
    きょうだいあい
brotherly love; fraternal love; sibling affection

同胞愛

see styles
 douhouai / dohoai
    どうほうあい
brotherly love

手足之情

see styles
shǒu zú zhī qíng
    shou3 zu2 zhi1 qing2
shou tsu chih ch`ing
    shou tsu chih ching
brotherly affection

手足親情


手足亲情

see styles
shǒu zú qīn qíng
    shou3 zu2 qin1 qing2
shou tsu ch`in ch`ing
    shou tsu chin ching
brotherly kindness

Variations:
孝弟
孝悌

see styles
 koutei / kote
    こうてい
filial piety; brotherly love

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

This page contains 11 results for "Brotherly" 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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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).



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