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Simple Dictionary Definition |
一 see styles |
yī yi1 i moto もと |
More info & calligraphy: One(numeric) one (chi: yī); (female given name) Moto eka. One, unity, monad, once, the same; immediately on (seeing, hearing, etc.). |
丁 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Din(1) (てい only) (See 甲乙丙丁) fourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.); (2) (esp. ひのと) fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; (3) (てい only) (abbreviation) (rare) (See 丁抹・デンマーク) Denmark; (surname) Rei |
丑 see styles |
chǒu chou3 ch`ou chou chuu / chu ちゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Chou(1) the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 丑の刻) hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); (3) (obsolete) north-northeast; (4) (obsolete) twelfth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Chuu |
佛 see styles |
fó fo2 fo hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
儒 see styles |
rú ru2 ju ju じゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Scholar / ConfucianConfucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar A scholar; learned. Confucian. |
凰 see styles |
huáng huang2 huang kou / ko こう |
More info & calligraphy: Phoenix (female)(See 鳳凰,四霊) huang (female Chinese firebird); (female given name) Kō |
切 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh setsu せつ |
More info & calligraphy: Che(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch) To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反. |
危 see styles |
wēi wei1 wei ki き |
More info & calligraphy: Danger(1) danger; (2) {astron} (See 危宿,二十八宿,玄武・げんぶ・2) Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) Perilous. |
妙 see styles |
miào miao4 miao myou / myo みょう |
More info & calligraphy: Clever / Superb / Wonderful(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound. |
張 张 see styles |
zhāng zhang1 chang miharu みはる |
More info & calligraphy: Zhang / Cheung(1) (archaism) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (2) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.; (given name) Miharu extended |
律 see styles |
lǜ lu:4 lü ritsuji りつじ |
More info & calligraphy: Ritsu(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli. |
心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin haato / hato ハート |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
意 see styles |
yì yi4 i kokoro こころ |
More info & calligraphy: Idea / Thought / Meaning(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought. |
斗 see styles |
dǒu dou3 tou hakaru はかる |
More info & calligraphy: Fight / Beat Someonekanji radical 68 at right; (given name) Hakaru A bushel, i. e. ten Chinese pints. |
旅 see styles |
lǚ lu:3 lü taya たや |
More info & calligraphy: Journey / Travel(hist) 500-man battalion (Zhou dynasty Chinese army); (surname) Taya |
書 书 see styles |
shū shu1 shu sho しょ |
More info & calligraphy: Book(n,n-suf) (1) book; document; (2) calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; (3) handwriting; (4) letter; note likh; to write; pustaka, a writing, book; lekha, a letter, document. |
李 see styles |
lǐ li3 li rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Ly(kana only) Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum; (female given name) Rei Plum. |
柳 see styles |
liǔ liu3 liu riyou / riyo りよう |
More info & calligraphy: Willow{astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Riyou A willow. |
梅 see styles |
méi mei2 mei mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Mey(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Mei The plum. |
楳 梅 see styles |
méi mei2 mei umezaki うめざき |
More info & calligraphy: Ume(1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Umezaki |
欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4] greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses. |
淨 净 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Purity(female given name) Jō vimala. Clean, pure; to cleanse, purify; chastity. In Buddhism it also has reference to the place of cleansing, the latrine, etc. Also 浄 and 净. |
火 see styles |
huǒ huo3 huo hi ひ |
More info & calligraphy: Fire(n,n-suf) fire; flame; blaze Fire, flame. Śikhin 尸棄; 式棄, which means fire in the sense of flame, is the name of the 999th Buddha of the kalpa preceding this. |
牛 see styles |
niú niu2 niu niu にう |
More info & calligraphy: Ox / Bull / Cow(1) cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; (2) (usu. ぎゅう) (See 牛肉) beef; (3) (ぎゅう only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,玄武・げんぶ・2) Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (surname) Niu go, gaus; ox, bull, bullock, etc. A term applied to the Buddha Gautama as in 牛王 king of bulls, possibly because of the derivation of his name; the phrase 騎牛來牛 (or 騎牛覔牛) to ride an ox, to seek an ox, means to use the Buddha to find the Buddha. |
磬 see styles |
qìng qing4 ch`ing ching kei / ke けい |
More info & calligraphy: Khánhsounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion. |
竜 see styles |
lóng long2 lung ryou / ryo りょう |
More info & calligraphy: Dragon / Emperor Symbol(1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryō |
簡 简 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Simplicity(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct. |
翼 see styles |
yì yi4 i yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Wings(1) wing; (2) (よく only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (3) (よく only) (archaism) counter for birds or bird wings; (female given name) Yoku assist |
草 see styles |
cào cao4 ts`ao tsao hajime はじめ |
More info & calligraphy: Cao / Kusa / Grass(1) draft; rough copy; (2) (abbreviation) (See 草書) highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style; (female given name) Hajime Grass, herbs, plants; rough; female (of animals, birds, etc. ). |
蕭 萧 see styles |
xiāo xiao1 hsiao shou / sho しょう |
More info & calligraphy: Siu(1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood; (surname) Shou gloomy |
辛 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Sheen8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar; (surname) Shinkou sharp |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kimu キム |
More info & calligraphy: Gold / Metal(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money. |
阮 see styles |
ruǎn ruan3 juan guen グエン |
More info & calligraphy: Nguyen / Ruan(surname) Nguyen |
陳 陈 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen you / yo よう |
More info & calligraphy: Chan(1) (hist) Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) (hist) Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) Yō Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale. |
陽 阳 see styles |
yáng yang2 yang youji / yoji ようじ |
More info & calligraphy: Yako / Minami(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (the) positive; (2) (ant: 陰・2) yang (in Chinese divination); (3) (See 陰に陽に) the open; visible place; public place; (personal name) Yōji The side on which the sun shines, the sun, heat, this life, positive, masculine, dynamic, etc. |
馬 马 see styles |
mǎ ma3 ma me め |
More info & calligraphy: Horse(1) horse; (2) (See 競馬) horse racing; (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 竜馬・2) promoted bishop; (4) {cards} knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); (surname) Me aśva, a horse; a stallion; one of the seven treasures of a sovereign. |
鬼 see styles |
guǐ gui3 kuei miniwa みにわ |
More info & calligraphy: Ghost Demon(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc. |
鯤 鲲 see styles |
kūn kun1 k`un kun kon こん |
More info & calligraphy: Kun(archaism) (See 鵬) kun (in Chinese mythology, giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird) |
鳥 鸟 see styles |
niǎo niao3 niao yanadori やなどり |
More info & calligraphy: Bird(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry; (surname) Yanadori A bird. |
鳳 凤 see styles |
fèng feng4 feng pou / po ぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Phoenix (male)(rare) (See 鳳凰) feng (male Chinese firebird); (given name) Pou The 'phœnix' the auspicious bird. |
鼈 鳖 see styles |
biē bie1 pieh kame かめ |
More info & calligraphy: Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle(1) (kana only) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); (2) (すっぽん only) trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; (3) (すっぽん only) bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships); (surname) Kame A turtle, tortoise. |
龍 龙 see styles |
lóng long2 lung riyou / riyo りよう |
More info & calligraphy: Dragon(out-dated kanji) (1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (personal name) Riyou A dragon, dragon-like, imperial; tr. for nāga, which means snake, serpent; also elephant, elephantine, serpent-like, etc., cf. 那. |
アル see styles |
aru アル |
More info & calligraphy: Al |
ニラ see styles |
nira ニラ |
More info & calligraphy: Nila |
三國 三国 see styles |
sān guó san1 guo2 san kuo mitsukuni みつくに |
More info & calligraphy: Three Kingdoms(surname) Mitsukuni |
上帝 see styles |
shàng dì shang4 di4 shang ti joutei; shoutei / jote; shote じょうてい; しょうてい |
More info & calligraphy: God of Zion / God of Abraham(1) Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); (2) {Christn} God |
中医 see styles |
chuui / chui ちゅうい |
More info & calligraphy: Chinese Traditional Medicine |
中醫 中医 see styles |
zhōng yī zhong1 yi1 chung i |
More info & calligraphy: Chinese Traditional MedicineSee: 中医 |
五行 see styles |
wǔ xíng wu3 xing2 wu hsing gogyou / gogyo ごぎょう |
More info & calligraphy: Five Elements(1) (See 五大・ごだい・1) the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing; (2) {Buddh} five practices of the Bodhisattvas; (3) (See 六信五行) the five pillars of Islam; (surname, given name) Gogyou The five lines of conduct. I. According to the 起信論 Awakening of Faith they are almsgiving; keeping the commandments; patience under insult; zeal or progress; meditation. II. According to the 涅槃經 Nirvana Sutra they are saintly or bodhisattva deeds; arhat, or noble deeds; deva deeds; children's deeds (i. e. normal good deeds of men, devas, and Hinayanists); sickness conditions, e. g. illness, delusion, etc.; — into all these lines of conduct and conditions a Bodhisattva enters. III. The five elements, or tanmātra— wood, fire, earth, metal, and water; or earth, water, ire, air, and ether (or space) as taught by the later Mahāyāna philosophy; idem 五大. |
京劇 京剧 see styles |
jīng jù jing1 ju4 ching chü kyougeki; keigeki / kyogeki; kegeki きょうげき; けいげき |
More info & calligraphy: Beijing Operaclassical Chinese opera |
南京 see styles |
nán jīng nan2 jing1 nan ching nankin なんきん |
More info & calligraphy: Nanjing(1) Nanjing (China); Nanking; (2) (ksb:) (See カボチャ) pumpkin; squash; (prefix noun) (3) Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; (prefix noun) (4) rare; precious; cute; (place-name) Nanking (China); Nanjing |
司馬 司马 see styles |
sī mǎ si1 ma3 ssu ma shime しめ |
More info & calligraphy: Sima(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China); (given name) Shime |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hellhell; (place-name) Jigoku naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means. |
大洋 see styles |
dà yáng da4 yang2 ta yang motohiro もとひろ |
More info & calligraphy: Great Sea(noun - becomes adjective with の) ocean; (personal name) Motohiro |
太極 太极 see styles |
tài jí tai4 ji2 t`ai chi tai chi taikyoku たいきょく |
More info & calligraphy: Tai Chi / Tai Jitaiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space); (personal name) Taikyoku |
孔子 see styles |
kǒng zǐ kong3 zi3 k`ung tzu kung tzu yoshiko よしこ |
More info & calligraphy: ConfuciusConfucius; (female given name) Yoshiko Confucius |
小龍 小龙 see styles |
xiǎo lóng xiao3 long2 hsiao lung |
More info & calligraphy: Little Dragon |
拳法 see styles |
quán fǎ quan2 fa3 ch`üan fa chüan fa kenpou / kenpo けんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Kenpo / Kempo / Quan Fa / Chuan Fa(1) Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; quanfa; (2) kenpō (martial arts); kempo |
推拿 see styles |
tuī ná tui1 na2 t`ui na tui na suina すいな |
More info & calligraphy: Therapeutic Massagetui na (Chinese massage) |
散打 see styles |
sǎn dǎ san3 da3 san ta sanda; sanda サンダ; さんだ |
More info & calligraphy: Mixed Martial Arts / MMAsanda (chi:); sanshou; Chinese boxing; Chinese kickboxing |
朱雀 see styles |
zhū què zhu1 que4 chu ch`üeh chu chüeh sujiyaku すじやく |
More info & calligraphy: Suzaku(1) (See 四神) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens; (surname) Sujiyaku red bird |
林檎 see styles |
lín qín lin2 qin2 lin ch`in lin chin ringo りんご |
More info & calligraphy: Apple(1) (kana only) apple (fruit); (2) (kana only) apple tree (Malus pumila); (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (kana only) apple (fruit); (2) (kana only) apple tree (Malus pumila); (surname, female given name) Ringo |
枸杞 see styles |
gǒu qǐ gou3 qi3 kou ch`i kou chi kuko くこ |
More info & calligraphy: Wolfberry(kana only) Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji; (surname) Kuko a kind of tree |
桂皮 see styles |
guì pí gui4 pi2 kuei p`i kuei pi keihi / kehi けいひ |
More info & calligraphy: Cassia(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See シナモン) cinnamon; cassia (bark) |
桔梗 see styles |
jié gěng jie2 geng3 chieh keng kikiyou / kikiyo ききよう |
More info & calligraphy: Bellflower / Herb of BellflowerChinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus); (surname) Kikiyou |
武術 武术 see styles |
wǔ shù wu3 shu4 wu shu bujutsu ぶじゅつ |
More info & calligraphy: Martial Arts / Wushu(1) martial arts; military arts; (2) (See 武術太極拳) wushu (Chinese martial art) |
氣功 气功 see styles |
qì gōng qi4 gong1 ch`i kung chi kung |
More info & calligraphy: Qi Gong / Chi Kung |
混沌 see styles |
hùn dùn hun4 dun4 hun tun konton こんとん |
More info & calligraphy: Chaos(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) confusion; chaos; disorder; (adj-t,adv-to) (2) chaotic; confused; uncertain; disarrayed; (given name) Konton Mixed, confused, in disorder. |
玄武 see styles |
xuán wǔ xuan2 wu3 hsüan wu hirotake ひろたけ |
More info & calligraphy: Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God(1) (See 四神) Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens; (personal name) Hirotake |
白虎 see styles |
bái hǔ bai2 hu3 pai hu byakko びゃっこ |
More info & calligraphy: White Tiger(1) (See 四神) White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens; (given name) Byakko |
神龍 see styles |
shenron シェンロン |
More info & calligraphy: Shen Long |
精進 精进 see styles |
jīng jìn jing1 jin4 ching chin shoujin / shojin しょうじん |
More info & calligraphy: Devotion / Diligence / Vigorous / Energetic(n,vs,vi) (1) concentration; diligence; devotion; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (See 六波羅蜜) asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; (n,vs,vi) (3) adherence to a vegetarian diet; (surname) Shoujin vīrya, one of the seven bodhyaṅga; 'vigour,' 'valour, fortitude,' 'virility' (M.W.); 'welldoing' (Keith). The Chinese interpretation may be defined, as pure or unadulterated progress, i.e. 勤 zeal, zealous, courageously progressing in the good and eliminating the evil.; vīrya, zeal, unchecked progress. |
老子 see styles |
lǎo zi lao3 zi5 lao tzu roushi / roshi ろうし |
More info & calligraphy: Lao Tzu / LaoziLaozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse; (person) Laozi (semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and deity); Lao Tzu; Lao Tse Laozi, or Laocius, the accepted founder of the Daoists. The theory that his soul went to India and was reborn as the Buddha is found in the 齊書 History of the Qi dynasty 顧歡傳. |
自然 see styles |
zì rán zi4 ran2 tzu jan minori みのり |
More info & calligraphy: Nature(n,adv) occurring naturally (without human influence); (female given name) Minori svayaṃbhū, also 自爾; 法爾 self-existing, the self-existent; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and others; in Chinese it is 'self-so', so of itself, natural, of course, spontaneous. It also means uncaused existence, certain sects of heretics 自然外道 denying Buddhist cause and effect and holding that things happen spontaneously. |
舞獅 舞狮 see styles |
wǔ shī wu3 shi1 wu shih |
More info & calligraphy: Lion Dance |
葉問 叶问 see styles |
yè wèn ye4 wen4 yeh wen ippu man イップ・マン |
More info & calligraphy: Ip Man(person) Ip Man (Chinese martial artist); Yip Man |
蒼龍 苍龙 see styles |
cāng lóng cang1 long2 ts`ang lung tsang lung souryuu / soryu そうりゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Blue Dragon(1) blue dragon; (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree; (given name) Souryū |
蚩尤 see styles |
chī yóu chi1 you2 ch`ih yu chih yu shiyuu / shiyu しゆう |
More info & calligraphy: God of Warcraft(archaism) Chinese god of war |
西施 see styles |
xī shī xi1 shi1 hsi shih seishi / seshi せいし |
More info & calligraphy: Xishi / Xi Shi(personal name) Seishi |
詠春 咏春 see styles |
yǒng chūn yong3 chun1 yung ch`un yung chun |
More info & calligraphy: Wing Chun |
道教 see styles |
dào jiào dao4 jiao4 tao chiao michinori みちのり |
More info & calligraphy: Daoism / TaoismTaoism; Daoism; (personal name) Michinori Taoism. The teaching of the right way, i.e. of Buddhism. |
酔拳 see styles |
suiken すいけん |
More info & calligraphy: Drunken Fist |
阿蘭 阿兰 see styles |
ā lán a1 lan2 a lan aran あらん |
More info & calligraphy: Arlan(female given name) Aran |
集諦 集谛 see styles |
jí dì ji2 di4 chi ti jittai じったい |
More info & calligraphy: Four Noble Truths: Desire and Attachmentsamudaya, the second of the four dogmas, that the cause of suffering lies in the passions and their resultant karma. The Chinese 集 'accumulation' does not correctly translate samudaya, which means 'origination'. |
雷神 see styles |
léi shén lei2 shen2 lei shen raijin らいじん |
More info & calligraphy: God of Thunder(1) god of thunder; (2) {Shinto} Raijin (god of thunder); (place-name) Raijin |
馬雲 马云 see styles |
mǎ yún ma3 yun2 ma yün |
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] |
鳳凰 凤凰 see styles |
fèng huáng feng4 huang2 feng huang houou / hoo ほうおう |
More info & calligraphy: Legendary Phoenix(sometimes erroneously associated with the Egyptian phoenix) (See フェニックス・1) Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix; (surname, female given name) Houou the phoenix |
麒麟 see styles |
qí lín qi2 lin2 ch`i lin chi lin kirin きりん |
More info & calligraphy: Kirin / Giraffe / Mythical Creature(1) (kana only) giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); (2) qilin (Chinese unicorn); (3) Kirin (brand of beer); (surname, female given name) Kirin Male and female unicorns; the qilin in general. |
一角獣 see styles |
ikkakujuu / ikkakuju いっかくじゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Unicorn |
八卦掌 see styles |
bā guà zhǎng ba1 gua4 zhang3 pa kua chang hakkeshou / hakkesho はっけしょう |
More info & calligraphy: Ba Gua Zhang{MA} eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang |
八極拳 八极拳 see styles |
bā jí quán ba1 ji2 quan2 pa chi ch`üan pa chi chüan hakkyokuken はっきょくけん |
More info & calligraphy: Ba Ji Quanbajiquan (Chinese martial art) |
内家拳 see styles |
naikaken ないかけん |
More info & calligraphy: Neijia Fist |
孫悟空 孙悟空 see styles |
sūn wù kōng sun1 wu4 kong1 sun wu k`ung sun wu kung songokuu / songoku そんごくう |
More info & calligraphy: Sun Wukong / Son Goku(1) (char) Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West); Monkey King; (2) (char) Son Goku (Dragon Ball); (ch) Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West); Monkey King; (ch) Son Goku (Dragon Ball) |
形意拳 see styles |
xíng yì quán xing2 yi4 quan2 hsing i ch`üan hsing i chüan keiiken / keken けいいけん |
More info & calligraphy: Xing Yi Quan{MA} shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan |
無門関 see styles |
mumonkan むもんかん |
More info & calligraphy: Mumonkan / The Gateless Gate |
石獅子 石狮子 see styles |
shí shī zi shi2 shi1 zi5 shih shih tzu |
More info & calligraphy: Fu Dog / Foo Dog |
精氣神 精气神 see styles |
jīng qì shén jing1 qi4 shen2 ching ch`i shen ching chi shen |
More info & calligraphy: Three Treasures of Chinese Medicine |
西遊記 西游记 see styles |
xī yóu jì xi1 you2 ji4 hsi yu chi seiyuuki / seyuki せいゆうき |
More info & calligraphy: Journey to the West(1) (work) Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); (2) (work) Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); (3) (work) Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; (4) (work) Saiyūki (2006 TV series); (wk) Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); (wk) Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); (wk) Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; (wk) Saiyūki (2006 TV series) |
詠春拳 咏春拳 see styles |
yǒng chūn quán yong3 chun1 quan2 yung ch`un ch`üan yung chun chüan |
More info & calligraphy: Wing Chun Fist |
諸葛亮 诸葛亮 see styles |
zhū gě liàng zhu1 ge3 liang4 chu ko liang juugaa ryan / juga ryan ジューガー・リャン |
More info & calligraphy: Zhuge Liang(person) Zhuge Liang (181-234; Chinese statesman and military strategist) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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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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