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Characters Pronunciation
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mǒu
    mou3
mou
 bou / bo
    ぼう
some; a certain; sb or something indefinite; such-and-such
(n,pref) (1) certain; one; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (masculine speech) (See 某・それがし・2) I; me; (personal name) Norikazu
certain..(person or thing)

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kǎo
    kao3
k`ao
    kao
 taku
    たく
chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees
(archaism) (See 楮) paper mulberry

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guàng
    guang4
kuang
woven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings

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tǐng
    ting3
t`ing
    ting
 teko
    てこ
    chou / cho
    ちょう
a club (weapon)
(kana only) lever; (counter) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.

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    zi3
tzu
 azusa; shi; azusa
    あずさ; し; アズサ
Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks
(1) (あずさ, アズサ only) (kana only) (See 夜糞峰榛) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); (2) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See キササゲ) yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); (3) (あずさ, アズサ only) (See 赤芽柏・1) Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); (4) printing block; (5) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓弓) catalpa bow; (6) (あずさ only) (abbreviation) (See 梓巫女) catalpa medium; (surname) Shin

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wēi
    wei1
wei
the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns

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liàn
    lian4
lien
 sendan
    せんだん
    ouchi / ochi
    おうち
Melia japonica
(1) (kana only) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); (1) (archaism) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

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 bandou / bando
    ばんどう
(1) teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids; (2) basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands; (surname) Bandou

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pǐn
    pin3
p`in
    pin
classifier for roof beams and trusses

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chū
    chu1
ch`u
    chu
 buna
    ぶな
simaroubaceae
(1) (archaism) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May; (surname) Buna


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    pu3
p`u
    pu
 boku
    ぼく
plain and simple; Taiwan pr. [pu2]
(personal name) Boku

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    su4
su
tall and straight (of trees)


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hèng
    heng4
heng
 kō
harsh and unreasonable; unexpected
A crossbar, crosswise, athwart, across, perverse, arrogant; unexpected, i.e. lucky or unlucky.

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qiàn
    qian4
ch`ien
    chien
 kake
    かけ
to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
lack; deficiency; vacancy; (1) (kana only) yawn; yawning (and stretching); (2) kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76); (place-name) Kake
To owe: debt; deficient; to bend, bow, yawn, etc.; the Sanskrit sign अ said to imply 大空不可得 space, great and unattainable or immeasurable.

殿

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diàn
    dian4
tien
 dono
    どの
palace hall
(suffix) (polite language) (form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors) Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; (surname) Tonosaki
A temple, hall, palace; rearguard.

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    bi3
pi
 hi
    ひ
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.

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zhī
    zhi1
chih
 shi
    し
see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
(suffix) (1) (honorific or respectful language) Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; (n,suf) (2) clan; (pronoun) (3) (honorific or respectful language) he; him; (counter) (4) (honorific or respectful language) counter for people; (surname) Hamauji


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    wu1
wu
 o
variant of 污; dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth
Stagnant water, impure; but it is explained as a torrent, impermanent; translit. o and u, and h.

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

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    ta4
t`a
    ta
 kutsu
    くつ
again and again; many
shoes; boots; footwear; footgear; (place-name, surname) Kutsu
Ripple, babble; join. Translit. t, d, etc.

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    he2
ho
 hoo; kawa
    ホー; かわ
river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
{mahj} discarded tiles (chi:); discards; (surname) Ha
River (in north), canal (in south), especially the Yellow River in China and the Ganges 恒河in India.

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jiā
    jia1
chia
the name of a river that flows through Shandong and Jiangsu

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hóng
    hong2
hung
 fuchi
    ふち
clear; vast and deep; classifier for a body of clear water
(surname) Fuchi

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    ci3
tz`u
    tzu
clear; bright and brilliant

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xiáo
    xiao2
hsiao
confused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. [yao2]

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 fukami
    ふかみ
deep (lit. and fig.)
(ateji / phonetic) (prefix) (1) (honorific or respectful language) august; (2) beautiful; (n,n-suf) growing late; latening; (female given name) Fukami
Deep, profound, abstruse.

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    bo2
po
same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong; Gulf of Zhili or Chihli

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miǎo
    miao3
miao
 byou / byo
    びょう
(of an expanse of water) vast; distant and indistinct; tiny or insignificant
(adj-t,adv-to) (obsolete) (See 渺々) boundless; limitless; vast; broad
broad

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liàn
    lian4
lien
to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)

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yīn
    yin1
yin
used in place-names, e.g. 溵水 was once the name of the Shahe River 沙河, Henan, and 溵州 was a Tang Dynasty prefecture

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xiǔ
    xiu3
hsiu
(literary) water that was used to rinse rice and has become smelly; befouled water


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    lu3
lu
to stew in soy sauce and spices

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lòu
    lou4
lou
 ro
to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
āsrava, 'flowing, running, discharge; distress, pain, affliction.' M.W. It is defined as another term for 煩惱 q.v.; also as the discharge, or outflow, from the organs of sense, wherever those exist, hence it is applied to the passions and their filth; impure efflux from the mind, v. 欲有; also to the leakage or loss thereby of the 正道 truth; also to the stream of transmigration.


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yǐng
    ying3
ying
grain husk; tip of something short and slender


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    po1
p`o
    po
to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
sound of rain and wind

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liáo
    liao2
liao
used in 潦草[liao2 cao3] and 潦倒[liao2 dao3]


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
(of water) deep and clear; (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering


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luán
    luan2
luan
river and county in Hebei Province

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huǎng
    huang3
huang
bright and spacious

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    qu1
ch`ü
    chü
to extinguish a burning object; to singe something with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette); to stir-fry; to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food

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gēng
    geng1
keng
variant of 羹[geng1], used in restaurants and night markets in Taiwan

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jiān
    jian1
chien
 jon; chon
    ジョン; チョン
to pan fry; to sauté
(kana only) {food} jeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg) (kor:); (given name) Sen
To simmer, fry.


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fán
    fan2
fan
 han
    はん
to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
trouble
Trouble, annoyance, perplexity.


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yíng
    ying2
ying
 gyō
a glimmer; glimmering; twinkling; fluorescence; phosphorescence; perplexed; dazzled and confused; planet Mars (arch.)
Glitter, twinkle.


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qiàng
    qiang4
ch`iang
    chiang
to stir-fry then cook with sauce and water; to boil food briefly then dress with soy etc; to choke; to irritate (throat etc)


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huì
    hui4
hui
to braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

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kuàng
    kuang4
k`uang
    kuang
old variant of 曠|旷[kuang4]; bright and spacious


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làn
    lan4
lan
 ran
    らん
soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
(adj-t,adv-to) (rare) brilliant; bright; (female given name) Ran
Glittering, as iridescent fish.

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 koko
    ここ
therefore; consequently; thus; hence; thereupon; it follows that; where?; to change (into); ancient unit of weight and money
(1) (kana only) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); (3) these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...


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wèi
    wei4
wei
 tame
    ため
variant of 為|为[wei4]
(out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) good; advantage; benefit; welfare; (2) (kana only) sake; purpose; objective; aim; (3) (kana only) consequence; result; effect; (4) (kana only) affecting; regarding; concerning; (surname) Tame
To do; to make; to effect; to be; because of; for.

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jué
    jue2
chüeh
 shaku; saku(ok)
    しゃく; さく(ok)
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
(1) (hist) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); (2) peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor); (female given name) Tsukasa

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yáo
    yao2
yao
 kou / ko
    こう
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
(See 卦) yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of a trigram)


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chuáng
    chuang2
ch`uang
    chuang
 yuka
    ゆか
variant of 床[chuang2]
(1) floor; (2) stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); (3) dining platform built across a river; (counter) counter for beds; (female given name) Yuka
a couch or bed

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máng
    mang2
mang
(literary) black and white cattle

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náo
    nao2
nao
macaque (zoology); brisk and nimble; to scratch

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jué
    jue2
chüeh
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls

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xuán
    xuan2
hsüan
 fukashi
    ふかし
black; mysterious
(given name) Fukashi
Dark, sombre, black; abstruse, obscure, deep, profound; hence it is used to indicate Daoism, and was afterwards adopted by the Buddhists.

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    su4
su
jade with a blemish; person who cuts and polishes jade

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bān
    ban1
pan
 han
    はん
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
(n,n-suf) (1) (also read ぱん as a suffix) group; party; team; (n,n-suf) (2) {mil} squad; section
A class, rank, band; translit. pan.

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láng
    lang2
lang
 roukan / rokan
    ろうかん
jade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
(given name) Roukan

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cóng
    cong2
ts`ung
    tsung
jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

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    pu2
p`u
    pu
 makoto
    まこと
unpolished gem
unpolished and uncut gem; (given name) Makoto

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píng
    ping2
p`ing
    ping
 hei / he
    へい
bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids
(archaism) jar or vase with a long narrow neck; (personal name) Kameji

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běn
    ben3
pen
 fugo; mokko; mokkou; ishimi / fugo; mokko; mokko; ishimi
    ふご; もっこ; もっこう; いしみ
a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

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fān
    fan1
fan
 ban
    ばん
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
(n,n-suf) (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (suffix noun) (4) rank; standing; position; (n,n-suf) (5) {sumo} bout; match; (suffix noun) (6) pieces (in a collection); (surname) Ban
Barbarian, foreign; a time, a turn.

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gān
    gan1
kan
 kan
    かん
rickets
(1) (in Chinese medicine) infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions; (2) (See 癇) temper; nerves

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dēng
    deng1
teng
 minoru
    みのる
to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
(given name) Minoru
Ascend, advance, start; attain, ripen; to note, fix.

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jiē
    jie1
chieh
 mina
    みな
all; each and every; in all cases
(adv,n) (1) (kana only) all; everyone; everybody; (2) (kana only) everything; (female given name) Mina
All.


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bēi
    bei1
pei
 sakazuki
    さかづき
variant of 杯[bei1]; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
(1) sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for cupfuls; (3) counter for ships, octopuses and squid; sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; (place-name) Sakazuki

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pén
    pen2
p`en
    pen
 bon
    ぼん
basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) tray; (2) family; household; (3) (abbreviation) (See 盂蘭盆) Obon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead; (4) (slang) gambler's den; (personal name) Suezawa
Bowl, basin, tub.

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àng
    ang4
ang
 ō
ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth; (literary) brimming; abundant
A bowl; abundant; translit. ang.

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méng
    meng2
meng
 mei / me
    めい
oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
(1) (obsolete) (See 盟を結ぶ) alliance; (n,n-suf) (2) aimag; league; administrative subdivision in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia; (female given name) Mei


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jiàn
    jian4
chien
 gen
    げん
supervisor
(n,n-suf) (1) (archaism) special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); (2) (archaism) (See 大宰府) secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu; (surname) Kanzaki
To survey, examine; a palace-eunuch; the Academy; to superintend, oversee; warden of a jail, warder, jail.

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zhí
    zhi2
chih
 hita
    ひた
straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
(prefix) (kana only) earnestly; immediately; exactly; (surname) Masami
Straight, upright, direct; to arrange.

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 sou / so
    そう
appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
(1) aspect; appearance; look; (2) physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); (3) {gramm} aspect; (4) {physics;chem} phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous); (given name) Tasuku
lakṣana 攞乞尖拏. Also, nimitta. A 'distinctive mark, sign', 'indication, characteristic', 'designation'. M. W. External appearance; the appearance of things; form; a phenomenon 有爲法 in the sense of appearance; mutual; to regard. The four forms taken by every phenomenon are 生住異滅 rise, stay, change, cease, i. e. birth, life, old age, death. The Huayan school has a sixfold division of form, namely, whole and parts, together and separate, integrate and disintegrate. A Buddha or Cakravartī is recognized by his thirty-two lakṣana , i. e. his thirty-two characteristic physiological marks.

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míng
    ming2
ming
space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes

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juàn
    juan4
chüan
 ken
    けん
(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for
(given name) Ken
Regard, love; wife; family; relatives; retainers.


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juàn
    juan4
chüan
(literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for (variant of 眷[juan4])
See:

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yǐng
    ying3
ying
short and small

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niǎn
    nian3
nien
stone roller; roller and millstone; to grind; to crush; to husk

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lěi
    lei3
lei
 rei / re
    れい
lumpy; rock pile; uneven; fig. sincere; open and honest
(personal name) Rei

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zhé
    zhe2
che
 taku
    たく
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]; sound made by birds (onom.); (literary) to dismember (form of punishment); to spread
(See 永字八法) eighth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls rightwards and fattens at the bottom

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xiān
    xian1
hsien
 ken
Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
Xian, commonly but incorrectly written 祅 a Western Asian name for Heaven, or the 天神 God of Heaven, adopted by the Zoroastrians and borrowed later by the Manicheans; also intp. as Maheśvara.


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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 tada
god of the earth
To revere, venerate; only; translit. j in 祇園精舍; 祇樹給孤獨園 The vihāra and garden Jetavana, bought by Anāthapiṇḍaka from prince Jeta and given to Śākyamuni.; The Earth-Spirit; repose; vast; translit. j, g.

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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 motomu
    もとむ
to implore; to pray; to request
(given name) Motomu
yācñā. Pray; prayer is spoken of as absent from Hīnayāna, and only known in Mahāyāna, especially in the esoteric sect.

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    fu2
fu
 harae
    はらえ
    harai
    はらい
to cleanse; to remove evil; ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
purification; exorcism

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    ji4
chi
 matsuri
    まつり
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield
festival; feast; (surname, female given name) Matsuri
Sacrifice, sacrificial.

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 kin
    とり
generic term for birds and animals; birds; to capture (old)
(1) bird; (2) bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bird

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zhěn
    zhen3
chen
to accumulate; fine and close

穿

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chuān
    chuan1
ch`uan
    chuan
 haku
    はく
to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
(female given name) Haku
To bore, pierce; to thread; to don, put on. To bore a well and gradually discover water, likened to the gradual discovery of the Buddha-nature.

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yǎo
    yao3
yao
sunken eyes; deep and hollow; remote and obscure; variant of 杳[yao3]

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tiǎo
    tiao3
t`iao
    tiao
 utsuro
    うつろ
quiet and secluded; gentle, graceful, and elegant
(place-name) Utsuro

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    ku1
k`u
    ku
 iwaya
    いわや
cave; hole
(kana only) caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods; cavern; grotto; (surname) Iwaya
gūha. A cave.


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    wo1
wo
nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods


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qióng
    qiong2
ch`iung
    chiung
 kyū
poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
Poor, impoverished, exhausted; to exhaust, investigate thoroughly.

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duān
    duan1
tuan
 hashi(p); haji; hana
    はし(P); はじ; はな
end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
(1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; (2) beginning; start; first; (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least; (female given name) Mizuki
Beginning, coming forth, elementary principles; a point either beginning or end; straight, proper.

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    yu2

 u
    う
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
(hist) yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan

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guā
    gua1
kua
 hazu
    はず
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(1) (kana only) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (sumo) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

see styles
děng
    deng3
teng
 ra
    ら
to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
(suffix) (1) (kana only) pluralizing suffix; (suffix) (2) (kana only) (See あちら,いくら・1) or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; (suffix) (3) (kana only) (after the stem of an adjective) (See 清ら) nominalizing suffix; (s,m,f) Hitoshi
To pair; parallel, equal, of like order; a class, grade, rank; common; to wait; sign of plural. In Buddhist writings it is also used for 'equal everywhere', 'equally everywhere', 'universal'.

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

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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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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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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