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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. |
木 see styles |
mù mu4 mu moku もく |
More info & calligraphy: Wood(1) (abbreviation) (See 木曜) Thursday; (2) (See 五行・1) wood (first of the five elements); (female given name) Moku Wood; a tree; kāṣṭha, a piece of wood, wood, timber. |
松 see styles |
sōng song1 sung yoshiaki よしあき |
More info & calligraphy: Pine(1) pine tree (Pinus spp.); (2) (See 梅・うめ・2,竹・たけ・2) highest (of a three-tier ranking system); (personal name) Yoshiaki pine |
楊 杨 see styles |
yáng yang2 yang zuon ズオン |
More info & calligraphy: Yeoh(1) willow (any tree of genus Salix); (2) weeping willow (Salix babylonica); (surname) Duong Willow; aspen, poplar, arbutus; syphilis. |
榛 see styles |
zhēn zhen1 chen hashibami はしばみ |
More info & calligraphy: Hazel Tree(archaism) (See 榛の木) Japanese alder (Alnus japonica); (surname) Hashibami |
橙 see styles |
chéng cheng2 ch`eng cheng chiin / chin ちぇん |
More info & calligraphy: Orange(1) bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (See 橙色・だいだいいろ) orange (color, colour); (female given name) Chen |
櫻 樱 see styles |
yīng ying1 ying takazakura たかざくら |
More info & calligraphy: Cherry Blossom / Sakura(out-dated kanji) (1) cherry tree; cherry blossom; (2) decoy; fake buyer; shill; (3) hired applauder; (4) (colloquialism) horse meat; (surname) Takazakura |
雀 see styles |
què que4 ch`üeh chüeh chie ちえ |
More info & calligraphy: Sparrow(1) tree sparrow (Passer montanus); (2) talkative person; knowledgeable person; (surname) Chie a sparrow |
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. |
クス see styles |
kusu クス |
More info & calligraphy: Kuss |
たら see styles |
dara ダラ |
(See たらの木) Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata); (personal name) D'Arrast; Dara |
ログ see styles |
rogu ログ |
More info & calligraphy: Rog |
伊蘭 伊兰 see styles |
yī lán yi1 lan2 i lan iran いらん |
More info & calligraphy: Ilhanairāvaṇa, erāvaṇa, 伊羅 and other forms, v. supra; name of a tree with beautiful flowers of nauseous scent which spreads its odour for 40 li; typifying 煩惱 the passions and delusions. |
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); (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 |
樹蔭 树荫 see styles |
shù yīn shu4 yin1 shu yin juin じゅいん kokage こかげ |
More info & calligraphy: Shade of a Treeshade of tree; bower |
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 |
道場 道场 see styles |
dào chǎng dao4 chang3 tao ch`ang tao chang michiba みちば |
More info & calligraphy: Dojo / Martial Arts Studio(1) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提道場) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (surname) Michiba Truth-plot. bodhimaṇḍala, circle, or place of enlightenment. The place where Buddha attained enlightenment. A place, or method, for attaining to Buddha-truth. An object of or place for religious offerings. A place for teaching, learning, or practising religion. |
カマラ see styles |
gamara ガマラ |
More info & calligraphy: Kamala |
花の木 see styles |
hananoki はなのき |
More info & calligraphy: Red Maple Tree |
菩提樹 菩提树 see styles |
pú tí shù pu2 ti2 shu4 p`u t`i shu pu ti shu bodaiju ぼだいじゅ |
More info & calligraphy: The Tree of Enlightenment / The Bodhi Tree(1) Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); (2) (See インドボダイジュ) sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree; (given name) Bodaiju bodhidruma, bodhitaru, bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. The Ficus religiosa is the pippala, or aśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there. |
阿魯巴 阿鲁巴 see styles |
ā lǔ bā a1 lu3 ba1 a lu pa |
More info & calligraphy: Aruba |
釋迦牟尼 释迦牟尼 see styles |
shì jiā móu ní shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shih chia mou ni Shakamuni |
More info & calligraphy: Shakyamuni / The Buddha釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉. |
俣 see styles |
mata また |
(1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork); (surname) Mata |
叉 see styles |
chǎ cha3 ch`a cha sha また |
to diverge; to open (as legs) (1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork) A fork, forked; to fold, folded. |
叒 see styles |
ruò ruo4 jo |
old variant of 若[ruo4]; obedient; ancient mythical tree |
垂 see styles |
chuí chui2 ch`ui chui sui すい |
to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach (1) zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; (2) hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family); (surname) Sui Drop, droop, let down, pass down; regard. |
幹 干 see styles |
gàn gan4 kan motoki もとき |
tree trunk; main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base; (given name) Motoki |
扦 see styles |
qiān qian1 ch`ien chien |
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc) |
朳 see styles |
bā ba1 pa |
tree |
朴 see styles |
pò po4 p`o po paku パク |
Celtis sinensis var. japonica (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata); Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata); (kana only) Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; (surname, given name) Park; Pak |
杈 see styles |
chà cha4 ch`a cha |
branches of a tree; fork of a tree |
杕 see styles |
dì di4 ti |
lone-standing tree |
杜 see styles |
dù du4 tu mori もり |
birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict (1) forest; (2) shrine grove; (surname, female given name) Mori Stop, prevent; azalea. |
杝 see styles |
yí yi2 i |
(tree) |
杶 see styles |
chūn chun1 ch`un chun |
(tree) |
枌 see styles |
fén fen2 fen hegi へぎ |
(tree) (surname) Hegi |
枒 see styles |
yá ya2 ya |
the coconut tree; rim |
枙 see styles |
è e4 o |
tree knot |
枵 see styles |
xiāo xiao1 hsiao |
(archaic) hollow of a tree; (literary) empty; hollow |
柅 see styles |
nǐ ni3 ni |
(tree); to stop |
柘 see styles |
zhè zhe4 che yamaguwa やまぐわ |
a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata); Chinese mulberry (Cudrania) (archaism) (See 山桑) Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis); (surname) Yamaguwa |
柞 see styles |
zuò zuo4 tso nara なら |
oak; Quercus serrata (kana only) oak (esp. Quercus serrata); Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus); (personal name) Nara |
栃 see styles |
lì li4 li tochisaki とちさき |
archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak; type of tree in ancient books; stable (for horses) (kana only) Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata); (surname) Tochisaki |
栐 see styles |
yǒng yong3 yung |
(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏[hu4] |
株 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu miki みき |
tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business) (1) stump; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for trees; (personal name) Miki stump |
栭 see styles |
ér er2 erh |
tree mushroom |
栻 see styles |
shì shi4 shih |
(tree) |
桋 see styles |
yí yi2 i |
(tree) |
桐 see styles |
tóng tong2 t`ung tung hisa ひさ |
tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites) paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree; (surname, female given name) Hisa |
桑 see styles |
sāng sang1 sang kuwatsuru くわつる |
(bound form) mulberry tree mulberry (tree); (surname) Kuwatsuru Mulberry. |
桓 see styles |
huán huan2 huan kan かん |
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old) (given name) Kan A tree whose hard, black seeds are used for beads; a pillar, post, tablet. |
桕 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu |
Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum |
桜 see styles |
yīng ying1 ying chieri ちえり |
Japanese variant of 櫻|樱[ying1] (1) cherry tree; cherry blossom; (2) decoy; fake buyer; shill; (3) hired applauder; (4) (colloquialism) horse meat; (female given name) Chieri |
梓 see styles |
zǐ zi3 tzu shin しん |
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 |
梔 栀 see styles |
zhī zhi1 chih kuchinashi くちなし |
gardenia; cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); same as 梔子|栀子[zhi1 zi5] (kana only) wax tree (species of sumac, Rhus succedanea); (kana only) Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia; (surname) Kuchinashi |
梡 see styles |
kuǎn kuan3 k`uan kuan |
(tree); stand for sacrifice |
梴 see styles |
chān chan1 ch`an chan |
length (of a tree or beam); long |
棤 see styles |
cuò cuo4 ts`o tso |
rough tree bark |
棩 see styles |
yuān yuan1 yüan |
crooked (tree) |
棪 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen |
(tree) |
棯 see styles |
rěn ren3 jen utsugi うつぎ |
jujube tree (surname) Utsugi |
椆 see styles |
chóu chou2 ch`ou chou |
species of tree resistant to cold weather |
椎 see styles |
zhuī zhui1 chui shiina / shina しいな |
(bound form) vertebra (kana only) any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin; (female given name) Shiina A hammer, especially for a gong, etc.; idem 槌. |
椿 see styles |
chūn chun1 ch`un chun tsubakizaki つばきざき |
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father (kana only) common camellia; Camellia japonica; (surname) Tsubakizaki |
楋 see styles |
là la4 la |
(archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts |
楝 see styles |
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 |
楟 see styles |
tíng ting2 t`ing ting |
tree |
楠 see styles |
nán nan2 nan nan なん |
Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood (kana only) camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel; (surname) Nan |
楡 see styles |
nire にれ |
(kana only) elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica); (surname, female given name) Nire |
楩 see styles |
pián pian2 p`ien pien |
(tree) |
楮 see styles |
chǔ chu3 ch`u chu kouzo / kozo こうぞ |
Broussonetia kasinoki (kana only) kozo (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera); Japanese paper mulberry tree; (surname) Kōzo |
楰 see styles |
yú yu2 yü |
(tree) |
榊 see styles |
shén shen2 shen tachibana たちばな |
(Japanese kokuji) sakaki (Cleyera japonica), evergreen tree used in Shinto to decorate sacred spaces (1) sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); (2) evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine); (personal name) Tachibana |
榎 see styles |
jiǎ jia3 chia enoki えのき |
(evergreen shrub); Celtis sinensis (1) (kana only) Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake; (surname) Enoki |
榔 see styles |
láng lang2 lang |
tall tree (archaic) |
榖 see styles |
gǔ gu3 ku |
paper mulberry tree |
榦 see styles |
gàn gan4 kan |
tree trunk |
榧 see styles |
fěi fei3 fei kaya かや |
Torreya nucifera (kana only) kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree; (surname, given name) Kaya |
槁 see styles |
gǎo gao3 kao takakou / takako たかこう |
dried up (wood); dead tree (surname) Takakou |
槐 see styles |
huái huai2 huai saikachi さいかち |
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree (kana only) Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica); (surname) Saikachi |
槵 see styles |
huàn huan4 huan gen |
soapberry (order Sapindales) A species of Sapindus, or soap-berry tree, whose seeds 槵子 are used for rosaries. |
槻 see styles |
guī gui1 kuei tsuki つき |
zelkova tree (kana only) Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata); (surname, given name) Tsuki |
槾 see styles |
mán man2 man |
(tree) |
樗 see styles |
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 |
標 标 see styles |
biāo biao1 piao maaku / maku まあく |
mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units (1) (rare) mark; sign; target; (2) (archaism) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (3) (archaism) nameplate; (female given name) Maaku Signal, flag, banner; the troops under a particular banner; a notice, list, signboard, ticket; to publish. |
樟 see styles |
zhāng zhang1 chang masayoshi まさよし |
camphor; Cinnamonum camphara (kana only) camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel; (personal name) Masayoshi |
樹 树 see styles |
shù shu4 shu mitsuru みつる |
tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up (1) tree; shrub; bush; (2) wood; timber; (personal name) Mitsuru vṛkṣa, a tree; to stand, erect, establish. |
橎 see styles |
fǎn fan3 fan |
a kind of tree |
檖 see styles |
suì sui4 sui |
(tree) |
檳 槟 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping hin |
betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut; Taiwan pr. [bin1] The areca or betel-nut, i.e. 檳榔 pūga, the areca catechu, or betel-nut tree. |
檴 see styles |
huò huo4 huo |
(tree) |
櫚 榈 see styles |
lǘ lu:2 lü |
palm tree |
櫨 栌 see styles |
lú lu2 lu haze はぜ |
capital (of column); smoke tree (kana only) wax tree (species of sumac, Rhus succedanea); (surname) Haze |
櫹 see styles |
xiāo xiao1 hsiao |
a type of big tree (archaic) |
欀 see styles |
xiāng xiang1 hsiang |
inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction; species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old) |
欃 see styles |
chán chan2 ch`an chan |
sandalwood (Santalum album), a Nepalese tree producing valuable fragrant oil; comet |
欅 see styles |
keyaki けやき |
(kana only) Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata); (surname) Keyaki |
漆 see styles |
qī qi1 ch`i chi shitsu しつ |
paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc) (1) East Asian lacquer; japan; (2) (kana only) Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua); (surname) Shitsu Varnish, lacquer. |
癭 瘿 see styles |
yǐng ying3 ying |
goiter; knob on tree |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Tree Of" 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
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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
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No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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