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五 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu go ご |
More info & calligraphy: Five(numeric) five (chi: wǔ); (surname) Go pañca, five. |
吳 吴 see styles |
wú wu2 wu |
More info & calligraphy: Ng |
業 业 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh hajime はじめ |
More info & calligraphy: Karmadeed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣. |
泡 see styles |
pào pao4 p`ao pao hō あわ |
More info & calligraphy: Paoabubble; foam; froth; head on beer A bubble, a blister; to infuse. |
空 see styles |
kòng kong4 k`ung kung ron ろん |
More info & calligraphy: Sky / Ether / Void / Emptiness / Unreality(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both. |
維 维 see styles |
wéi wei2 wei yuki ゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Vee(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki A carriage-curtain; a net; a corner, cardinal point; to tie or hold together, connect; a copula, also, but, whereas, now. |
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. |
頓 顿 see styles |
dùn dun4 tun tomi とみ |
More info & calligraphy: Dayton(n,adj-nari) (1) (archaism) (See 頓に・とみに,頓と・とんと・1) sudden; abrupt; unexpected; (n,adj-nari) (2) (とん only) (archaism) stupid; foolish; (3) (とん only) {Buddh} attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.); (surname) Tomi To fall headlong, prostrate; at one time, at once; suddenly; immediate; a pause; to stamp; make ready; used chiefly in contrast with 漸 gradually. |
たり see styles |
dari ダリ |
(particle) (1) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) expresses a command; (auxiliary verb) (4) (archaism) (after a noun) to be; (5) (archaism) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (surname) Dali; Dally |
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. |
信心 see styles |
xìn xīn xin4 xin1 hsin hsin shinjin しんじん |
More info & calligraphy: Confidence / Faithful Heart(noun, transitive verb) faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness A believing mind, which receives without doubting.; Great or firm faith in, or surrender to Buddha, especially to Amitabha. |
博愛 博爱 see styles |
bó ài bo2 ai4 po ai hiroyoshi ひろよし |
More info & calligraphy: Love for Humanity / Brotherly 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 |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hell(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (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. |
堅信 坚信 see styles |
jiān xìn jian1 xin4 chien hsin kenshin けんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Firm Belief / Strong Faith(Christian rite of) confirmation; (personal name) Kenshin firm faith |
平安 see styles |
píng ān ping2 an1 p`ing an ping an bean べあん |
More info & calligraphy: Safe and Sound(noun or adjectival noun) (1) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (2) (hist) (See 平安時代) Heian period (794-1185); (surname) Bean agreeable |
平等 see styles |
píng děng ping2 deng3 p`ing teng ping teng byoudou / byodo びょうどう |
More info & calligraphy: Equality(n,adj-na,adj-no) equality; impartiality; evenness; (place-name) Byōdō sama; samatā. Level, even, everywhere the same, universal, without partiality; it especially refers to the Buddha in his universal; impartial, and equal attitude towards all beings. |
感奮 感奋 see styles |
gǎn fèn gan3 fen4 kan fen kanpun かんぷん |
More info & calligraphy: Inspired(n,vs,vi) stirred up; inspired; moved to action |
日和 see styles |
biwa びわ |
More info & calligraphy: Hiyori |
杜威 see styles |
dù wēi du4 wei1 tu wei |
More info & calligraphy: Dewey |
正業 正业 see styles |
zhèng yè zheng4 ye4 cheng yeh seigyou / segyo せいぎょう |
More info & calligraphy: 4. Right Action / Perfect Conductlegitimate occupation; honest business samyakkarmānta, right action, purity of body, avoiding all wrong, the fourth of the 八正道; 'right action, abstaining from taking life, or what is not given, or from carnal indulgence. ' Keith. |
浪人 see styles |
làng rén lang4 ren2 lang jen rounin / ronin ろうにん |
More info & calligraphy: Ronin / Masterless Samurai(n,vs,adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (given name) Rounin |
海德 see styles |
hǎi dé hai3 de2 hai te kaitoku |
More info & calligraphy: HyderThe eight virtues, or powers of the ocean, i.e. vastness, tidal regularity, throwing out of the dead, containing the seven kinds of pearls, absorption of all rivers, of all rain without increase, holding the most mighty fish, universal unvarying saltness. |
激烈 see styles |
jī liè ji1 lie4 chi lieh gekiretsu げきれつ |
More info & calligraphy: Fierce(noun or adjectival noun) violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness |
無事 无事 see styles |
wú shì wu2 shi4 wu shih buji ぶじ |
More info & calligraphy: No Trouble / Freedom from Problemsno phenomena |
無心 无心 see styles |
wú xīn wu2 xin1 wu hsin mushin むしん |
More info & calligraphy: No Mind / Mushin(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) innocence; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (See 有心・2) mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; no-mind; (adj-no,n) (3) insentient; (noun, transitive verb) (4) pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking; begging; request Mindless, without thought, will, or purpose; the real immaterial mind free from illusion; unconsciousness, or effortless action. |
無悔 无悔 see styles |
wú huǐ wu2 hui3 wu hui muke |
More info & calligraphy: No Regretswithout regret |
無敵 无敌 see styles |
wú dí wu2 di2 wu ti muteki むてき |
More info & calligraphy: Tough / Unbeatable(adj-no,adj-na,n) invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable; (surname) Muteki |
無盡 无尽 see styles |
wú jìn wu2 jin4 wu chin mujin むじん |
More info & calligraphy: Endless / Without Limit(given name) Mujin Inexhaustible, without limit. It is a term applied by the 權教 to the noumenal or absolute; by the 實教 to the phenomenal, both being considered as infinite. The Huayan sūtra 十地品 has ten limitless things, the infinitude of living beings, of worlds, of space, of the dharmadhātu, of nirvāṇa, etc. |
瑜伽 see styles |
yú jiā yu2 jia1 yü chia yuga ゆが |
More info & calligraphy: Yoga{Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yuga yoga; also 瑜誐; 遊迦; a yoke, yoking, union, especially an ecstatic union of the individual soul with a divine being, or spirit, also of the individual soul with the universal soul. The method requires the mutual response or relation of 境, 行, 理, 果 and 機; i.e. (1) state, or environment, referred to mind; (2) action, or mode of practice; (3) right principle; (4) results in enlightenment; (5) motivity, i.e. practical application in saving others. Also the mutual relation of hand, mouth, and mind referring to manifestation, incantation, and mental operation; these are known as 瑜伽三密, the three esoteric (means) of Yoga. The older practice of meditation as a means of obtaining spiritual or magical power was distorted in Tantrism to exorcism, sorcery, and juggling in general. |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
空手 see styles |
kōng shǒu kong1 shou3 k`ung shou kung shou sorate そらて |
More info & calligraphy: Karate(1) karate; (2) empty handed; (surname) Sorate |
自然 see styles |
zì rán zi4 ran2 tzu jan minori みのり |
More info & calligraphy: Nature(n,adv) (dated) 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. |
虛空 虚空 see styles |
xū kōng xu1 kong1 hsü k`ung hsü kung kokū |
More info & calligraphy: Nothingness / Empty / Voidśūnya; empty, void, space; ākāśa, in the sense of space, or the ether; gagana, the sky, atmosphere, heaven; kha, space, sky, ether, 虛 is defined as that which is without shape or substantiality, 空 as that which has no resistance. The immaterial universe behind all phenomena. |
西施 see styles |
xī shī xi1 shi1 hsi shih seishi / seshi せいし |
More info & calligraphy: Xishi / Xi Shi(personal name) Seishi |
身心 see styles |
shēn xīn shen1 xin1 shen hsin shinshin しんじん |
More info & calligraphy: Body and Mind(noun - becomes adjective with の) mind and body Body and mind, the direct fruit of the previous life. The body is rūpa, the first skandha; mind embraces the other four, consciousness, perception, action, and knowledge; v. 五蘊. |
阿拉 see styles |
ā lā a1 la1 a la |
More info & calligraphy: Arra |
魏徵 魏征 see styles |
wèi zhēng wei4 zheng1 wei cheng |
More info & calligraphy: Wei Zheng |
ウェイ see styles |
wei / we ウェイ |
way; (personal name) Hwei; Way |
五形拳 see styles |
gokeiken / gokeken ごけいけん |
More info & calligraphy: Wu Xing Fist |
八正道 see styles |
bā zhèng dào ba1 zheng4 dao4 pa cheng tao hasshōdō はっしょうどう |
More info & calligraphy: The Noble Eightfold Path(Buddhist term) noble eightfold path (八正道分) Āryamārga. The eight right or correct ways, the "eightfold noble path" for the arhat to nirvāṇa; also styled 八道船, 八正門, 八由行, 八游行, 八聖道支, 八道行, 八直行, 八直道. The eight are: (1) 正見Samyag-dṛṣṭi, correct views in regard to the Four Axioms, and freedom from the common delusion. (2) 正思 Samyak-saṁkalpa, correct thought and purpose. (3) 正語 Samyag-vāc, correct speech, avoidance of false and idle talk. (4) 正業 Samyak-karmānta, correct deed, or conduct, getting rid of all improper action so as to dwell in purity. (5) 正命 Smnyag-ājīva, correct livelihood or occupation, avoiding the five immoral occupations. (6) 正精進 Samyag-vyāyāma, correct zeal, or energy in uninterrupted progress in the way of nirvāṇa. (7) 正念 Samyak-smṛti, correct remembrance, or memory, which retains the true and excludes the false. (8) 正定 Samyak-samadhi, correct meditation, absorption, or abstraction. The 正 means of course Buddhist orthodoxy, anything contrary to this being 邪 or heterodox, and wrong. |
大丈夫 see styles |
dà zhàng fu da4 zhang4 fu5 ta chang fu masurao ますらお |
More info & calligraphy: Man of Character(adjectival noun) (1) safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; (adverb) (2) certainly; surely; undoubtedly; (int,adj-na) (3) (colloquialism) no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; (4) (だいじょうぶ only) (archaism) (See 大丈夫・だいじょうふ) great man; fine figure of a man; (given name) Masurao a great man |
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) |
觀世音 观世音 see styles |
guān shì yīn guan1 shi4 yin1 kuan shih yin Kanzeon かんぜおん |
More info & calligraphy: Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel. |
阿修羅 阿修罗 see styles |
ā xiū luó a1 xiu1 luo2 a hsiu lo ashura あしゅら |
More info & calligraphy: Frightful Demon / Asura{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps. |
三國演義 三国演义 see styles |
sān guó yǎn yì san1 guo2 yan3 yi4 san kuo yen i |
More info & calligraphy: Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
不經一事 不经一事 see styles |
bù jīng yī shì bu4 jing1 yi1 shi4 pu ching i shih |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom comes from Experience |
刻舟求劍 刻舟求剑 see styles |
kè zhōu qiú jiàn ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4 k`o chou ch`iu chien ko chou chiu chien |
More info & calligraphy: Mark the boat to find the lost sword / Ignoring the changing circumstances of the world |
千慮一得 千虑一得 see styles |
qiān lǜ yī dé qian1 lu:4 yi1 de2 ch`ien lü i te chien lü i te senryoittoku; senryonoittoku せんりょいっとく; せんりょのいっとく |
More info & calligraphy: Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea(expression) (yoji) even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea |
只管打坐 see styles |
zhǐ guǎn dǎ zuò zhi3 guan3 da3 zuo4 chih kuan ta tso shikan taza しかんたざ |
More info & calligraphy: Shikantazameditation of just sitting |
寧缺毋濫 宁缺毋滥 see styles |
nìng quē wú làn ning4 que1 wu2 lan4 ning ch`üeh wu lan ning chüeh wu lan |
More info & calligraphy: Better to Choose Nothing, Rather than Make a Poor Choice |
死而無悔 死而无悔 see styles |
sǐ ér wú huǐ si3 er2 wu2 hui3 ssu erh wu hui |
More info & calligraphy: Die Without Regret |
滴水穿石 see styles |
dī shuǐ chuān shí di1 shui3 chuan1 shi2 ti shui ch`uan shih ti shui chuan shih |
More info & calligraphy: Dripping Water Penetrates Stone |
腳踏實地 脚踏实地 see styles |
jiǎo tà shí dì jiao3 ta4 shi2 di4 chiao t`a shih ti chiao ta shih ti |
More info & calligraphy: Keep Your Feet on the Ground |
虚心坦懐 see styles |
kyoshintankai きょしんたんかい |
(yoji) with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid |
苦は楽の種 see styles |
kuharakunotane くはらくのたね |
More info & calligraphy: There is no pleasure without pain |
身教勝於言教 身教胜于言教 see styles |
shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào shen1 jiao4 sheng4 yu2 yan2 jiao4 shen chiao sheng yü yen chiao |
More info & calligraphy: Example is Better than Precept |
て see styles |
de デ |
(particle) (1) (indicates location of action) at; in; (particle) (2) (indicates time of action) at; when; (particle) (3) (indicates means of action) by; with; (personal name) De; Des |
を see styles |
o を |
(particle) (1) indicates direct object of action; (particle) (2) indicates subject of causative expression; (particle) (3) indicates an area traversed; (particle) (4) indicates time (period) over which action takes place; (particle) (5) indicates point of departure or separation of action; (particle) (6) (See が・1) indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc. |
下 see styles |
xià xia4 hsia shimo しも |
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action (1) (ant: 上・かみ・1) lower reaches (of a river); (2) bottom; lower part; (3) lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses; (4) end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan); (can be adjective with の) (5) dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.); (place-name, surname) Shimo hīna, adhara. Below, lower, inferior, low; to descend, let down, put down. |
之 see styles |
zhī zhi1 chih yuki ゆき |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it (particle) (archaism) possessive particle; (pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki of |
事 see styles |
shì shi4 shih tsutomu つとむ |
matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] {Buddh} (See 理・2) individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle); (male given name) Tsutomu artha 日迦他 (迦 being an error for 遏); affair, concern, matter; action, practice; phenomena; to serve. It is 'practice' or the thing, affair, matter, in contrast with 理 theory, or the underlying principle. |
仮 see styles |
jiǎ jia3 chia kari かり |
Japanese variant of 假[jia3] {Buddh} lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance; (surname) Kari |
任 see styles |
rèn ren4 jen makoto まこと |
to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) obligation; duty; charge; responsibility; (given name) Makoto Bear, endure, let; office; it is used to connote laisser-faire; one of the 四病, as 任運 implies laisser-aller; it is intp. by let things follow their own course, or by 自然 naturally, without intervention. |
俱 see styles |
jù ju4 chü |
(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together; (literary) to be alike |
僞 伪 see styles |
wěi wei3 wei gi |
variant of 偽|伪[wei3] False, counterfeit, forged. False or forged sūtras which were produced after the Wei dynasty; catalogues of these forged sūtras are given in various books. |
儂 侬 see styles |
nóng nong2 nung washi わし |
you (Wu dialect); I, me (classical) (pn,adj-no) (kana only) I; me (used by elderly males) |
其 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi shi それ |
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) (irregular okurigana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you; (1) (archaism) that; (2) (archaism) he; she; that person; (1) (archaism) that; (2) you; (3) oneself; themself therein |
加 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia kuwae くわえ |
to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to something or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (something) (1) addition; (2) (abbreviation) (See 加奈陀・カナダ) Canada; (surname) Kuwae Add, added; increase; put on. |
呉 see styles |
wú wu2 wu gou / go ごう |
Japanese variant of 吳|吴[Wu2] (1) Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); (2) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; (3) (hist) (See 三国・2) Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Sun Wu; (4) (hist) Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE); (surname) Gou Wu |
在 see styles |
zài zai4 tsai mitsuru みつる |
to exist; to be alive; (of sb or something) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (1) the country; countryside; (2) outskirts; suburbs; (3) presence; being in attendance; (prefix) (4) (before a place name) situated in; staying in; resident in; (personal name) Mitsuru At, in, on, present. |
寪 see styles |
wěi wei3 wei |
surname Wei |
就 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu shuu / shu しゅう |
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... (surname) Shuu then, thereupon |
庭 see styles |
tíng ting2 t`ing ting niwasaki にわさき |
main hall; front courtyard; law court (1) garden; yard; courtyard; (2) field (of action); area; (surname) Niwasaki Court, hall, family; forehead. |
很 see styles |
hěn hen3 hen |
very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
思 see styles |
sī si1 ssu shiyou / shiyo しよう |
to think; to consider (given name) Shiyou cint- 指底. Think, thought; turn the attention to; intp. by 心所法 mental action or contents, mentality, intellection. |
惟 see styles |
wéi wei2 wei yui ゆい |
-ism; only (pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yui To reflect on; but, only; verbal particle; of. 唯. |
懸 悬 see styles |
xuán xuan2 hsüan kakeru かける |
to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation (suf,adj-no) (1) -clad; (2) (kana only) in the midst of; (3) tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); (4) times (i.e. multiplied by); (5) able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.); (1) (abbreviation) credit; (2) money owed on an account; bill; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) hot noodles in broth; (n,n-suf) (4) proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); (suffix) (5) in the midst of; (6) rest; rack; hanger; (personal name) Kakeru Suspend, hang. |
戊 see styles |
wù wu4 wu bo ぼ |
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta 5th in rank; fifth sign of the Chinese calendar; (place-name) Bo wu, mou; nourishing; the fifth of the ten 'stems'. |
打 see styles |
dǎ da3 ta da だ |
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from (n,ctr) {sports} hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke To beat, strike, make, do; used for many kinds of such action. |
挙 see styles |
jǔ ju3 chü akaru あかる |
Japanese variant of 舉|举 (1) action; behavior; behaviour; move; (2) (archaism) (See 推挙) recommendation (of a person for a position); (female given name) Akaru |
捨 舍 see styles |
shě she3 she sha しゃ |
to give up; to abandon; to give alms {Buddh} equanimity; upeksa; upekkha upekṣā, neglect, indifference, abandoning, M.W. To relinquish, renounce, abandon, reject, give. One of the chief Buddhist virtues, that of renunciation, leading to a state of "indifference without pleasure or pain" (Keith), or independence of both. v. 舍. It is defined as the mind 平等 in equilibrium, i.e. above the distinction of things or persons, of self or others; indifferent, having abandoned the world and all things and having no affections or desires. One of the seven bodhyaṅgas. Translit. sa, śa, s(r). |
措 see styles |
cuò cuo4 ts`o tso so |
to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan to place |
揚 扬 see styles |
yáng yang2 yang you / yo よう |
to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate (surname, female given name) Yō to give |
擅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan hoshiimama / hoshimama ほしいまま |
without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary |
敪 see styles |
duó duo2 to |
to weigh; to cut; to come without being invited |
曌 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao |
name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] |
朆 see styles |
fēn fen1 fen |
not yet (Wu dialect) |
有 see styles |
yǒu you3 yu yumi ゆみ |
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional) (1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence. |
柦 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan |
a kind of wooden desk without legs |
楽 see styles |
yuè yue4 yüeh raku らく |
Japanese variant of 樂|乐[yue4] (noun or adjectival noun) (1) comfort; ease; relief; (at) peace; relaxation; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) easy; simple; without trouble; without hardships; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (economically) comfortable; (4) (abbreviation) (See 楽焼き) raku pottery; (5) {Buddh} (ant: 苦・2) sukha (happiness); (surname, female given name) Raku |
概 see styles |
gài gai4 kai kaiji かいじ |
(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment (1) appearance; look; aspect; (2) (rare) (See 気概・きがい) strong spirit; mettle; (personal name) Kaiji strickle |
此 see styles |
cǐ ci3 tz`u tzu hiro ひろ |
this; these (pn,adj-pn) (kana only) (See 此れ・1,此の・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (surname) Hiro This, here. |
没 see styles |
méi mei2 mei suehiro すえひろ |
(n,n-suf) (1) discard; (2) death; (3) (abbreviation) rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); (prefix noun) (4) lacking; without; (personal name) Suehiro sink |
活 see styles |
huó huo2 huo katsuji かつじ |
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship (1) living; life; (2) (See 活を入れる・1) judo art of resuscitation; (suffix) (3) (abbreviation) (See 活動・1) action; activity; (personal name) Katsuji jīva, jīvaka; alive, living, lively, revive, movable. |
渭 see styles |
wèi wei4 wei |
the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] |
灃 沣 see styles |
fēng feng1 feng |
rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3] |
狸 see styles |
lí li2 li tanuki たぬき |
raccoon dog; fox-like animal (1) (kana only) tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; (2) (kana only) sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; craftiness; sly person; someone who makes evil plans without ever breaking their poker face |
甋 see styles |
dì di4 ti |
a jar without ears |
直 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih masami まさみ |
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. |
線 线 see styles |
xiàn xian4 hsien sen せん |
thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) (n,n-suf) (1) line; stripe; stria; (n,n-suf) (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire; (n,n-suf) (3) (See Ｘ線) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; (n,n-suf) (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; (n,n-suf) (5) outline; contours; form; (n,n-suf) (6) level; (n,n-suf) (7) division; (n,n-suf) (8) (See いい線) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; (n,n-suf) (9) (See 線が太い,線が細い) impression one leaves; air one gives off; (surname) Sen A thread, wire, clue, spy, lead, connection. |
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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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