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<12345678910...>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
笑場 笑场 see styles |
xiào chǎng xiao4 chang3 hsiao ch`ang hsiao chang |
(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse |
符串 see styles |
fú chuàn fu2 chuan4 fu ch`uan fu chuan |
string (as in "character string") |
筆字 see styles |
fudeji ふでじ |
(See 筆文字) character written by brush; brush-stroke character |
筆画 see styles |
hikkaku ひっかく |
stroke in a Chinese character |
筆畫 笔画 see styles |
bǐ huà bi3 hua4 pi hua |
strokes of a Chinese character |
等味 see styles |
děng wèi deng3 wei4 teng wei tōmi |
Of equal flavour, of the same character. |
篆字 see styles |
tenji てんじ |
seal script character |
篆文 see styles |
tenbun てんぶん |
seal script character |
簡寫 简写 see styles |
jiǎn xiě jian3 xie3 chien hsieh |
to write characters in simplified form; the simplified form of a character; to abbreviate (a word or expression); to write in simple language |
粉頭 粉头 see styles |
fěn tóu fen3 tou2 fen t`ou fen tou |
prostitute (old); crafty character (in opera) |
素質 素质 see styles |
sù zhì su4 zhi4 su chih soshitsu そしつ |
inner quality; basic essence (1) makings (of); aptitude; talent; qualities; (2) nature; character; temperament |
統讀 统读 see styles |
tǒng dú tong3 du2 t`ung tu tung tu |
standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985 |
羯磨 see styles |
jié mó jie2 mo2 chieh mo katsuma かつま |
karma (loanword) {Buddh} (read as かつま in the Tendai sect, etc.; as こんま in Shingon, Ritsu, etc.) (See 業・ごう・1) karma; (surname) Katsuma karma; action, work, deed, performance, service, 'duty'; religious action, moral duty; especially a meeting of the monks for the purpose of ordination, or for the confession of sins and absolution, or for expulsion of the unrepentant. There are numerous kinds of karma, or assemblies for such business, ordinarily requiring the presence of four monks, but others five, ten, or twenty. Cf. 業 for definition of karma, deeds or character as the cause of future conditions; also 五蘊 for karma as the fourth skandha. |
習性 习性 see styles |
xí xìng xi2 xing4 hsi hsing shuusei / shuse しゅうせい |
character acquired through long habit; habits and properties (1) habit; (2) behavior; behaviour; trait; nature |
耶戶 耶户 see styles |
yē hù ye1 hu4 yeh hu |
Jehu (842-815 BC), Israelite king, prominent character in 2 Kings 9:10 |
聲旁 声旁 see styles |
shēng páng sheng1 pang2 sheng p`ang sheng pang |
phonetic component of Chinese character |
聲母 声母 see styles |
shēng mǔ sheng1 mu3 sheng mu |
the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable; the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) See: 声母 |
聲符 声符 see styles |
shēng fú sheng1 fu2 sheng fu |
phonetic component of a Chinese character (e.g. the component 青[qing] in 清[qing1]) See: 声符 |
聲訓 声训 see styles |
shēng xùn sheng1 xun4 sheng hsün |
explaining a character or word by using a homophone |
聲類 声类 see styles |
shēng lèi sheng1 lei4 sheng lei |
Shenglei, the earliest Chinese rime dictionary with 11,520 single-character entries, released in 3rd century (was not preserved to this day) |
能仁 see styles |
néng rén neng2 ren2 neng jen yoshihito よしひと |
(given name) Yoshihito Mighty in lovingkindness, an incorrect interpretation of Śākyamuni, but probably indicating his character. |
脫字 脱字 see styles |
tuō zì tuo1 zi4 t`o tzu to tzu datsu ji |
missing character |
脫落 脱落 see styles |
tuō luò tuo1 luo4 t`o lo to lo datsuraku |
to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing) escape and let go of |
脱字 see styles |
datsuji だつじ |
omitted character; omitted letter |
脾氣 脾气 see styles |
pí qi pi2 qi5 p`i ch`i pi chi |
character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3] |
自性 see styles |
zì xìng zi4 xing4 tzu hsing jishou / jisho じしょう |
{Buddh} intrinsic nature; one’s own distinct nature Own nature; of (its) own nature. As an intp. of pradhāna (and resembling 冥性) in the Sāṅkhya philosophy it is 'prakṛti, the Originant, primary or original matter or rather the primary germ out of which all material appearances are evolved, the first evolver or source of the material world (hence in a general acceptation 'nature' or rather 'matter' as opposed to purusha, or 'spirit')'. M. W. As 莎發斡 svabhāva, it is 'own state, essential or inherent property, innate or peculiar disposition, natural state or constitution, nature'. M. W. The self-substance, self-nature, or unchanging character of anything. |
自機 see styles |
jiki じき |
(1) {vidg} one's character or vehicle; player-controlled character or vehicle; (2) one's aircraft; aircraft one is piloting |
至德 see styles |
zhì dé zhi4 de2 chih te shitoku |
splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness Jñānagupta |
色彩 see styles |
sè cǎi se4 cai3 se ts`ai se tsai shikisai しきさい |
tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character colour; color; hue; tints; (female given name) Karaa |
色蓋 色盖 see styles |
sè gài se4 gai4 se kai shikikai |
The concealing, or misleading, character of the visible or material, the seeming concealing reality. |
芝蘭 芝兰 see styles |
zhī lán zhi1 lan2 chih lan shiran しらん |
lit. iris and orchid; fig. exalted sentiments; (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc) (1) (See 霊芝・れいし,藤袴・ふじばかま) reishi mushroom and thoroughwort; fragrant plants; (can be adjective with の) (2) talented; virtuous; (given name) Tsuuran |
英字 see styles |
eiji / eji えいじ |
English letter; alphabetic character |
英資 see styles |
eishi / eshi えいし |
brilliant qualities; fine character; British capital (money); (personal name) Hidemoto |
華字 see styles |
kaji かじ |
Chinese character |
萌え see styles |
moe もえ |
(1) sprouting; budding; (n,int) (2) (slang) (also written 萌ゑ) crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation; (female given name) Moe |
萬子 see styles |
manko まんこ |
(mahj) (kana only) character tiles (chi:); (female given name) Manko |
落字 see styles |
rakuji らくじ |
(rare) (See 脱字) omitted character; omitted letter |
蝌蚪 see styles |
kē dǒu ke1 dou3 k`o tou ko tou kato かと otamajakushi おたまじゃくし |
tadpole; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] (1) tadpole; (2) ancient seal-script character; (1) tadpole; (2) musical note |
衍字 see styles |
yǎn zì yan3 zi4 yen tzu enji えんじ |
superfluous character; character added by mistake mistakenly inserted and; or unnecessary word |
表徴 see styles |
hyouchou / hyocho ひょうちょう |
(noun/participle) (1) appearing on the surface; (2) symbol; sign; (3) (biol) distinguishing mark; diagnostic character |
言音 see styles |
yán yīn yan2 yin1 yen yin kotone ことね |
(female given name) Kotone character of the voice |
訓讀 训读 see styles |
xùn dú xun4 du2 hsün tu |
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn"); to pronounce a word using such a reading; (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".) |
訛字 讹字 see styles |
é zì e2 zi4 o tzu |
erroneous character; typographical error |
該隱 该隐 see styles |
gāi yǐn gai1 yin3 kai yin |
Cain (name); Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology |
語音 语音 see styles |
yǔ yīn yu3 yin1 yü yin goon ごおん |
speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme phonemes |
調性 调性 see styles |
diào xìng diao4 xing4 tiao hsing chousei / chose ちょうせい |
(music) tonality; (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style; image; tone; voice; character {music} tonality |
諧声 see styles |
kaisei / kaise かいせい |
(1) vocal harmony; harmonious voice; harmonious voices; (2) (See 形声) phono-semantic character |
諧聲 谐声 see styles |
xié shēng xie2 sheng1 hsieh sheng |
combination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic character, as in 功[gong1], which has signific 力[li4] and phonetic 工[gong1] (also referred to as 形聲|形声[xing2 sheng1]); (of words or characters) homophonous |
諸葛 诸葛 see styles |
zhū gě zhu1 ge3 chu ko morokuzu もろくず |
two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] (surname) Morokuzu |
讀法 读法 see styles |
dú fǎ du2 fa3 tu fa |
pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character) |
讀破 读破 see styles |
dú pò du2 po4 tu p`o tu po |
to read extensively and thoroughly; nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] rather than the usual [hao3] |
讀音 读音 see styles |
dú yīn du2 yin1 tu yin |
pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
豎折 竖折 see styles |
shù zhé shu4 zhe2 shu che |
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke) |
豪毅 see styles |
hidetake ひでたけ |
(noun or adjectival noun) fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness; (personal name) Hidetake |
賢聖 贤圣 see styles |
xián shèng xian2 sheng4 hsien sheng kensei / kense けんせい |
(personal name) Kensei Those who are noted for goodness, and those who are also noted for wisdom, or insight; the xian are still of ordinary human standard, the sheng transcend them in wisdom and character; the attainments from 見道 upwards are those of the sheng; the xian is on the moral plane, and has not eliminated illusion; the sheng has cut of illusion and has insight into absolute reality. The Mahāyāna has three stages for the xian and ten for the sheng; the Hīnayāna has seven for each. |
質地 质地 see styles |
zhì dì zhi4 di4 chih ti |
texture; background (texture); grain; quality; character; disposition |
踊字 see styles |
odoriji おどりじ |
(irregular okurigana usage) iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark |
躍字 see styles |
odoriji おどりじ |
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark |
軒轅 轩辕 see styles |
xuān yuán xuan1 yuan2 hsüan yüan |
two-character surname Xuanyuan |
轉注 转注 see styles |
zhuǎn zhù zhuan3 zhu4 chuan chu |
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character |
通假 see styles |
tōng jiǎ tong1 jia3 t`ung chia tung chia |
phonetic loan character; using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters |
通字 see styles |
tsuuji / tsuji つうじ |
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage |
遮難 遮难 see styles |
zhēn án zhen1 an2 chen an shanan |
Tests for applicants for full orders; there are sixteen (or ten) 遮 and thirteen 難, the former relating to general character and fitness, the latter referring to moral conduct. |
鄭碼 郑码 see styles |
zhèng mǎ zheng4 ma3 cheng ma |
Zheng coding; original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods; also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3] |
醍醐 see styles |
tí hú ti2 hu2 t`i hu ti hu daigo だいご |
refined cream cheese; fig. crème de la crème; nirvana; Buddha nature; Buddhist truth; broth; flawless personal character {Buddh} (See 五味・2) ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); the ultimate truth of Buddhism; nirvana; (surname) Teiko A rich liquor skimmed from boiled butter; clarified butter; ghee; used for the perfect Buddha-truth as found, according to Tiantai, in the Nirvāṇa and Lotus Sūtras. |
重言 see styles |
juugen; juugon / jugen; jugon じゅうげん; じゅうごん |
(1) (e.g. 馬から落馬する) pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; (2) (じゅうげん only) (e.g. 堂堂) kanji compound in which the same character is repeated |
鋒鋩 锋铓 see styles |
fēng máng feng1 mang2 feng mang houbou / hobo ほうぼう |
variant of 鋒芒|锋芒[feng1 mang2] (1) the tip of an edged instrument; (2) sharp words; vicious character |
錯字 错字 see styles |
cuò zì cuo4 zi4 ts`o tzu tso tzu |
incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text) |
開化 开化 see styles |
kāi huà kai1 hua4 k`ai hua kai hua kaika かいか |
to become civilized; to be open-minded; (of ice) to thaw (n,vs,vi) civilization; civilisation; enlightenment; (surname) Kaika To transform the character by instruction; to teach. |
開朗 开朗 see styles |
kāi lǎng kai1 lang3 k`ai lang kai lang |
spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree |
間隔 间隔 see styles |
jiàn gé jian4 ge2 chien ko kankaku かんかく |
gap; interval; compartment; to divide; to separate; to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) (1) space; interval; (2) {comp} space character; whitespace Interval, intermission, but it is chiefly used for during, while, the period of an event. Cf. 無間 avīci. |
闡提 阐提 see styles |
chǎn tí chan3 ti2 ch`an t`i chan ti sendai |
v. 一闡提 icchantika, intp. as unable to become Buddha (a) because of unbelief, or abandoned character; (b) because of a bodhisattva vow. |
院号 see styles |
ingou / ingo いんごう |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); (2) (See 院・7) posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in" |
雄長 雄长 see styles |
xióng zhǎng xiong2 zhang3 hsiung chang ochou / ocho おちょう |
fierce and ambitious character; formidable person (surname) Ochō |
集韻 集韵 see styles |
jí yùn ji2 yun4 chi yün |
Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century |
雙喜 双喜 see styles |
shuāng xǐ shuang1 xi3 shuang hsi |
double happiness; the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage |
雙拼 双拼 see styles |
shuāng pīn shuang1 pin1 shuang p`in shuang pin |
(computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) |
離婁 see styles |
rirou / riro りろう |
(personal name) Lilou (character with superior eyesight that appears in ancient Chinese folklore); Lizhu |
離微 离微 see styles |
lí wēi li2 wei1 li wei rimi |
Apart from all the phenomenal; li is intp. as spirit, wei as its subtle, mysterious functioning; li is also intp. as nirvana in character, wei as prajñā , or intelligence, knowledge, discrimination. |
離朱 see styles |
rishu りしゅ |
(personal name) Lizhu (character with superior eyesight that appears in ancient Chinese folklore); Lilou |
難字 see styles |
nanji なんじ |
difficult character; complicated kanji |
青髯 see styles |
aohige あおひげ |
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki) |
音符 see styles |
yīn fú yin1 fu2 yin fu onpu おんぷ |
(music) note; phonetic component of a Chinese character; phonetic symbol; phonogram (1) musical note; note symbol; (2) phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); (3) (See 意符) part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning); (female given name) Onpu |
音讀 音读 see styles |
yīn dú yin1 du2 yin tu |
reading or phonetic value of a character; (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".) |
音韻 音韵 see styles |
yīn yùn yin1 yun4 yin yün onin おんいん |
music; rhyme and rhythm; initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character; phoneme (1) {ling} (See 音素) phoneme; (2) vocal sound; tone (quality); timbre; (3) initial and final (in Chinese syllable structure) tone |
韻尾 韵尾 see styles |
yùn wěi yun4 wei3 yün wei inbi いんび |
(phonology) coda, the part of a syllable that follows its vocalic nucleus (e.g. "u" in kòu or "n" in běn) yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character) |
類篇 类篇 see styles |
lèi piān lei4 pian1 lei p`ien lei pien |
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] et al in 11th century |
顯密 显密 see styles |
xiǎn mì xian3 mi4 hsien mi |
Exoteric and esoteric; the 眞言 Shingon, or True-word sect, is the esoteric sect, which exercises occult rites of Yoga character, and considers all the other sects as exoteric. |
風調 风调 see styles |
fēng diào feng1 diao4 feng tiao |
character (of a person, verse, object etc); style |
風骨 风骨 see styles |
fēng gǔ feng1 gu3 feng ku |
strength of character; vigorous style (of calligraphy) |
飛雪 飞雪 see styles |
fēi xuě fei1 xue3 fei hsüeh hisetsu ひせつ |
Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" blizzard; snowdrift; (female given name) Hisetsu |
驅龍 驱龙 see styles |
qū lóng qu1 long2 ch`ü lung chü lung |
Dragon-expeller, a term for an arhat of high character and powers, who can drive away evil nāgas. |
骨頭 骨头 see styles |
gǔ tou gu3 tou5 ku t`ou ku tou |
bone; CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4]; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] |
高士 see styles |
gāo shì gao1 shi4 kao shih koushi / koshi こうし |
man of noble character; (s,m) Takashi Eminent scholar; old tr. for Bodhisattva. |
高貴 高贵 see styles |
gāo guì gao1 gui4 kao kuei kouki / koki こうき |
grandeur; noble (noun or adjectival noun) (1) noble; high and noble; exalted; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) noble (character); refined; dignified; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) precious; expensive; valuable; (surname) Takaki noble |
高風 see styles |
koufuu / kofu こうふう |
noble character; (surname) Takakaze |
黃信 黄信 see styles |
huáng xìn huang2 xin4 huang hsin |
Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin |
點畫 点画 see styles |
diǎn huà dian3 hua4 tien hua |
strokes of a Chinese character See: 点画 |
黨性 党性 see styles |
dǎng xìng dang3 xing4 tang hsing |
the spirit or character of a political party |
龍貓 龙猫 see styles |
lóng māo long2 mao1 lung mao |
chinchilla; Totoro (anime character) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "character" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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