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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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yún
    yun2
yün
 in
skin of bamboo
bamboo

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    pa2
p`a
    pa
bamboo rake

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láng
    lang2
lang
young bamboo

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    ju3
chü
 hakozaki
    はこざき
round bamboo basket
(1) box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (colloquialism) public building; community building; (5) (archaism) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (6) (archaism) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (suf,ctr) (7) counter for boxes (or boxed objects); (surname) Hakozaki


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 ken
    けん
bamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
open water pipe; conduit; (surname) Ken

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xiǎo
    xiao3
hsiao
 shino
    しの
dwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
(surname) Shino

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tíng
    ting2
t`ing
    ting
bamboo pole; spindle

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yán
    yan2
yen
 mushiro
    むしろ
    en
    えん
bamboo mat for sitting
(1) woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (2) (archaism) seat

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 kobako
    こばこ
(archaism) fine-meshed bamboo basket; (personal name) Kobako

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lái
    lai2
lai
(bamboo)

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    bi4
pi
(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food

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 mineo
    みねお
spatula; (1) (archaism) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (archaism) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica); (personal name) Mineo

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    yu1
bamboo with thin; wide leaves


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jiān
    jian1
chien
 sen
    せん
letter; note-paper
(1) slip (of paper); (2) tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
A tablet, slip.

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chí
    chi2
ch`ih
    chih
bamboo flute with 8 holes

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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
to draw a bamboo bow or crossbow

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    bo2
po
 haku
    はく
plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper
(1) foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; (2) prestige

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jun
    jun4
chün
bamboo shoots

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    gu1
ku
(bamboo); trumpet for chariots

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ruò
    ruo4
jo
(bamboo); skin of bamboo

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xuān
    xuan1
hsüan
bamboo flower; flowering bamboo

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biān
    bian1
pien
bamboo sedan chair


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jié
    jie2
chieh
 yo
    よ
joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
(archaism) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); (female given name) Misao; Misawo
joint

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huáng
    huang2
huang
 takemura
    たけむら
(bamboo); bamboo grove
(surname) Takemura

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mèi
    mei4
mei
a kind of bamboo

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piān
    pian1
p`ien
    pien
 hin
    へん
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
(n,n-suf) (1) compilation (of a text); editing; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) volume (of a text); (3) completed literary work
A slip of bamboo, a slip, leaf, page, books.

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 hibi; shibi
    ひび; しび
brushwood or bamboo piles used for seaweed or oyster farming; cultch; culch

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ruò
    ruo4
jo
cuticle of bamboo plant

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zhēng
    zheng1
cheng
bamboo

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gōu
    gou1
kou
 kagari
    かがり
bamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
(1) (kana only) iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See 篝火・1) bonfire; (surname, female given name) Kagari

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qiàn
    qian4
ch`ien
    chien
luxuriant growth of bamboo

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xiǎo
    xiao3
hsiao
 shino; shinu
    しの; しぬ
dwarf bamboo
(1) (See 篠竹・しのだけ) thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); (2) (しの only) (abbreviation) (See 篠笛) Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); (3) (しの only) sliver (strand of loose fibers); (personal name) Tsuguo


𬕂

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gōng
    gong1
kung
bamboo hat

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    bi4
pi
 hera
    へら
    no
    の
fine-toothed comb; to comb
spatula; (1) (archaism) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (archaism) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

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chú
    chu2
ch`u
    chu
crude bamboo mat

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chí
    chi2
ch`ih
    chih
bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

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yān
    yan1
yen
 suzu
    すず
black bamboo
(1) (archaism) Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan); (2) shoots of this plant

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dōu
    dou1
tou
bamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)

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miè
    mie4
mieh
the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip


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    ze2
tse
 su; saku
    す; さく
reed mat
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together); (surname) Azeka

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    yi2
i
small house connected to large one

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles; round basket of bamboo

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 sasara
    ささら
bamboo whisk; (surname, female given name) Sasara

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dàng
    dang4
tang
(bamboo)

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liáo
    liao2
liao
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times

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diàn
    dian4
tien
 takamushiro
    たかむしろ
fine woven grass mat
bamboo mat

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dēng
    deng1
teng
large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat


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xiāo
    xiao1
hsiao
 shou / sho
    しょう
xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes
(See 洞簫,排簫) xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute)
bamboo cane

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    lu4
lu
(bamboo)

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pái
    pai2
p`ai
    pai
bamboo raft


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 籤|签[qian1]); visa


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lián
    lian2
lien
 ren
    れん
hanging screen or curtain
(n,ctr) (rare) (See 簾・すだれ・1) bamboo screen; rattan blind; (female given name) Ren

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    ti4
t`i
    ti
long bamboo (for fishing rod)

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    ji2
chi
 seki
    せき
book or record; registry; roll; place of one's family or ancestral records; membership
(n,n-suf) (1) one's family register; one's domicile; (suffix noun) (2) nationality; (suffix noun) (3) membership (club, party, etc.); (surname) Seki
to write


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tuò
    tuo4
t`o
    to
sheath around joints of bamboo


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 higo
    ひご
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
(kana only) thin strip of bamboo
lot

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    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
crude bamboo mat


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biān
    bian1
pien
bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets


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duàn
    duan4
tuan
bamboo fish trap

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zuǎn
    zuan3
tsuan
(literary) bamboo tube used to hold chopsticks or spoons

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    mi3
mi
 yone
    よね
rice; CL:粒[li4]; meter (classifier)
(1) (because 米 can be deconstructed into 八十八) 88 years old; (2) (archaism) (See 米・こめ・1) rice; (surname) Yonehama
śāli, rice, i. e. hulled rice. The word śālihas been wrongly used for śarīra, relics, and for both words 舍利 has been used.

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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 chimaki
    ちまき
rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves; (surname) Chimaki

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    mi4
mi
 shi
    し
fine silk; Kangxi radical 120
(1) thread; (numeric) (2) 0.0001; one ten-thousandth; (surname) Itoyanagi


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    na4
na
 nouzaki / nozaki
    のうざき
to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
(surname) Nouzaki
Offer: pay, give; receive, take; translit. na; cf. 衲.


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chún
    chun2
ch`un
    chun
 jun
    じゅん
pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) (1) innocent; chaste; naive; (prefix) (2) pure; unmixed; genuine; unalloyed; (given name) Yasushi
One-coloured, unadulterated, pure, sincere.


绿

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    lu:4
green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)


线

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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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mín
    min2
min
 sashi; bin
    さし; びん
cord; fishing-line; string of coins
(1) (See 緡縄・さしなわ) slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin; (n,ctr) (2) string of coins (usu. 100 mon)


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gǎo
    gao3
kao
 shima
    しま
plain white silk
(n,n-suf,adj-no) (1) stripe; bar; streak; (2) (also formerly written as 島 and 嶋) (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors); (surname) Shima

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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 muneo
    むねお
old variant of 縱|纵[zong4]
(adverb) (kana only) even if; (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary; (1) the vertical; height; (2) front-to-back; length; (3) north-to-south; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (5) (weaving) warp; (personal name) Muneo


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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 shō
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
grant

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xiān
    xian1
hsien
 sen
    せん
Japanese variant of 纖|纤
(1) (abbreviation) (See 繊蘿蔔) daikon julienne; julienned daikon; (numeric) (2) one ten-millionth

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guàn
    guan4
kuan
can; jar; pot

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xx
    xx5
xx
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "ra"), an ancient Korean writing system

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zhào
    zhao4
chao
to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

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lǎn
    lan3
lan
a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net; to dredge with such a tool


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qiào
    qiao4
ch`iao
    chiao
 gyou / gyo
    ぎょう
to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
(given name) Gyou

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mào
    mao4
mao
extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian

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zhě
    zhe3
che
 mono(p); mon
    もの(P); もん
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to something mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
(rarely used without a qualifier) person
the one [who, which]

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dié
    die2
tieh
aged; in one's eighties

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shuǎ
    shua3
shua
to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

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ěr
    er3
erh
 mimi
    みみ
ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
(1) ear; (2) hearing; (3) ear (for music, etc.); (4) edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage; (5) ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle; (surname, female given name) Mimi
śrotra, the ear, one of the 六根 six organs of sense, hence 耳入 is one of the twelve 入, as 耳處 is one of the twelve 處.

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 muko
    むこ
(1) husband; groom; (2) (one's) son-in-law


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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 shō
    こえ
sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
(out-dated kanji) voice
śabda. Sound, tone, voice, repute; one of the five physical senses or sensations, i.e. sound, the聲入, 聲根, or聲塵, cf. 六 and 十二入.

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    du4
tu
 hara
    はら
belly
(1) abdomen; belly; stomach; (2) womb; (3) one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; (4) courage; nerve; willpower; (5) generosity; magnanimity; (6) feelings; emotions; (7) wide middle part; bulging part; (8) inside; interior; inner part; (9) (physics) anti-node; (suf,ctr) (10) counter for hard roe; (11) counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)

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tài
    tai4
t`ai
    tai
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 i
    い
stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) stomach; (2) {astron} (See 胃宿,白虎・びゃっこ・2) Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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bèi
    bei4
pei
 sobira
    そびら
the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; unlucky (slang); hard of hearing
(dated) (See 背中) back (of the body)
Back, behind; turn the back on, go contrary on the back.

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zhī
    zhi1
chih
 yani; yani
    やに; ヤニ
fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
(1) resin; (2) (tobacco) resin; tar; nicotine; (3) sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
Fat, lard; soapstone; wealth; translit. ci, cai; see 支.


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xié
    xie2
hsieh
 kyō
flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten
flanks


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xié
    xie2
hsieh
 wakihama
    わきはま
variant of 脅|胁[xie2]
(1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbreviation) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) (1) side; edge; beside; besides; nearby; (adverbial noun) (2) (kana only) while (doing); in addition to; at the same time; (surname) Wakihama
The ribs, flanks, sides; forceful, to coerce.

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    ye4
yeh
 eki
    わき
armpit; (biology) axilla; (botany) axil; Taiwan pr. [yi4]
(1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbreviation) second verse (in a linked series of poems)
armpit

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qiāng
    qiang1
ch`iang
    chiang
 kou / ko
    こう
(bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock)
{anat} cavity

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    fu4
fu
 fuku
    はら
abdomen; stomach; belly
(1) abdomen; belly; stomach; (2) womb; (3) one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; (4) courage; nerve; willpower; (5) generosity; magnanimity; (6) feelings; emotions; (7) wide middle part; bulging part; (8) inside; interior; inner part; (9) (physics) anti-node; (suf,ctr) (10) counter for hard roe; (11) counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)
The belly.


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    la4
la
 rou / ro
    ろう
old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
(1) {Buddh} year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat); (2) becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience
The end of a Buddhist year; a Buddhist year; v. 臘.

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sào
    sao4
sao
 sō
shame; bashfulness; to shame; to humiliate
Rancid, rank; shame; translit. su, in臊陀 intp. as śuka, parrot; more correctly 叔迦.

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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 omi; shin
    おみ; しん
state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131
(1) (archaism) retainer; attendant; (2) (おみ only) (archaism) (See 八色の姓) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); (pronoun) (3) (しん only) (humble language) (used by a servant when speaking to their master) I; me; (surname) Tomi
minister

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    zi4
tzu
 ji
    じ
(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
(prefix) (1) self-; (prefix) (2) (See 至) from (a time or place); (female given name) Mizu
sva, svayam; the self, one' s own, personal; of itself, naturally, of course; also, from (i. e. from the self as central). 自 is used as the opposite of 他 another, other's, etc., e. g. 自力 (in) one's own strength as contrasted with 他力 the strength of another, especially in the power to save of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It is also used in the sense of ātman 阿怛摩 the self, or the soul.

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shè
    she4
she
 sha
    しゃ
Japanese variant of 舍[she4]
(suffix noun) (1) hut; house; (2) (abbreviation) (See 寄宿舎) boarding house; residence hall; dormitory; (3) (archaism) (in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km); (surname) Sha

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gèn
    gen4
ken
 gon; kon; e
    ごん; こん; え
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast); (given name) Gon

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