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Simple Dictionary Definition |
信 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty / Fidelity(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論. |
切 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh setsu せつ |
More info & calligraphy: Che(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch) To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反. |
善 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan zen ぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Good Deed(ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
德 see styles |
dé de2 te toku |
More info & calligraphy: Moral and VirtuousVirtue, moral excellence, moral power, power; also translates guṇa; translit. ta. |
慈 see styles |
cí ci2 tz`u tzu yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Mercy / Compassion / Love(personal name) Yoshimi Affection (as that of a mother), mercy, compassion, tenderness; mother. |
狂 see styles |
kuáng kuang2 k`uang kuang kyou / kyo きょう |
More info & calligraphy: Crazy / Mad / Wild(suffix) (1) (some type of) enthusiast; (suffix) (2) someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality Deranged, mad, wild. |
忍法 see styles |
rěn fǎ ren3 fa3 jen fa ninpou / ninpo にんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Ninpo(忍法位) The method or stage of patience, the sixth of the seven stages of the Hīnayāna in the attainment of arhatship, or sainthood: also the third of the four roots of goodness. |
悲哀 see styles |
bēi āi bei1 ai1 pei ai hiai ひあい |
More info & calligraphy: Sadness / Sorrowsorrow; grief; sadness kind |
枸杞 see styles |
gǒu qǐ gou3 qi3 kou ch`i kou chi kuko; kuko くこ; クコ |
More info & calligraphy: Wolfberry(kana only) Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji; (surname) Kuko a kind of tree |
真善美 see styles |
zhēn shàn měi zhen1 shan4 mei3 chen shan mei shinzenbi しんぜんび |
More info & calligraphy: Truth Goodness and Beautythe true, the good, and the beautiful; (female given name) Mazemi |
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. |
厚 see styles |
hòu hou4 hou atsu あつ |
thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress (suffix) thickness; (given name) Makoto thick |
口 see styles |
kǒu kou3 k`ou kou kuchi くち |
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls (1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) (See 働き口) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる・1) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords; (surname) Hamanoguchi mukha, the mouth, especially as the organ of speech. 身, 口, 意 are the three media of corruption, body or deed , mouth or word, and mind or thought. |
呵 see styles |
hē he1 ho ka しかり |
expel breath; my goodness scolding he, ko. Breathe out, yawn, scold; ha, laughter; used for 訶 and 阿. |
品 see styles |
pǐn pin3 p`in pin hon ほん |
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste something; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) (1) court rank; (suffix) (2) {Buddh} (sometimes pronounced ぼん, ぽん as a suffix) (See 九品・1) level; grade; (suffix) (3) {Buddh} chapter; section; volume; (surname) Shina varga, 跋渠 class, series, rank, character; a chapter of a sutra. |
宗 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung sou / so そう |
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs (1) (rare) origin; source; (2) (rare) virtuous ancestor; (given name) Motoi Ancestors, ancestral; clan; class, category. kind; school, sect; siddhānta, summary, main doctrine, syllogism, proposition, conclusion, realization. Sects are of two kinds: (1) those founded on principles having historic continuity, as the twenty sects of the Hīnayāna, the thirteen sects of China, and the fourteen sects of Japan: (2) those arising from an individual interpretation of the general teaching of Buddhism, as the sub-sects founded by Yongming 永明 (d. 975), 法相宗, 法性宗, 破相宗, or those based on a peculiar interpretation of one of the recognized sects, as the Jōdo-shinshū 淨土眞宗 found by Shinran-shōnin. There are also divisions of five, six, and ten, which have reference to specific doctrinal differences. Cf. 宗派. |
幮 see styles |
chú chu2 ch`u chu |
a kind of mosquito net; bed curtain |
底 see styles |
dǐ di3 ti tei / te てい |
background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base (1) {math} base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; (2) {geom} base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); (3) type; kind; extent; degree; (surname) Soko Bottom, basis; translit. t, d, dh. |
式 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shiki しき |
type; form; pattern; style (n,n-suf) (1) way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type; (2) ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration; (3) wedding (ceremony); (4) equation; formula; expression; (5) (hist) (See 律令) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes); (given name) Shoku Style, shape, fashion, kind. |
彙 汇 see styles |
huì hui4 hui i い |
class; collection (archaism) kind; sort; type |
志 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih kokorozashi こころざし |
aspiration; ambition; the will (1) will; resolution; intention; ambition; aim; goal; (2) kindness; goodwill; kind offer; (3) gift (as a token of gratitude); (female given name) Yuki Will, resolve, 志意; 心志; also data, records. |
惠 see styles |
huì hui4 hui megumu めぐむ |
(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4]) (female given name) Megumu Kind, gracious, forbearing, accordant. |
愍 see styles |
mǐn min3 min min |
variant of 憫|悯[min3] idem 憫. Grieve for, mourn, sympathize. |
愷 恺 see styles |
kǎi kai3 k`ai kai |
joyful; kind |
懇 恳 see styles |
kěn ken3 k`en ken nengoro ねんごろ nemokoro ねもころ |
earnest (irregular okurigana usage) (adjectival noun) (1) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; (2) intimate; (noun/participle) (3) (archaism) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship); (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (adjectival noun) (1) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; (2) intimate; (noun/participle) (3) (archaism) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship) |
手 see styles |
shǒu shou3 shou te て |
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. |
攺 see styles |
yǐ yi3 i |
a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits |
札 see styles |
zhá zha2 cha sane さね |
thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China); a kind of official document (in former times); letter; note; plague armor platelet; (place-name) Fuda slip of wood |
杽 see styles |
chǒu chou3 ch`ou chou |
a kind of wooden handcuffs |
柦 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan |
a kind of wooden desk without legs |
栐 see styles |
yǒng yong3 yung |
(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏[hu4] |
槓 杠 see styles |
gàng gang4 kang kan カン |
coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash (noun/participle) {mahj} (See 槓子) forming a four-of-a-kind (chi:); declaring a kong |
樣 样 see styles |
yàng yang4 yang yō |
manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type form |
樶 see styles |
zuī zui1 tsui |
knag; a kind of sled used to cross a muddy area (old) |
橎 see styles |
fǎn fan3 fan |
a kind of tree |
淑 see styles |
shū shu1 shu yoshi よし |
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2] (female given name) Yoshi |
獫 猃 see styles |
xiǎn xian3 hsien |
a kind of dog with a long snout; see 獫狁|猃狁[Xian3 yun3] |
玒 see styles |
hóng hong2 hung |
(a kind of jade); Taiwan pr. [gong1] |
玗 see styles |
yú yu2 yü |
semiprecious stone; a kind of jade |
玞 see styles |
fū fu1 fu |
a kind of jade |
玶 see styles |
píng ping2 p`ing ping |
name of one kind of jade |
玿 see styles |
sháo shao2 shao |
(literary) a kind of fine jade |
珅 see styles |
shēn shen1 shen |
a kind of jade |
珒 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin |
a kind of jade |
珚 see styles |
yān yan1 yen |
a kind of jade |
珝 see styles |
xǔ xu3 hsü |
a kind of jade |
珦 see styles |
xiàng xiang4 hsiang |
a kind of jade |
珷 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu |
inferior gem; a kind of jade |
珹 see styles |
chéng cheng2 ch`eng cheng |
a kind of jade; a kind of pearl |
琈 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
(literary) a kind of jade; jade color |
瑃 see styles |
chūn chun1 ch`un chun |
(a kind of jade) |
瑧 see styles |
zhēn zhen1 chen |
(literary) a kind of jade; Taiwan pr. [jin1] |
璮 see styles |
tǎn tan3 t`an tan |
a kind of jade |
瓿 see styles |
bù bu4 pu |
a kind of vase (old); see 安瓿[an1 bu4] |
番 see styles |
fān fan1 fan ban ばん |
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") (n,n-suf) (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (suffix noun) (4) rank; standing; position; (n,n-suf) (5) {sumo} bout; match; (suffix noun) (6) pieces (in a collection); (surname) Ban Barbarian, foreign; a time, a turn. |
痴 see styles |
chī chi1 ch`ih chih chi ち oko おこ |
imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly (1) foolishness; fool; (2) (Buddhist term) moha (ignorance, folly); (noun or adjectival noun) foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity moha, 'unconsciousness,' 'delusion,' 'perplexity,' 'ignorance, folly,' 'infatuation,' etc. M.W. Also, mūḍha. In Chinese it is silly, foolish, daft, stupid. It is intp. by 無明 unenlightened, i.e. misled by appearances, taking the seeming for real; from this unenlightened condition arises every kind of kleśa, i.e. affliction or defilement by the passions, etc. It is one of the three poisons, desire, dislike, delusion. |
矷 see styles |
zǐ zi3 tzu |
(a kind of stone) |
砆 see styles |
fū fu1 fu |
agate; inferior gem; a kind of jade |
碔 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu |
inferior gem; a kind of jade |
筃 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin |
a kind of bamboo; old variant of 茵[yin1] |
篃 see styles |
mèi mei4 mei |
a kind of bamboo |
簦 see styles |
dēng deng1 teng |
large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat |
粉 see styles |
fěn fen3 fen kona(p); ko こな(P); こ |
powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of flour; meal; powder; dust; (personal name) Minegishi Flour, meal, powder. |
綀 𦈌 see styles |
shū shu1 shu |
a kind of sackcloth |
綺 绮 see styles |
qǐ qi3 ch`i chi ki; kanhata; kanbata; kanihata き; かんはた; かんばた; かにはた |
beautiful; open-work silk (archaism) thin twilled silk fabric; (female given name) Kirara A kind of open-work variegated silk. |
罱 see styles |
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 |
耮 耢 see styles |
lào lao4 lao |
a kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground; to level the ground by dragging this tool |
般 see styles |
pán pan2 p`an pan hatsu |
see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4] A sort, a kind: translit. par, pra, pan, pa, etc. |
芕 see styles |
suī sui1 sui |
a kind of medicinal herb |
芞 see styles |
qì qi4 ch`i chi |
a kind of aromatic herb (old) |
菩 see styles |
pú pu2 p`u pu fukube ふくべ |
Bodhisattva (personal name) Fukube A kind of fragrant grass. |
萑 see styles |
huán huan2 huan |
a kind of reed |
蒻 see styles |
ruò ruo4 jo |
young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail |
蓒 see styles |
xuān xuan1 hsüan |
a kind of smelly water plant |
蓸 see styles |
cáo cao2 ts`ao tsao |
(a kind of herb) |
蕔 see styles |
bāo bao1 pao |
a kind of grass (old) |
藨 see styles |
biāo biao1 piao |
kind of raspberry |
藿 see styles |
huò huo4 huo kaku |
Lophanthus rugosus; beans Greens, bean-stalks, etc.; bishopwort, a kind of mint; the tamāla, 多摩羅 (多摩羅跋) Xanthochymus pictorius, Lauras cassia, and other odoriferous shrubs. |
蘘 see styles |
ráng rang2 jang |
a kind of wild ginger |
蘻 see styles |
jì ji4 chi |
a kind of herb (old) |
蚆 see styles |
bā ba1 pa |
a kind of shell |
蚽 see styles |
pí pi2 p`i pi |
a kind of insect (old) |
裙 see styles |
qún qun2 ch`ün chün kun |
skirt; CL:條|条[tiao2] A skirt. nivāsana, cf. 泥, a kind of garment, especially an under garment. |
襆 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
(bound form) a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China (variant of 幞[fu2]); variant of 袱[fu2]; Taiwan pr. [pu2] |
詨 see styles |
jiāo jiao1 chiao |
kind of cicada, cosmopsaltria |
調 调 see styles |
tiáo tiao2 t`iao tiao chou / cho ちょう |
to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite (n,n-suf) (1) {music} key; (n,n-suf) (2) {music} mode (in gagaku); (suffix noun) (3) time; tempo; rhythm; (suffix noun) (4) meter (of a poem); metre; (suffix noun) (5) style; form; mood; pattern; (6) (hist) tax in kind (paid with locally produced goods; under the ritsuryō system); (male given name) Mitsugu To harmonize, blend; regulate, control; to change about, exchange; a song, tune. |
識 识 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih shiki しき |
to record; to write a footnote (1) acquaintanceship; (2) {Buddh} vijnana; consciousness; (3) (after a signature) written by...; (personal name) Tsuguhide vijñāna, "the art of distinguishing, or perceiving, or recognizing, discerning, understanding, comprehending, distinction, intelligence, knowledge, science, learning . . . wisdom." M.W. parijñāna, "perception, thorough knowledge," etc. M.W. It is intp. by 心 the mind, mental discernment, perception, in contrast with the object discerned; also by 了別 understanding and discrimination. There are classifications of 一識 that all things are the one mind, or are metaphysical; 二識 q. v. discriminating the ālaya-vijñāna or primal undivided condition from the mano-vijñāna or that of discrimination; 三識 in the Laṅkāvatāra Sutra, fundamental, manifested and discriminate; 五識 q.v. in the 起信論, i.e. 業, 轉, 現, 知, and 相續識; 六識 the perceptions and discernings of the six organs of sense; also of 8, 9, 10, and 11 識. The most important is the eight of the 起信論, i.e. the perceptions of the six organs of sense, eye, ear, nose, tongue, body (or touch), and mind, together with manas, intp. as 意識 the consciousness of the previous moment, on which the other six depend; the eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, v. 阿賴耶, in which is contained the seed or stock of all phenomena and which 無沒 loses none, or nothing, is indestructible; a substitute for the seventh is ādāna 'receiving' of the 唯識, which is intp. as 無解 undiscriminated, or indefinite perception; there is a difference of view between the 相 and the 性 schools in regard to the seventh and eight 識; and the latter school add a ninth called the amala, or pure vijñāna, i.e. the non-phenomenal 眞如識. The esoterics add that all phenomena are mental and all things are the one mind, hence the one mind is 無量識 unlimited mind or knowledge, every kind of knowledge, or omniscience. vijñāna is one of the twelve nidānas.; Ālaya-vijñāna and mano-vijñāna; i. e. 阿梨耶 | and 分別事 |; v. 識. |
質 质 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih tachi たち |
character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2] (1) (kana only) nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; (2) (kana only) nature (of something); character; kind; sort; (given name) Tadashi Substance, matter; to substantiate, to confront; substantial honest, sound; translit. ci, ce. |
足 see styles |
zú zu2 tsu soku そく |
(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully (counter) counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.; (given name) Mitsuru Foot, leg; enough, full.; A man's two legs, compared to goodness and wisdom, 福 being counted as the first five of the pāramitās, 智 as the sixth; v. 六度. 二足尊 The honoured one among bipeds or men, i. e. a Buddha; cf. 兩足. |
路 see styles |
lù lu4 lu ji じ |
road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind (suffix) (1) route; road; (suffix) (2) distance travelled in a day; (suffix) (3) (See 七十路) one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s); (surname) Rou A road, way. |
類 类 see styles |
lèi lei4 lei rui るい |
kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble (n,n-suf) (1) kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family; (n,n-suf) (2) similar example; parallel; the like; (given name) Rui Class, species; to classify. |
鬯 see styles |
chàng chang4 ch`ang chang |
a kind of sacrificial wine used in ancient times |
鮀 𬶍 see styles |
tuó tuo2 t`o to |
catfish; a kind of small fish; Chinese alligator |
鮠 𬶏 see styles |
wéi wei2 wei haya はや hae はえ hai はい |
a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon minnow; shinner |
鰅 see styles |
yú yu2 yü |
a kind of striped fish |
鰦 see styles |
zī zi1 tzu |
(archaic) a kind of black fish; bad person (Cantonese slang) |
鴜 𪉈 see styles |
cí ci2 tz`u tzu |
(a kind of waterbird) |
鴠 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan |
a kind of nightingale |
鵁 䴔 see styles |
jiāo jiao1 chiao |
a kind of aquatic bird |
鵺 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh nue ぬえ |
a kind of bird similar to pheasant (1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) man of mystery; enigma; (female given name) Nue |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "goodness kind-hearted" 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.
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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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