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乾 干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan ken けん |
More info & calligraphy: Qianqian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h. |
仙 see styles |
xiān xian1 hsien hisa ひさ |
More info & calligraphy: Immortal(1) (See 仙人・1) hermit; wizard; (2) (See 仙術) wizardry; (personal name) Hisa 僊 ṛṣi, 哩始 an immortal. 仙人; 人仙 the genī, of whom there is a famous group of eight 八仙; an ascetic, a man of the hills, a hermit; the Buddha. The 楞嚴經 gives ten kinds of immortals, walkers on the earth, fliers, wanderers at will, into space, into the deva heavens, transforming themselves into any form, etc. The names of ten ṛṣis, who preceded Śākyamuni, the first being 闍提首那? Jatisena; there is also a list of sixty-eight 大仙 given in the 大孔雀咒經下 A classification of five is 天仙 deva genī, 神仙 spirit genī, 人仙 human genī, 地仙 earth, or cavern genī, and 鬼仙 ghost genī. |
佛 see styles |
fó fo2 fo hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
僧 see styles |
sēng seng1 seng sou / so そう |
More info & calligraphy: Sangha / Order of Monks(1) monk; priest; (2) (abbreviation) (See 僧伽・そうぎゃ) sangha (the Buddhist community); (surname) Sou 僧伽 saṅgha, an assembly, collection, company, society. The corporate assembly of at least three (formerly four) monks under a chairman, empowered to hear confession, grant absolution, and ordain. The church or monastic order, the third member of the triratna. The term 僧 used alone has come to mean a monk, or monks in general. Also僧佉, 僧加, 僧企耶.; A fully ordained monk, i.e. a bhikṣu as contrasted with the śramaņa. |
兵 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping hei / he へい |
More info & calligraphy: Soldiers(1) (common) soldier; rank and file; (2) army; troops; (3) warfare; strategy; (personal name) Minetoshi |
冠 see styles |
guàn guan4 kuan kanmuri(p); kan; kamuri; kanburi かんむり(P); かん; かむり; かんぶり |
More info & calligraphy: Gwan(1) (See 衣冠,束帯) traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; (2) crown; diadem; coronet; (3) (かんむり only) top kanji radical; (4) (かむり only) (See 俳諧・1) first verse of a haikai, etc.; (adj-t,adv-to) (5) (かん only) best; peerless; first; (6) (かんむり only) name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.; (counter) (7) (かん only) {shogi} counter for titles; (given name) Masaru crown |
力 see styles |
lì li4 li ryoku りょく |
More info & calligraphy: Power / Strength(suffix) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (given name) Riki bala; power, strength, of which there are several categories: 二力 power of choice and of practice; 三力 the power of Buddha; of meditation (samādhi) and of practice. 五力 pañcabala, the five powers of faith, zeal, memory (or remembering), meditation, and wisdom. 六力 A child's power is in crying; a woman's in resentment; a king's in domineering; an arhat's in zeal (or progress); a Buddha's in mercy; and a bhikṣu's in endurance (of despite) . 十力 q.v. The ten powers of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. |
南 see styles |
nán nan2 nan nan ナン |
More info & calligraphy: Nan / South(1) {mahj} south wind tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles; (personal name) Minnami dakṣina, south; translit. nāṃ and as a suffix intp. as meaning plural, several, i.e. more than three. |
吳 吴 see styles |
wú wu2 wu |
More info & calligraphy: Ng |
咱 see styles |
zán zan2 tsan |
More info & calligraphy: Zan |
地 see styles |
dì di4 ti chi ち |
More info & calligraphy: Earth(n,n-suf) (1) earth; ground; land; soil; (n,n-suf) (2) place; (n,n-suf) (3) territory; (n,n-suf) (4) (See 天地無用) bottom (of a package, book, etc.); (n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1,土・ど・2) earth (one of the five elements); (surname) Hamaji pṛthivī, 鉢里體尾 the earth, ground; bhūmi, 歩弭 the earth, place, situation; talima, 託史麽 (or 託吏麽) ground, site; explained by 土地 earth, ground; 能生 capable of producing; 所依 that on which things rely. It is also the spiritual rank, position, or character attained by a Bodhisattva as a result of 住 remaining and developing in a given state in order to attain this 地 rank; v. 十住; 住位 and 十地. |
型 see styles |
xíng xing2 hsing kata(p); gata かた(P); がた |
More info & calligraphy: Kata(n,n-suf) (1) (がた when a suffix) type; style; model; pattern; (2) mold; mould; model; pattern; template; impression; (3) kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); form; (4) convention; tradition; (standard) form; formula; usage; (5) (set) size; inches (in sizes of displays, disks, image sensors, etc.); (6) (rare) (See 品種・2) (taxonomical) form |
天 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien ten てん |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright. |
妙 see styles |
miào miao4 miao myou / myo みょう |
More info & calligraphy: Clever / Superb / Wonderful(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound. |
娜 see styles |
nuó nuo2 no da |
elegant; graceful Translit. da and na. |
定 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提. |
富 see styles |
fù fu4 fu yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Wealth / Fortune / Riches / Abundance(1) riches; wealth; fortune; (2) resources; (3) (abbreviation) lottery; (surname, given name) Yutaka Rich, wealthy, affluent, well supplied; translit. pu and ve sounds; cf. 不, 布, 補, 婆. |
律 see styles |
lǜ lu:4 lü ritsu りつ |
More info & calligraphy: Ritsu(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli. |
心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
忍 see styles |
rěn ren3 jen nin にん |
More info & calligraphy: Patience / Perseverance(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things. |
忠 see styles |
zhōng zhong1 chung chuu / chu ちゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Loyalty to Duty or Master(1) loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness; (2) (See 判官・はんがん・2,弾正台・2) inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryō system); (given name) Makoto Loyal. |
意 see styles |
yì yi4 i i い |
More info & calligraphy: Idea / Thought / Meaning(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought. |
愛 爱 see styles |
ài ai4 ai ai あい |
More info & calligraphy: Love(n,n-suf) (1) (See 愛する) love; affection; care; (2) {Buddh} attachment; craving; desire; (3) {Christn} (See アガペー・1) agape; (4) (abbreviation) Ireland; (female given name) Rui kāma; rāga. Love, affection, desire; also used for tṛṣṇā, thirst, avidity, desire, one of the twelve nidānas. It is intp. as 貪 coveting, and 染著 defiling attachment; also defined as defiling love like that toward wife and children, and undefiling love like that toward one's teachers and elders. |
慧 see styles |
huì hui4 hui megumi めぐみ |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom / Intelligence(1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) (Buddhist term) prajna (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom; (female given name) Megumi prajñā ; sometimes jñāna. Wisdom, discernment, understanding; the power to discern things and their underlying principles and to decide the doubtful. It is often interchanged with 智, though not correctly, for zhi means knowledge, the science of the phenomenal, while hui refers more generally to principles or morals. It is part of the name of many monks, e.g. 慧可 Huike; 慧思Huisi. |
文 see styles |
wén wen2 wen mon もん |
More info & calligraphy: Ven(1) (hist) mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); (2) mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); (3) letter; character; sentence; (4) (abbreviation) (See 経文,呪文) scripture; incantation; (female given name) Remon Letters, literature, writing; refined; culture; civil; a despatch; veined; a cash; to gloss. |
方 see styles |
fāng fang1 fang hou / ho ほう |
More info & calligraphy: Fong / Fang(1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); (2) (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; (3) type; category; (4) field (of study, etc.); (5) indicates one side of a comparison; (6) way; method; manner; means; (7) length (of each side of a square); (given name) Michi Square; place; correct; a means, plan, prescription; then, now, just. |
昊 see styles |
hào hao4 hao hiroshi ひろし |
More info & calligraphy: Hao(given name) Hiroshi |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644. |
智 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih masaru まさる |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom(1) wisdom; (2) (Buddhist term) jnana (higher knowledge); (given name) Masaru jñāna 若那; 闍那 Knowledge; wisdom; defined as 於事理決斷也 decision or judgment as to phenomena or affairs and their principles, of things and their fundamental laws. There are numerous categories, up to 20, 48, and 77, v. 一智; 二智 and others. It is also used as a tr. of prajñā, cf. 智度. |
月 see styles |
yuè yue4 yüeh tsuki つき |
More info & calligraphy: Moon(1) Moon; (2) month; (3) moonlight; (4) (See 衛星・1) (a) moon; natural satellite; (female given name) Runa candra, 旅達 (旅達羅); 旂陀羅; 戰達羅; 戰捺羅 the moon, called also 蘇摩 soma, from the fermented juice of asclepias acida used in worship, and later personified in association with the moon. It has many other epithets, e. g. 印度 Indu, incorrectly intp. as marked like a hare; 創夜神 Niśākara, maker of the night; 星宿王 Nakṣatranātha, lord of constellations; 喜懷之頭飾 the crest of Siva; 蓮華王 Kumuda-pati, lotus lord; 白馬主 Śvetavājin, drawn by (or lord of) white horses; 大白光神 Śītāṃśu, the spirit with white rays; 冷光神 Sitamarici, the spirit with cool rays; 鹿形神 Mṛgāṅka, the spirit with marks m form like a deer; 野兎形神 Śaśi, ditto like a hare. |
業 业 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh waza わざ |
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. |
欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4] greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses. |
毅 see styles |
yì yi4 i hatasu はたす |
More info & calligraphy: Perseverance(given name) Hatasu |
法 see styles |
fǎ fa3 fa hou / ho ほう |
More info & calligraphy: Dharma / The Law(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵. |
泰 see styles |
tài tai4 t`ai tai tai タイ |
More info & calligraphy: Tey(kana only) Thailand; (given name) Yutaka The Ch'in state and dynasty 255-205 B. C.; Prosperous, exalted; many. |
洋 see styles |
yáng yang2 yang you / yo よう |
More info & calligraphy: Ocean(1) Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); (2) ocean; sea; (prefix) (3) foreign; Western; European; (personal name) Yōji |
淨 净 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Purity(female given name) Jō vimala. Clean, pure; to cleanse, purify; chastity. In Buddhism it also has reference to the place of cleansing, the latrine, etc. Also 浄 and 净. |
眼 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen manako まなこ |
More info & calligraphy: Eyeballs / Eyes(1) eye; eyeball; (2) (archaism) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (3) (archaism) insight; perceptivity; power of observation; (4) (archaism) look; field of vision; (5) (archaism) core; center; centre; essence; (surname) Mesaki cakṣuh, the eye. |
磬 see styles |
qìng qing4 ch`ing ching kei / ke けい |
More info & calligraphy: Khánhsounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion. |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
空 see styles |
kòng kong4 k`ung kung kuu / ku くう |
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. |
竜 see styles |
lóng long2 lung ryou / ryo りょう |
More info & calligraphy: Dragon / Emperor Symbol(1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryō |
累 see styles |
lèi lei4 lei rui るい |
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement; (female given name) Rui To tie; accumulate; repeatedly; to implicate, involve. |
紺 绀 see styles |
gàn gan4 kan kon こん |
More info & calligraphy: Violet Color(noun - becomes adjective with の) navy blue; deep blue; (surname) Konsaki A violet or purplish colour, a blend of blue and red; also called紺靑 and紺璢璃, the colour of the roots紺髮 or 紺頂 of the Buddha's hair. |
練 练 see styles |
liàn lian4 lien ren れん |
More info & calligraphy: Practice / Train / Drill(surname) Ren To train, practise, drill, exercise. |
羅 罗 see styles |
luó luo2 lo ra ら |
More info & calligraphy: Rowe(abbreviation) (See 羅甸語) Latin (language); (surname) Rou A net (for catching birds), gauze, open work; sieve; to arrange in order; translit. la and ra sounds, e.g. 南羅 S. Lāra; Lāḍa; Lāṭa, in Gujarāt; 北羅 N. Lāra, Valabhī, on the western coast of Gujarāt. |
聖 圣 see styles |
shèng sheng4 sheng hijiri ひじり |
More info & calligraphy: The Saint(1) highly virtuous monk; (2) (honorific or respectful language) monk; (3) Buddhist solitary; (4) (See 高野聖・1) Buddhist missionary; (5) saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (6) (archaism) (honorific or respectful language) emperor; (7) (in form 〜の聖) master; expert; (female given name) Mina ārya; sādhu; a sage; wise and good; upright, or correct in all his character; sacred, holy, saintly. |
花 see styles |
huā hua1 hua ririka りりか |
More info & calligraphy: Flower(1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best; (female given name) Ririka 華 puṣpa, a flower, flowers; especially the lotus, and celestial flowers. 花座 The lotus throne on which buddhas and bodhisattvas sit. |
蓮 莲 see styles |
lián lian2 lien ren れん |
More info & calligraphy: Lotus(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (2) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); (kana only) sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; (f,m,s) Ren puṇḍarīka, the lotus, especially the white lotus, Numphoea alba; padma, especially the Nelumbium speciosum; utpala, the Nymphoea coerulea, the blue lotus; kumuda, Nymphoea esculenta, white lotus, or N. rubra, red lotus; nīlotpala, N. cyanea, a blue lotus. The first four are called white, red, blue, and yellow lotuses; but the white lotus is generally meant unless otherwise specified. |
虢 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo |
More info & calligraphy: Guo |
蛇 see styles |
shé she2 she hebi(p); ja; kuchinawa; hemi(ok); hebi へび(P); じゃ; くちなわ; へみ(ok); ヘビ |
More info & calligraphy: Snake / Serpent(1) (じゃ is more associated with serpent and large snakes) snake; (2) serpent; large snake; (surname) Hebi sarpa, a serpent, snake. |
覺 觉 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh satoru さとる |
More info & calligraphy: Awareness(personal name) Satoru bodhi, from bodha, 'knowing, understanding', means enlightenment, illumination; 覺 is to awake, apprehend, perceive, realize; awake, aware; (also, to sleep). It is illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming; also, enlightenment in regard to moral evil. Cf. 菩提 and 佛. |
賢 贤 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien ken けん |
More info & calligraphy: Wise and Virtuous(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue; (male given name) Masaru Wise and virtuous, sage, second rank to a 聖 saint; good, excellent in character, virtuous. |
超 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Super(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna. |
身 see styles |
shēn shen1 shen mi み |
More info & calligraphy: Body(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身. |
道 see styles |
dào dao4 tao dou / do どう |
More info & calligraphy: Daoism / Taoism(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs. |
鄭 郑 see styles |
zhèng zheng4 cheng tei / te てい |
More info & calligraphy: Zheng / Tei / Jeong / Trinh(surname) Tei |
酒 see styles |
jiǔ jiu3 chiu sake(p); sasa; ki(ok); kushi(ok); shu さけ(P); ささ; き(ok); くし(ok); しゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Wine / Alcohol / Sake(See お酒) alcohol; sake; (surname) Zake surā; maireya; madya. Wine, alcoholic liquor; forbidden to monks and nuns by the fifth commandment. |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kin きん |
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. |
零 see styles |
líng ling2 ling rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Zero(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) zero; nought; (female given name) Rei |
電 电 see styles |
diàn dian4 tien hikaru ひかる |
More info & calligraphy: Electricity / Lightning(out-dated kanji) lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt; (female given name) Hikaru Lightning, symbolizes the impermanent and transient. |
香 see styles |
xiāng xiang1 hsiang kou; kori(ok) / ko; kori(ok) こう; こり(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Fragrant / Good Smell(See 御香) incense; (female given name) Yuka (竹; 象) Incense made in coils and burnt to measure the time; also 香盤; 香印.; gandha. Fragrance; incense; the sense of smell, i.e. one of the ṣaḍāyātana, six senses. Incense is one of the 使 Buddha's messengers to stimulate faith and devotion. |
馬 马 see styles |
mǎ ma3 ma uma(p); uma うま(P); ウマ |
More info & calligraphy: Horse(1) horse; (2) (See 競馬) horse racing; (3) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 竜馬・2) promoted bishop; (4) {cards} knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); (surname) Me aśva, a horse; a stallion; one of the seven treasures of a sovereign. |
鬼 see styles |
guǐ gui3 kuei oni(p); ki おに(P); き |
More info & calligraphy: Ghost Demon(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc. |
魯 鲁 see styles |
lǔ lu3 lu ro ろ |
More info & calligraphy: RueLu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period); (surname) Rou Stupid, vulgar, honest. |
齊 齐 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi hitoshi ひとし |
More info & calligraphy: Uniform / Complete / Perfect / OrderQi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i; (male given name) Hitoshi Even, level, equal, uniform; complete, perfect; equalize; tranquillize; alike; all; at the same time, altogether. |
龍 龙 see styles |
lóng long2 lung riyou / riyo りよう |
More info & calligraphy: Dragon(out-dated kanji) (1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (personal name) Riyou A dragon, dragon-like, imperial; tr. for nāga, which means snake, serpent; also elephant, elephantine, serpent-like, etc., cf. 那. |
ウマ see styles |
uma ウマ |
More info & calligraphy: Uma |
しし see styles |
jiji ジジ |
Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statues, placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs; (female given name) Gigi; Jiji |
じゃ see styles |
ja じゃ |
(cop) (western Japanese; also freq. used in animation and foreign-language dubbing to indicate a person is old) (See だ・1) be; is |
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 |
なぞ see styles |
nazo なぞ |
(particle) (colloquialism) et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth |
のに see styles |
noni のに |
(particle) (1) although; despite; even though; and yet; (particle) (2) whereas; while; (particle) (3) if only; I wish; (particle) (4) in order to |
モニ see styles |
moni モニ |
More info & calligraphy: Moni |
ルー see styles |
ruu / ru ルー |
More info & calligraphy: Rue |
一心 see styles |
yī xīn yi1 xin1 i hsin isshin いっしん |
More info & calligraphy: One Heart / One Mind / Heart and Soul(adv,n) (1) one mind; (adv,n) (2) (See 一心に) wholeheartedness; one's whole heart; (female given name) Hitomi With the whole mind or heart; one mind of heart; also the bhūtatathatā, or the whole of things; the universe as one mind, or a spiritual unity. |
三国 see styles |
sangoku さんごく |
(1) three countries; (2) (hist) (See 魏・ぎ・1,蜀・しょく・2,呉・ご・3) Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); (3) (hist) (See 新羅・しらぎ,百済・くだら,高句麗・こうくり) Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (4) (archaism) Japan, China and India; Japan, Korea and China; the whole world; (p,s,f) Mikuni |
三宝 see styles |
sanbou; sanpou / sanbo; sanpo さんぼう; さんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Three Treasures of Buddhism |
三寶 三宝 see styles |
sān bǎo san1 bao3 san pao sanbou / sanbo さんぼう |
More info & calligraphy: Three Treasures of Buddhism(surname) Sanbou three treasures |
三昧 see styles |
sān mèi san1 mei4 san mei sanmai; zanmai さんまい; ざんまい |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai (三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi. |
三諦 三谛 see styles |
sān dì san1 di4 san ti santai; sandai さんたい; さんだい |
More info & calligraphy: The Three TruthsThe three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same. |
三魂 see styles |
sān hún san1 hun2 san hun |
More info & calligraphy: Three Souls |
世界 see styles |
shì jiè shi4 jie4 shih chieh sekai せかい |
More info & calligraphy: The World(1) the world; society; the universe; (2) sphere; circle; world; (can be adjective with の) (3) world-renowned; world-famous; (4) {Buddh} (original meaning) realm governed by one Buddha; space; (surname, female given name) Sekai Loka 世間; the finite world, the world, a world, which is of two kinds: (1) 衆生世界 that of the living, who are receiving their 正報 correct recompense or karma; (2) 器世界 that of the material, or that on which karma depends for expression. By the living is meant 有情 the sentient. |
中国 see styles |
nakakuni なかくに |
More info & calligraphy: China |
中道 see styles |
zhōng dào zhong1 dao4 chung tao nakamichi なかみち |
More info & calligraphy: The Middle WayThe 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義. |
主動 主动 see styles |
zhǔ dòng zhu3 dong4 chu tung shudou / shudo しゅどう |
More info & calligraphy: Initiative / Leadershipleadership |
五大 see styles |
wǔ dà wu3 da4 wu ta godai ごだい |
More info & calligraphy: Godai / Five ElementsThe five elements— earth, water, fire, wind, and space. v. also 五行 the five agents. In the esoteric cult the five are the physical manifestation, or garbhadhātu, v. 胎; as being in all phenomena they are called 五輪 the five evolvers; their phonetic embryos 種子 are those of the Five Dhyani-Buddhas of the five directions, v. 五佛. |
五戒 see styles |
wǔ jiè wu3 jie4 wu chieh gokai ごかい |
More info & calligraphy: Five Preceptspañca-veramaṇī; the first five of the ten commandments, against killing, stealing, adultery, lying, and intoxicating liquors. 不殺生; 不偸盜; 不邪婬; 不妄語; 不飮酒 They are binding on laity, male and female, as well as on monks and nuns. The observance of these five ensures rebirth in the human realm. Each command has five spirits to guard its observer 五戒二十五神. |
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. |
亞哈 亚哈 see styles |
yà hā ya4 ha1 ya ha |
More info & calligraphy: Yayha |
享福 see styles |
xiǎng fú xiang3 fu2 hsiang fu |
More info & calligraphy: Prosperous Life |
人情 see styles |
rén qíng ren2 qing2 jen ch`ing jen ching ninjou / ninjo にんじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Empathy / Humanity(1) humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy; (2) human nature; common sense; customs and manners human emotions |
企望 see styles |
qǐ wàng qi3 wang4 ch`i wang chi wang kibou / kibo きぼう |
More info & calligraphy: Looking Forward / Hoping(noun/participle) (obsolete) making a plan and anticipating its fruition |
伊蘭 伊兰 see styles |
yī lán yi1 lan2 i lan iran; iran いらん; イラン |
More info & calligraphy: Ealanairāvaṇa, erāvaṇa, 伊羅 and other forms, v. supra; name of a tree with beautiful flowers of nauseous scent which spreads its odour for 40 li; typifying 煩惱 the passions and delusions. |
伸縮 伸缩 see styles |
shēn suō shen1 suo1 shen so shinshuku しんしゅく |
More info & calligraphy: Tension and Relaxation(n,vs,vt,vi) expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility |
佛心 see styles |
fó xīn fo2 xin1 fo hsin busshin |
More info & calligraphy: Buddha Heart / Mind of BuddhaThe mind of Buddha, the spiritually enlightened heart. A heart of mercy; a heart abiding in the real, not the seeming; detached from good and evil and other such contrasts. |
佛眼 see styles |
fó yǎn fo2 yan3 fo yen butsugen |
More info & calligraphy: The Eye of the Buddha |
侘寂 see styles |
wabisabi わびさび |
More info & calligraphy: Wabi Sabi |
保佑 see styles |
bǎo yòu bao3 you4 pao yu yasusuke やすすけ |
More info & calligraphy: Blessings and Protection(given name) Yasusuke |
信仰 see styles |
xìn yǎng xin4 yang3 hsin yang shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Religious Devotion / Faith in God / Religious Faith(noun, transitive verb) (religious) faith; belief; creed; (given name) Shinkou To believe in and look up to. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "karma - cause and effect" 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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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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