The Name China in Chinese / Japanese...
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China
China
chuu goku
中國 is the country of China written in Japanese.
Flowers / Blooming / Splendid / China
華 means blooming flowers or splendid China.
華 is really open to interpretation. 華 meant flowers or blooming in ancient China. It still has that meaning in Japanese, and Buddhist context.
In modern China, this means glorious, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, or the best part of something. It can also refer to the country of China or something Chinese (such as people - overseas Chinese are often called "hua ren"). 華 is also a surname in China.
In Japanese, this can be the female given name "Ririka". It's also the short name for a certain kind of playing cards in Japan.
In Korean, This can be the surname "Hwa". While it also means splendid, flowery, or the country of China in Korean.
The Great Wall of China
長城 is the Chinese name for the Great Wall.
Built at the northern border of China to protect from Mongol attack.
Notes:
In Japanese, this can be a surname Nagaki. Japanese often use a longer title for the Great Wall of China.
In Korean, this refers to Changsŏng (a city in Changsŏng-kun county, Chŏllanam-to province).
The Great Wall of China
ban ri no chou jou
万里の長城 is the Japanese name for the Great Wall of China.
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| China | 中國 中国 | zhōng guó zhong1 guo2 zhong guo zhongguo | chung kuo chungkuo |
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| China | 中國 中国 | chuu goku / chuugoku / chu goku / chugoku | ||
| Flowers Blooming Splendid China | 華 华 | ririka | huá / hua2 / hua | |
| The Great Wall of China | 長城 长城 | chou jou / choujou / cho jo / chojo | cháng chéng chang2 cheng2 chang cheng changcheng | ch`ang ch`eng changcheng chang cheng |
| The Great Wall of China | 万里の長城 | ban ri no chou jou banrinochoujou ban ri no cho jo banrinochojo | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
刀 see styles |
dāo dao1 tao katana(p); tou / katana(p); to かたな(P); とう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; (2) (とう only) scalpel; (3) (とう only) (See 彫刻刀・ちょうこくとう) chisel; burin; graver; (4) (とう only) (See 刀銭) knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China); (personal name) Tou sword |
周 see styles |
zhōu zhou1 chou shuu / shu しゅう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (2) {math} perimeter; (n-suf,ctr) (3) counter for laps or circuits; (female given name) Meguru Around, on every side, complete; to go around |
唐 see styles |
táng tang2 t`ang tang tou / to とう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Tang dynasty (China, 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki for nothing |
家 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia ke け |
 More info & calligraphy: (suffix) house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family; (surname) Karyuu Family; home; school, sect; genus; house |
洛 see styles |
luò luo4 lo Raku |
 More info & calligraphy: Luoyang 洛陽, the ancient capital of China. |
清 see styles |
qīng qing1 ch`ing ching shin しん |
 More info & calligraphy: Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; (personal name) Seiji |
秦 see styles |
qín qin2 ch`in chin shin しん |
 More info & calligraphy: Qin dynasty (China, 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty; (surname) Yasushi a fine strain of rice |
簡 简 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien kan かん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (See 簡にして要を得る) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (surname) Kan A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct; to choose |
華 华 see styles |
huá hua2 hua ka か |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) flashiness; showiness; brilliance; splendor; (2) bloom; flowers; (female given name) Ririka kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China. |
道 see styles |
dào dao4 tao dou / do どう |
 More info & calligraphy: (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) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea); (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. |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kin きん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); (adj-no,n) (2) valuable; of highest value; (3) money; gold coin; (4) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (5) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth of the five elements); (6) Jin dynasty (China, 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (n,n-suf) (7) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (8) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉・きんたま) testicles; (suf,ctr) (9) karat; carat; (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. |
陳 陈 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chin ちん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) You Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale; to tell |
齊 齐 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi hitoshi ひとし |
 More info & calligraphy: Qi (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; to adjust |
三国 see styles |
sangoku さんごく |
(1) three countries; (2) Japan, China and India; Japan, Korea and China; all the world; (3) (See 魏・ぎ・1,蜀・しょく・2,呉・ご・3) Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); (4) (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); (p,s,f) Mikuni |
上海 see styles |
shàng hǎi shang4 hai3 shang hai shanhai シャンハイ |
 More info & calligraphy: Shanghai (China); (place-name) Shanghai (China) |
中国 see styles |
chuugoku(p); chuukoku / chugoku(p); chukoku ちゅうごく(P); ちゅうこく |
 More info & calligraphy: |
中國 中国 see styles |
zhōng guó zhong1 guo2 chung kuo Chūgoku なかぐに |
 More info & calligraphy: (surname) Nakaguni Madhyadesa. 中天 (中天竺); 中梵 The middle kingdom, i. e. Central North India, v. 中印. |
丹東 丹东 see styles |
dān dōng dan1 dong1 tan tung tanhigashi たんひがし |
 More info & calligraphy: (place-name) Tanhigashi |
北京 see styles |
běi jīng bei3 jing1 pei ching pekin(p); peichin / pekin(p); pechin ペキン(P); ペイチン |
 More info & calligraphy: Beijing (China); Peking; (place-name) Beijing (China); Peking |
南京 see styles |
nán jīng nan2 jing1 nan ching nankin ナンキン |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Nanjing; Nanking; (2) (ksb:) (See カボチャ) pumpkin; squash; (prefix noun) (3) Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; (prefix noun) (4) rare; precious; cute; (place-name) Nanking (China); Nanjing |
印度 see styles |
yìn dù yin4 du4 yin tu Indo いんど |
 More info & calligraphy: (ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India 印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達. |
司徒 see styles |
sī tú si1 tu2 ssu t`u ssu tu shito しと |
 More info & calligraphy: (See 六卿) Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China) |
司馬 司马 see styles |
sī mǎ si1 ma3 ssu ma shiba しば |
 More info & calligraphy: (See 六卿) Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China); (given name) Shime |
坐禪 坐禅 see styles |
zuò chán zuo4 chan2 tso ch`an tso chan zazen |
 More info & calligraphy: To sit in dhyāna, i.e. abstract meditation, fixed abstraction, contemplation; its introduction to China is attributed to Bodhidharma (though it came earlier), and its extension to Tiantai; sitting meditation |
安息 see styles |
ān xī an1 xi1 an hsi ansoku あんそく |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun/participle) rest; repose (安息國) Parthia, 波斯 modern Persia, from which several monks came to China in the later Han dynasty, such as 安世高 An Shigao, 安玄 Anxuan, 曇無諦 Tan Wudi, 安法欽 An Faqin, 安淸 Anqing.; To rest; to be refreshed |
日本 see styles |
rì běn ri4 ben3 jih pen nihon(p); nippon にほん(P); にっぽん |
 More info & calligraphy: Japan; (surname) Yamatono Japan. Buddhism was introduced there from Korea in the sixth century, and in the seventh from China. |
東京 东京 see styles |
dōng jīng dong1 jing1 tung ching toukyou(p); toukei(ok) / tokyo(p); toke(ok) とうきょう(P); とうけい(ok) |
 More info & calligraphy: Tokyo; (place-name) Luoyang, China |
永平 see styles |
yǒng píng yong3 ping2 yung p`ing yung ping eihei ユンピン |
 More info & calligraphy: (place-name) Yongping (China) eternal peace |
澳門 澳门 see styles |
ào mén ao4 men2 ao men makao; makau; aomen(ok) マカオ; マカウ; アオメン(ok) |
 More info & calligraphy: (kana only) Macao (China); Macau; (place-name) Macao |
白鶴 白鹤 see styles |
bái hè bai2 he4 pai ho hakutsuru はくつる |
 More info & calligraphy: (c) Hakutsuru (brand of sake) |
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