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Surname
欽 is one of a few Chinese characters that can be a surname romanized as Qin or Chin.
The actual meaning of this character is reverence; respect; admire; venerate; by the emperor himself; imperial.
In Japanese, this can be the name Makoto.
Surname
秦 is a common character that can be the surname romanized as Qin or Chin in Chinese.
秦 is the same Qin as the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC). The Qin dynasty established the first emperor and the first unification of China (previously a multitude of kingdoms).
秦 is also a surname in Vietnamese where it is romanized as Tần and in Japanese where it is romanized as Yasushi.
勤 is a single character that means diligence or “sense of duty” in Chinese and Korean (also understood in Japanese but not commonly seen as a stand-alone Kanji).
As a single character on a wall scroll, this will only be seen with this meaning. However, it can also mean industrious, hardworking, frequent, regular, constant, energy, zeal, fortitude, or virility.
In Buddhism, this can represent vīrya (viriya), the idea of energy, diligence, enthusiasm, or effort. It can be defined as an attitude of gladly engaging in wholesome activities, and it functions to cause one to accomplish wholesome or virtuous actions. Some Buddhists may even define this as “manliness” (a definition from a hundred years ago, before equality).
If you or someone you know is a hard worker (or needs a reminder to be diligent), then this is the wall scroll to have in your/their office.
Surname
陳 is the Chinese character that was the Vietnamese surname Trần before Vietnam romanized their language.
This can also refer to the Trần Dynasty of Vietnam (1225 to 1400).
This is also the Chinese surname Chen, Chin or Chan, Korean surname Jin, and Japanese Surname Yo or Chin.
Surname
This is a Chinese surname that romanizes as Shen from Mandarin or Shum from Cantonese.
In Japanese, it can be the surnames Chin, Chimu, Sen, Sun, Shin, or Shimu.
The meaning is to sink or heavy.
This 沈 character is a variant of 沉.
Surname
This is the most common character for a Chinese surname that romanizes as “Chen.”
This is also a surname You or Yo in Japanese, though it can also be pronounced as Chin in Japanese.
In Korean, it is a surname romanized as Jin.
As a word, this character means: to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell.
The Chen clan or family was a small kingdom from 1046 BC to 479 BC. It was one of 12 small-but-powerful vassal states during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC. This name reappeared as the Chen Dynasty (陳朝) of the Southern dynasties from 557 AD to 589 AD.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Qin Chin search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
橙 see styles |
chéng cheng2 ch`eng cheng chiin / chin ちぇん |
More info & calligraphy: Orange(1) bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (See 橙色・だいだいいろ) orange (color, colour); (female given name) Chen |
沈 沉 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chin ちん |
More info & calligraphy: Shen / Shum(surname) Chin 沉 To sink; heavy. |
狆 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung chin; chin ちん; チン |
More info & calligraphy: Pug / PekingeseJapanese chin (dog breed); Japanese spaniel |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kimu キム |
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. |
錢 钱 see styles |
qián qian2 ch`ien chien chin ちん |
More info & calligraphy: Chien(out-dated kanji) (1) hundredth of a yen; (2) coin made of non-precious materials; (3) (obsolete) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (4) (archaism) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass); (surname) Chin coin |
淨土宗 净土宗 see styles |
jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 ching t`u tsung ching tu tsung Jōdo Shū |
Pure Land Buddhism The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan. |
嗪 see styles |
qín qin2 ch`in chin |
used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin |
圊 see styles |
qīng qing1 ch`ing ching chin |
restroom; latrine toilet |
晋 see styles |
susumu すすむ |
(hist) (See 西晋,東晋) Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty; (given name) Susumu |
朕 see styles |
zhèn zhen4 chen chin ちん |
(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen (pronoun) (dated) (first person pronoun used by the Emperor) We |
覃 see styles |
tán tan2 t`an tan chin ちん |
deep (personal name) Chin |
賃 赁 see styles |
lìn lin4 lin chin ちん |
to rent (n,n-suf) hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight; wages; payment |
酖 see styles |
zhèn zhen4 chen chin ちん |
poisonous; to poison poisonfeather bird; zhenniao; zhen; mythical poisonous bird (of ancient China) |
鍾 钟 see styles |
zhōng zhong1 chung chin ちん |
handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1] round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China); (surname) Chin |
鎭 see styles |
zhèn zhen4 chen chin |
variant of 鎮|镇[zhen4]; town To guard, protect, repress; a town with a guard, a market town. |
頤 颐 see styles |
yí yi2 i otogai おとがい |
(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect (1) (lower) jaw; (2) chatterbox cheeks |
頷 颔 see styles |
hàn han4 han kan |
chin; to nod (one's assent) jaw |
顋 腮 see styles |
sāi sai1 sai era えら ago あご |
variant of 腮[sai1] (out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) gills; branchia; (2) (kana only) angle of the mandible; gonial angle; (out-dated kanji) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) chin; jaw |
顎 颚 see styles |
è e4 o gaku がく ago あご agito あぎと |
jaw; palate (noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) chin; jaw; (1) (archaism) chin; jaw; (2) (archaism) gills; branchia |
鰓 鳃 see styles |
sāi sai1 sai era えら agito あぎと |
gills of fish (1) (kana only) gills; branchia; (2) (kana only) angle of the mandible; gonial angle; (1) (archaism) chin; jaw; (2) (archaism) gills; branchia |
鴆 鸩 see styles |
zhèn zhen4 chen chin ちん |
legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb poisonfeather bird; zhenniao; zhen; mythical poisonous bird (of ancient China) |
齶 腭 see styles |
è e4 o ago あご |
palate; roof of the mouth (out-dated kanji) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) chin; jaw gums |
ちん see styles |
chin チン |
jing (Korean gong) (kor:); (place-name) Chin (Burmah); Ching; Chinn; Zinn |
下巴 see styles |
xià ba xia4 ba5 hsia pa |
chin |
下頦 下颏 see styles |
xià kē xia4 ke1 hsia k`o hsia ko |
chin; Taiwan pr. [xia4hai2] |
五山 see styles |
wǔ shān wu3 shan1 wu shan goyama ごやま |
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty. |
五時 五时 see styles |
wǔ shí wu3 shi2 wu shih goji |
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教. |
刳る see styles |
shakuru しゃくる sakuru さくる kuru くる eguru えぐる |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out; (2) to scoop; to ladle; to bail; (3) to jerk (one's chin); (transitive verb) (kana only) to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; (transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; (2) (kana only) to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; (3) (kana only) to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light |
安遠 安远 see styles |
ān yuǎn an1 yuan3 an yüan An En |
see 安遠縣|安远县[An1 yuan3 Xian4] Two noted monks of the 晉 Chin dynasty, i. e. 道安 Dao-an and 慧遠 Huiyuan. |
小遠 小远 see styles |
xiǎo yuǎn xiao3 yuan3 hsiao yüan Shōon |
The monk 慧遠 Huiyuan of the Sui dynasty. There was a 晉 Chin dynasty monk of the same name. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Qin Chin | 欽 钦 | kin | qīn / qin1 / qin | ch`in / chin |
| Qin Chin Tan Yasushi | 秦 | shin | qín / qin2 / qin | ch`in / chin |
| Diligence | 勤 | kin | qín / qin2 / qin | ch`in / chin |
| Tran | 陳 | chin | chén / chen2 / chen | ch`en / chen |
| Shen Shum | 沈 | jin | shěn / shen3 / shen | |
| Chen Chan Yo Jin | 陳 陈 | chin | chén / chen2 / chen | ch`en / chen |
| 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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