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傳承 is a Chinese and Japanese word that means to pass on (to future generations).
This can also mean passed on (from former times), a continued tradition, handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission, or an inheritance.
傳承 is the Chinese equivalent of Smriti (from Sanskrit: स्मृति / Smṛti). The term can be used for Hindu (and sometimes Buddhist) texts that have authority because the author is known.
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ
唵麼抳鉢訥銘吽 is one of the earliest and best-known mantras in the Buddhist tradition.
It can be heard in temples from Tokyo to Tibet.
This mantra is an expression of the basic attitude of compassion. It translates literally as “oṃ the jewel in the lotus hūṃ.”
There are several titles and transliterations for this mantra, including, 六字大明呪 (Great 6-syllable mantra), 六字真言 (6-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva), 唵嘛呢叭咪吽, 唵嘛呢叭咪哞, and 唵嘛咪叭呢哞.
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禪宗 is one way to title “Zen Buddhism.” Because the original pronunciation of Zen in Chinese is Chan, you'll also see this expressed as Chan Buddhism.
From the Buddhist Dictionary:
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect is usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan, 道信 Daoxin, 弘忍 Hongren, 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools.
復活節 is the Chinese and old Korean way to write Easter.
Easter is not a well-known holiday in China, but Chinese Christians tend to follow the American tradition of the Easter egg ritual, etc. Non-Christians may think it's a celebration of rabbits that can lay eggs.
South Korea has a higher percentage of Christians than any other Asian country, so they celebrate Easter with plenty of enthusiasm.
福 is pronounced “fu” in Chinese.
The character “fu” is posted by virtually all Chinese people on the doors of their homes during the Spring Festival (closely associated with the Chinese New Year).
One tradition from the Zhou Dynasty (beginning in 256 B.C.) holds that putting a fu symbol on your front door will keep the goddess of poverty away.
福 literally means good fortune, prosperity, blessed, blessedness, happiness, and fulfillment.
You'll also see this character in Vietnam (where Chinese characters were the written form until a romanization reform) where it is pronounced Phúc - a word commonly used in Vietnamese names because of its good meaning.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
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 |
傳承 传承 see styles |
chuán chéng chuan2 cheng2 ch`uan ch`eng chuan cheng |
More info & calligraphy: Smriti |
巴利 see styles |
bā lì ba1 li4 pa li hari |
More info & calligraphy: BarryPali, considered by ' Southern ' Buddhists to be the language of Magadha, i. e. Māgadhī Prākrit, spoken by Śākyamuni: their Tripiṭaka is written in it. It is closely allied to Sanskrit, but phonetically decayed and grammatically degenerate. |
武術 武术 see styles |
wǔ shù wu3 shu4 wu shu bujutsu ぶじゅつ |
More info & calligraphy: Martial Arts / Wushu(1) martial arts; military arts; (2) (See 武術太極拳) wushu (Chinese martial art) |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
カーマ see styles |
kaama / kama カーマ |
More info & calligraphy: Carma |
守破離 see styles |
shuhari しゅはり |
More info & calligraphy: Shuhari |
伝 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan den でん |
Japanese variant of 傳|传 (1) legend; tradition; (2) biography; life; (3) method; way; (4) horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan; (surname) Fu |
傳 传 see styles |
zhuàn zhuan4 chuan fuu / fu ふう |
biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station (surname) Fū To transmit, pass on, hand down, promulgate, propagate; tradition; summon; interpret; record; the Abhidharma. |
嗣 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi し |
succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity succession; successor; (personal name) Hide To succeed to, continue, adopt, posterity, follow after. |
沿 see styles |
yán yan2 yen |
along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge |
謂 谓 see styles |
wèi wei4 wei ii / i いい |
to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense (kana only) (usu. as 〜のいい) what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) say |
阿 see styles |
ē e1 o a あ |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with (1) (See 阿字・あじ) first Sanskrit alphabet letter; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿弗利加・アフリカ) Africa; (3) (abbreviation) Awa (old province of Japan); (prefix) (4) (familiar language) (archaism) prefixed to names to show intimacy; (surname) Hodo M077477 羅陀補羅 Anurādhapura, a northern city of Ceylon, at which tradition says Buddhism was introduced into the island; cf. Abhayagiri, 阿跋.; M077477 樓馱 v. 阿那律Aniruddha.; a or ā, अ, आ. It is the first letter of the Sanskrit Siddham alphabet, and is also translit. by 曷, 遏, 安, 頞, 韻, 噁, etc. From it are supposed to be born all the other letters, and it is the first sound uttered by the human mouth. It has therefore numerous mystical indications. Being also a negation it symbolizes the unproduced, the impermanent, the immaterial; but it is employed in many ways indicative of the positive. Amongst other uses it indicates Amitābha, from the first syllable in that name. It is much in use for esoteric purposes. |
三經 三经 see styles |
sān jīng san1 jing1 san ching sangyō |
three scriptures that are considered definitive for a given tradition |
伝え see styles |
tsutae つたえ |
legend; tradition |
伝唱 see styles |
denshou / densho でんしょう |
(noun/participle) tradition |
伝家 see styles |
denka でんか |
heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition |
伝承 see styles |
denshou / densho でんしょう |
(n,vs,adj-no) handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission |
伝統 see styles |
dentou / dento でんとう |
tradition; convention |
伝誦 see styles |
denshou / densho でんしょう |
(noun/participle) tradition |
伝説 see styles |
densetsu でんせつ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) legend; folklore; tradition |
俗説 see styles |
zokusetsu ぞくせつ |
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition |
傳心 传心 see styles |
chuán xīn chuan2 xin1 ch`uan hsin chuan hsin denshin |
To pass from mind to mind, to pass by narration or tradition, to transmit the mind of Buddha as in the Intuitional school, mental transmission. |
傳統 传统 see styles |
chuán tǒng chuan2 tong3 ch`uan t`ung chuan tung |
tradition; traditional; convention; conventional; CL:個|个[ge4] |
内規 see styles |
naiki ないき |
private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition |
冷食 see styles |
reishoku / reshoku れいしょく |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 冷凍食品) frozen food; (2) (See 火食) eating raw food; (3) (See 寒食) Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice |
別傳 别传 see styles |
bié zhuàn bie2 zhuan4 pieh chuan betsuden |
supplementary biography Separately handed down; oral tradition; to pass on the teaching from mind to mind without writing, as in the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school. Also 單傳. |
則る see styles |
nottoru のっとる |
(v5r,vi) to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.) |
北道 see styles |
běi dào bei3 dao4 pei tao hokudou / hokudo ほくどう |
(place-name) Hokudō northern tradition |
南道 see styles |
nán dào nan2 dao4 nan tao minamimichi みなみみち |
(surname) Minamimichi southern tradition |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Smriti | 傳承 传承 | denshou / densho | chuán chéng chuan2 cheng2 chuan cheng chuancheng | ch`uan ch`eng chuancheng chuan cheng |
Shuhari | 守破離 | shu ha ri / shuhari | ||
Battojutsu | 抜刀術 | battou jutsu battoujutsu batto jutsu | ||
Om Mani Padme Hum | 唵麼抳鉢訥銘吽 唵么抳钵讷铭吽 | on mani padomei un onmanipadomeiun | ǎn mó nǐ bō míng hǒu an3 mo2 ni3 bo1 ne4 ming2 hou3 an mo ni bo ne ming hou anmoniboneminghou | an mo ni po ne ming hou anmoniponeminghou |
Zen Buddhism | 禪宗 禅宗 | zen shuu / zenshuu / zen shu | chán zōng chan2 zong1 chan zong chanzong | ch`an tsung chantsung chan tsung |
Easter | 復活節 复活节 | fù huó jié fu4 huo2 jie2 fu huo jie fuhuojie | fu huo chieh fuhuochieh |
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Good Luck Good Fortune | 福 | fuku | fú / fu2 / fu | |
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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