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Samyag Ajiva / Samma Ajiva
正命 (right living) is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism.
Right Living, along with Right Speech and Right Action, constitute the path to Virtue.
Right Living means that a Buddhist should only take a job or pursue a career in a field that does no harm. Buddhists should not work in the arms trade, as pimps or in the field of prostitution, as a butcher or in a shop that kills or sells meat, in a laboratory that does animal research, or in any other business that involves scheming or unethical behavior.
Another definition: Avoidance of professions that are harmful to sentient beings, such as slaughterer, hunter, dealer in weaponry or narcotics, etc.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
殺 is how to write “to kill” or “killing.”
殺 is an absolutely shocking word to have on a wall scroll. It will bewilder, scare, and perhaps offend any Chinese, Korean, or Japanese person who sees it. I do not in any way recommend this for a piece of calligraphy artwork. This entry is only here because our calligraphy search engine received so many requests for “kill.”
Note: In Korean Hanja, this character is not often used alone - see the other two-character entry for “kill.”
These search terms might be related to Butcher:
Kill / Massacre / Mass Killing
Kill / Slaughter / Murder / Butcher
Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha
Ruin
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your butcher search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
宰 see styles |
zǎi zai3 tsai tsukasa つかさ |
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) (female given name) Tsukasa rule |
屠 see styles |
tú tu2 t`u tu toma とま |
to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre (personal name) Toma to butcher |
鵙 see styles |
jú ju2 chü mozu もず |
a shrike (1) (kana only) shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); (2) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird |
刀途 see styles |
dāo tú dao1 tu2 tao t`u tao tu tōto |
The gati or path of rebirth as an animal, so called because animals are subjects of the butcher's knife. |
宰殺 宰杀 see styles |
zǎi shā zai3 sha1 tsai sha |
to slaughter (an animal for meat); to butcher |
屠る see styles |
hofuru ほふる |
(transitive verb) to slaughter; to massacre; to defeat; to butcher |
屠人 see styles |
tú rén tu2 ren2 t`u jen tu jen tojin; dojin とじん; どじん |
(1) (rare) (See 屠者) slaughterer; butcher; (2) (archaism) cook To butcher, kill; a butcher. |
屠伯 see styles |
tú bó tu2 bo2 t`u po tu po |
butcher; fig. brutal killer |
屠児 see styles |
toji とじ |
(archaism) slaughterer; butcher |
屠刀 see styles |
tú dāo tu2 dao1 t`u tao tu tao |
butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet |
屠夫 see styles |
tú fū tu2 fu1 t`u fu tu fu |
butcher; fig. murderous dictator |
屠宰 see styles |
tú zǎi tu2 zai3 t`u tsai tu tsai |
to slaughter; to butcher |
屠戶 屠户 see styles |
tú hù tu2 hu4 t`u hu tu hu |
butcher |
屠手 see styles |
toshu としゅ |
(rare) slaughterer; butcher |
屠沽 see styles |
tú gū tu2 gu1 t`u ku tu ku toko |
Butcher and huckster; caṇḍāla is 'the generic name for a man of the lowest and most despised of the mixed tribes'. M. W. |
屠者 see styles |
tosha としゃ |
(rare) slaughterer; butcher |
早贄 see styles |
hayanie はやにえ |
(1) (abbreviation) butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; (2) first offering of the season |
梛筏 see styles |
nagiikada; nagiikada / nagikada; nagikada なぎいかだ; ナギイカダ |
(kana only) butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) |
潰す see styles |
tsubusu つぶす |
(transitive verb) (1) to smash; to crush; to flatten; (transitive verb) (2) to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop; (transitive verb) (3) to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart; (transitive verb) (4) to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food); (transitive verb) (5) to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time); (transitive verb) (6) to waste (e.g. talents) |
牛刀 see styles |
gyuutou / gyuto ぎゅうとう |
butcher's knife; chef's knife |
牛屋 see styles |
ushiya; gyuuya / ushiya; gyuya うしや; ぎゅうや |
(1) cowshed; (2) cow farmer; (3) restaurant specializing in beef dishes; (4) store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef; (place-name, surname) Ushiya |
狗屠 see styles |
kuto くと |
(1) (archaism) dog slaughter; killing of dogs; (2) (archaism) dog butcher |
百舌 see styles |
mozu もず |
(1) (kana only) shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); (2) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird |
肉商 see styles |
ròu shāng rou4 shang1 jou shang |
meat merchant; butcher |
肉屋 see styles |
nikuya にくや |
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop |
肉販 肉贩 see styles |
ròu fàn rou4 fan4 jou fan |
butcher |
肉鋪 肉铺 see styles |
ròu pù rou4 pu4 jou p`u jou pu |
butcher's shop |
速贄 see styles |
hayanie はやにえ |
(1) (abbreviation) butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; (2) first offering of the season |
十惱亂 十恼乱 see styles |
shí nǎo luàn shi2 nao3 luan4 shih nao luan jū nōran |
The ten disturbers of the religious life: a domineering (spirit); heretical ways; dangerous amusements; a butcher's or other low occupation; asceticism (or selfish hīnayāna salvation); (the condition of a) eunuch; lust; endangering (the character by improper intimacy); contempt; breeding animals, etc. (for slaughter). |
屠殺人 see styles |
tosatsunin とさつにん |
(sensitive word) butcher; slaughterhouse worker |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
5. Right Living Right Livelihood Perfect Livelihood | 正命 | sei myou / seimyou / sei myo | zhèng mìng zheng4 ming4 zheng ming zhengming | cheng ming chengming |
Kill Slaughter Murder Butcher | 殺 杀 | satsu | shā / sha1 / sha | |
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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of art alive.
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