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The name Chance Meeting in Chinese / Japanese...

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Fate / Chance Meeting

 yuán fèn
Fate / Chance Meeting Scroll

緣份 specifically represents the fate or destiny that brings two people together.

This is like the chance meeting of two people that leads sometime later to marriage.

This could also be the chance meeting of two business people who become partners and build a huge and successful company.

This idea is often associated with a fateful meeting leading to good fortune.

Some will define this word as “Destiny brings you two together” or “Meant to be.”


分 Note: The second character can also be written without the left radical, as shown to the right. If you have a preference, please let use know in the special instructions for your project. There is no difference in meaning or pronunciation, just two (alternate) ways to write the same character.


See Also:  Soulmates | Good Fortune

The Mysterious Bond Between People

The invisible force that brings people together forever

 yuán
 en
 
The Mysterious Bond Between People Scroll

緣 represents the fate that brings and bonds people together.

緣 is a complicated single character. It can mean a lot of different things depending on how you read it.

In Japanese, it can mean fate, destiny, a mysterious force that binds two people together, a relationship between two people, bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, or chance (to meet someone and start a relationship). It can also mean “someone to rely on,” relative, reminder, memento, or the female given name, Yori.

It's the same in Chinese, where it's defined as cause, reason, karma, fate, or predestined affinity.

In the Buddhist context, it's Pratyaya. This is the concept of indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes. It's when something happens (meeting someone) by circumstance or a contributing environment. Instead of a direct cause or act, it is a conditioning cause without direct input or action by the involved people.

Occasionally, this character is used in a facetious way to say hem, seam, or edge of clothing. In this case, it's the seam that brings or holds the clothing together.


縁Note: Japanese will tend to use the variant of this Kanji shown to the right. If you want this version (and are ordering this from the Japanese master calligrapher), click on the Kanji at the right instead of the button above.

Fate / Opportunity / Chance

The Buddhist idea of Fate

 yīn yuán
 in nen
Fate / Opportunity / Chance Scroll

因緣 is the Buddhist concept of a chance meeting or an opportunity that presents itself by fate.

Sometimes this is used to describe a cosmic chain of events or cause and effect.

It also is used to describe predestined relationships between people - and sometimes married couples (although if you want one about marriage, try this: Fate / Destiny of Lovers.

因緣 can also be translated as origin, karma, destiny, affinity, connection, and relation. This all depends on context - seen alone on a wall scroll, this will be read with a “fate/chance” meaning by a Chinese person or a Korean person who can read Hanja.

The more complex definition of this word would be, “Direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things.”

This concept is known as nidana in the original Sanskrit. Also sometimes presented as hetupratyaya (or “hetu and prataya”), which I believe is Pali.


Note: Japanese will tend to use this version of the second Kanji: 縁
If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, expect that you’ll get this version. However, this word often carries a negative connotation in Japanese (bad things happen), as it is used that way in a certain Japanese idiom. Therefore, this may not be the best choice if Japanese is your target language.


See Also:  Buddhism | Opportunity

Once in a Lifetime

 yī qī yī huì
 ichigo ichie
Once in a Lifetime Scroll

This Japanese title can be translated as “for this time only,” “chance meeting,” “one meeting, one opportunity,” “never again,” or “one chance in a lifetime.”

The characters literally mean “one time one meeting” - of course, the Kanji characters have meaning far beyond a direct translation like this.

Some might use this proverb to talk of an opportunity that presents itself just once in your life. It could also be a one-and-only chance meeting with your true soul mate. An expression of any event that might happen once in a lifetime.


This is primarily a Japanese title, however, there is also a Traditional Chinese (and old Korean) version of this proverb. Just the last character is different.
會The traditional form was used in Japan before WWII and in Korea prior to 1900. This title is somewhat known in China.

If you want the older traditional form, just click on the character to the right.

 jī huì
 kikai
Opportunity Scroll

機会 is a common way to express “opportunity” in Japanese.

The first character means “chance,” and the second can be translated as “meeting.”

So in Japanese business, a “chance meeting” represents a real “opportunity.”

Note that this also means opportunity in Chinese, but it's more an oral or informal word in Mandarin. Also, the second Kanji is the same as the simplified version of the hui Chinese character.




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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your chance meeting search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

出会

see styles
 shukkai
    しゅっかい
(noun/participle) (See 出会い・であい・1) encounter; chance meeting; (surname) Deai

遭逢

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zāo féng
    zao1 feng2
tsao feng
 souhou / soho
    そうほう
to encounter (something unpleasant)
(noun/participle) meeting by chance; running into; coming upon; encounter

回り合い

see styles
 meguriai
    めぐりあい
(kana only) chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

巡り合い

see styles
 meguriai
    めぐりあい
(kana only) chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

廻り合い

see styles
 meguriai
    めぐりあい
(kana only) chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

めぐり合い

see styles
 meguriai
    めぐりあい
(kana only) chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

袖すり合うも他生の縁

see styles
 sodesuriaumotashounoen / sodesuriaumotashonoen
    そですりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (idiom) a meeting by chance is preordained

袖すり合うも多生の縁

see styles
 sodesuriaumotashounoen / sodesuriaumotashonoen
    そですりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (idiom) a meeting by chance is preordained

袖振り合うも他生の縁

see styles
 sodefuriaumotashounoen / sodefuriaumotashonoen
    そでふりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) a meeting by chance is preordained

袖擦り合うも他生の縁

see styles
 sodesuriaumotashounoen / sodesuriaumotashonoen
    そですりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (idiom) a meeting by chance is preordained

袖擦り合うも多生の縁

see styles
 sodesuriaumotashounoen / sodesuriaumotashonoen
    そですりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (idiom) a meeting by chance is preordained

Variations:
めぐり合い
巡り合い
廻り合い
回り合い

see styles
 meguriai
    めぐりあい
(kana only) chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

Variations:
袖振り合うも他生の縁
袖触合うも他生の縁

see styles
 sodefuriaumotashounoen / sodefuriaumotashonoen
    そでふりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond

Variations:
めぐり合い
巡り合い
廻り合い(rK)
回り合い(rK)

see styles
 meguriai
    めぐりあい
(kana only) chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

Variations:
袖すり合うも多生の縁
袖擦り合うも他生の縁
袖擦り合うも多生の縁
袖すり合うも他生の縁

see styles
 sodesuriaumotashounoen / sodesuriaumotashonoen
    そですりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) (See 袖振り合うも他生の縁) a meeting by chance is preordained

Variations:
袖振り合うも他生の縁
袖振り合うも多生の縁
袖ふりあうも他生の縁(sK)
袖触り合うも多生の縁(sK)

see styles
 sodefuriaumotashounoen / sodefuriaumotashonoen
    そでふりあうもたしょうのえん
(expression) (proverb) even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond; even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Fate
Chance Meeting
緣份 / 緣分
缘份 / 缘分
yuán fèn / yuan2 fen4 / yuan fen / yuanfenyüan fen / yüanfen
The Mysterious Bond Between People緣 / 縁
enyuán / yuan2 / yuanyüan
Fate
Opportunity
Chance
因緣
因缘 / 因縁
in nen / innenyīn yuán / yin1 yuan2 / yin yuan / yinyuanyin yüan / yinyüan
Once in a Lifetime一期一會
一期一会
ichigo ichie
ichigoichie
yī qī yī huì
yi1 qi1 yi1 hui4
yi qi yi hui
yiqiyihui
i ch`i i hui
ichiihui
i chi i hui
Opportunity機會
机会
kikaijī huì / ji1 hui4 / ji hui / jihuichi hui / chihui
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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