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Short version
四季 is the 2-character way to say “Four Seasons.”
四季 literally means “4” and “seasons.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shiki search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
四季 see styles |
sì jì si4 ji4 ssu chi shiki しき |
More info & calligraphy: The Four Seasonsthe four seasons; (female given name) Yomogi |
志気 see styles |
shiki しき |
More info & calligraphy: Esprit de Corps / Determination |
式 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shiki しき |
type; form; pattern; style (n,n-suf) (1) way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type; (2) ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration; (3) wedding (ceremony); (4) equation; formula; expression; (5) (hist) (See 律令) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes); (given name) Shoku Style, shape, fashion, kind. |
敷 see styles |
fū fu1 fu shiki しき |
to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough (suffix) suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter); (n-suf,n-pref,n) (1) spreading; laying out; covering; (2) (abbreviation) security deposit; (3) (abbreviation) Japanese mattress; (surname) Shiki Diffuse, spread, promulgate, announce. |
燭 烛 see styles |
zhú zhu2 chu shoku しょく |
candle; (literary) to illuminate (1) light; lamp; (n,n-suf) (2) obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela); (personal name) Shiki a candle |
色 see styles |
shǎi shai3 shai shoku しょく |
(coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5] (counter) counter for colours; (female given name) Shiki rūpa, outward appearance, form, colour, matter, thing; the desirable, especially feminine attraction. It is defined as that which has resistance; or which changes and disappears, i. e. the phenomenal; also as 顯, 形 and 表色 colour and quality, form or the measurable, and mode or action. There are divisions of two, i. e. inner and outer, as the organs and objects of sense; also colour and form; of three, i. e. the visible object, e. g. colour, the invisible object, e. g. sound, the invisible and immaterial; of eleven, i. e. the five organs and five objects of sense and the immaterial object; of fourteen, the five organs and five objects of sense and the four elements, earth, water, fire, air. rūpa is one of the six bāhya-āyatana, the 六塵; also one of the five skandhas, 五蘊, i. e. the 色身. Keith refers to rūpa as 'material form or matter which is underived (no-utpādā) and which is derived (utpādā)', the underived or independent being the tangible; the derived or dependent being the senses, e. g. of hearing; most of their objects, e. g. sound; the qualities or faculties of feminity, masculinity, vitality; intimation by act and speech, space; qualities of matter, e. g. buoyancy and physical nutriment. |
識 识 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih shiki しき |
to record; to write a footnote (1) acquaintanceship; (2) {Buddh} vijnana; consciousness; (3) (after a signature) written by...; (personal name) Tsuguhide vijñāna, "the art of distinguishing, or perceiving, or recognizing, discerning, understanding, comprehending, distinction, intelligence, knowledge, science, learning . . . wisdom." M.W. parijñāna, "perception, thorough knowledge," etc. M.W. It is intp. by 心 the mind, mental discernment, perception, in contrast with the object discerned; also by 了別 understanding and discrimination. There are classifications of 一識 that all things are the one mind, or are metaphysical; 二識 q. v. discriminating the ālaya-vijñāna or primal undivided condition from the mano-vijñāna or that of discrimination; 三識 in the Laṅkāvatāra Sutra, fundamental, manifested and discriminate; 五識 q.v. in the 起信論, i.e. 業, 轉, 現, 知, and 相續識; 六識 the perceptions and discernings of the six organs of sense; also of 8, 9, 10, and 11 識. The most important is the eight of the 起信論, i.e. the perceptions of the six organs of sense, eye, ear, nose, tongue, body (or touch), and mind, together with manas, intp. as 意識 the consciousness of the previous moment, on which the other six depend; the eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, v. 阿賴耶, in which is contained the seed or stock of all phenomena and which 無沒 loses none, or nothing, is indestructible; a substitute for the seventh is ādāna 'receiving' of the 唯識, which is intp. as 無解 undiscriminated, or indefinite perception; there is a difference of view between the 相 and the 性 schools in regard to the seventh and eight 識; and the latter school add a ninth called the amala, or pure vijñāna, i.e. the non-phenomenal 眞如識. The esoterics add that all phenomena are mental and all things are the one mind, hence the one mind is 無量識 unlimited mind or knowledge, every kind of knowledge, or omniscience. vijñāna is one of the twelve nidānas.; Ālaya-vijñāna and mano-vijñāna; i. e. 阿梨耶 | and 分別事 |; v. 識. |
鋪 铺 see styles |
pù pu4 p`u pu shiki しき |
plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station mine tunnel; mine shaft; mineshaft; (personal name) Minezawa |
しき see styles |
shiki シキ |
(personal name) Siki |
偲喜 see styles |
shiki しき |
(female given name) Shiki |
偲希 see styles |
shiki しき |
(female given name) Shiki |
偲紀 see styles |
shiki しき |
(female given name) Shiki |
六色 see styles |
liù sè liu4 se4 liu se roku shiki |
six desires [of a woman] |
史木 see styles |
shiki しき |
(personal name) Shiki |
史葵 see styles |
shiki しき |
(female given name) Shiki |
史記 史记 see styles |
shǐ jì shi3 ji4 shih chi shiki しき |
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories); Records of the Grand Historian; (personal name) Fuminori Records of the Historian |
司輝 see styles |
shiki しき |
(female given name) Shiki |
嗣輝 see styles |
shiki しき |
(female given name) Shiki |
四棄 四弃 see styles |
sì qì si4 qi4 ssu ch`i ssu chi shiki |
The four pārājika sins resulting in excommunication, v. 波. |
四気 see styles |
shiki しき |
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter) |
四記 四记 see styles |
sì jì si4 ji4 ssu chi shiki |
(or 四答) The Buddha's for methods of dealing with questions: direct answer, discriminating answer, questioning in return, and silence. |
四鬼 see styles |
shiki しき |
(surname) Shiki |
士気 see styles |
shiki しき |
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps |
士記 see styles |
shiki しき |
(given name) Shiki |
士輝 see styles |
shiki しき |
(personal name) Shiki |
始期 see styles |
shiki しき |
beginning period; initial term |
始起 see styles |
shǐ qǐ shi3 qi3 shih ch`i shih chi shiki |
commencement |
子毅 see styles |
shiki しき |
(given name) Shiki |
子規 子规 see styles |
zǐ guī zi3 gui1 tzu kuei shiki しき |
cuckoo (kana only) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus); (person) Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) |
尸棄 尸弃 see styles |
shī qì shi1 qi4 shih ch`i shih chi Shiki |
Śikhin, 式棄; 式詰; 尸棄那 (or 尸棄佛); 罽那尸棄; crested, or a fame; explained by 火 fire; 刺那尸棄 Ratnaśikhin occurs in the Abhidharma. In the 本行經 it is 螺髻 a shell like tuft of hair. (1) The 999th Buddha of the last kalpa, whom Śākyamuni is said to have met. (2) The second of the seven Buddhas of antiquity, born in Prabhadvaja 光相城 as a Kṣatriya. (3) A Maha-brahma, whose name Śikhin is defined as 頂髻 or 火災頂 having a flaming tuft on his head; connected with the world-destruction by fire. The Fanyimingyi 翻譯名義 describes Śikhin as 火 or 火首 fame, or a flaming head and as the god of fire, styled also 樹提 Suddha, pure; he observed the 火定 Fire Dhyāna, broke the lures of the realm of desire, and followed virtue. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Esprit de Corps Determination | 志気 | shi ki / shi ge shiki / shige | ||
The Four Seasons | 四季 | shi ki / shiki | sì jì / si4 ji4 / si ji / siji | ssu chi / ssuchi |
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