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釈迦 is the way to write Shakyamuni in Japanese.
It's just two Kanji, the first is a simplified version of the one used in Chinese for Shakyamuni, and the second one is identical to the Chinese.
This refers to the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE) also known as Sakyamuni and Gautama Buddha.
This has a very good meaning in Japanese but is an odd selection for a wall scroll. It appears here more for reference.
釋迦牟尼 is a transliteration of “Shakyamuni” or “Sakyamuni” in Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.
The perceived meaning of the name is roughly translated as “Sage of the Sakyas.”
This same Buddha is also known as “Siddhartha Gautama,” “Gotama Buddha,” “Tathagata,” or simply, “The Supreme Buddha.”
Shakyamuni is the legendary man and prince who eventually established the Buddhist religion.
Note: Occasionally Romanized as “Siddhattha Gotama.”
This combination of characters is sometimes seen and used in South Korea and Japan as well (with the same meaning).
Note: 釋迦牟尼 came from the Sanskrit शाक्यमुनि and can also be romanized with diuretics as Śākyamuni.
南無釋迦牟尼佛 is a Buddhist chant or prayer of respect to the Shakyamuni Buddha.
Some will translate this as the Buddhist vow.
The first two characters, 南無, are sometimes translated as “amen”; others will translate it as “belief in” or “homage to.”
To expand on this, 南無 can also mean “taking of refuge in” while representing devotion or conviction. 南無 as with most religious concepts or words, different people or denominations will have varying definitions.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 迦 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
迦 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia ka |
More info & calligraphy: KyaTranslit. ka, kā; cf. 伽; 各; 嘎; 揭; 柯; 箇; 紺; 羯. |
彌迦 弥迦 see styles |
mí jiā mi2 jia1 mi chia Mika |
More info & calligraphy: Mycah |
釈迦 see styles |
shaka しゃか |
More info & calligraphy: Shakyamuni / The Buddha |
撒迦利亞 撒迦利亚 see styles |
sā jiā lì yà sa1 jia1 li4 ya4 sa chia li ya |
More info & calligraphy: Zachariah |
釋迦牟尼 释迦牟尼 see styles |
shì jiā móu ní shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shih chia mou ni Shakamuni |
More info & calligraphy: Shakyamuni / The Buddha釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉. |
叔迦 see styles |
shú jiā shu2 jia1 shu chia shukuka |
(or M003764迦) (叔婆) śuka, a parrot. |
商迦 see styles |
shāng jiā shang1 jia1 shang chia shōka |
conch |
嚧迦 see styles |
lú jiā lu2 jia1 lu chia roka |
world |
塞迦 see styles |
sāi jiā sai1 jia1 sai chia Saika |
Scythian |
天迦 see styles |
tiān jiā tian1 jia1 t`ien chia tien chia tenka |
devanāgarī, 神字 the usual form of Sanskrit writing, introduced into Tibet, v. 梵字. |
宇迦 see styles |
uka うか |
(given name) Uka |
庶迦 see styles |
shù jiā shu4 jia1 shu chia shoka |
cakra |
戌迦 see styles |
xū jiā xu1 jia1 hsü chia juka |
śuka, a parrot; an epithet of the Buddha. |
日迦 see styles |
nikka にっか |
(given name) Nikka |
楞迦 see styles |
léng jiā leng2 jia1 leng chia |
Lanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon) |
沙迦 see styles |
sanaka さなか |
(female given name) Sanaka |
瑜迦 see styles |
yú jiā yu2 jia1 yü chia |
yoga (loanword) |
突迦 see styles |
tú jiā tu2 jia1 t`u chia tu chia Toga |
Durgā, Bhīmā, or Marīci, 'the wife of Maheśvara, to whom human flesh was offered once a year in autumn.' Eitel. |
縛迦 缚迦 see styles |
fú jiā fu2 jia1 fu chia baka |
vākya, speech, saying, sentence, word. |
翳迦 see styles |
yì jiā yi4 jia1 i chia eika |
eka, one, once, single, unique. |
莫迦 see styles |
baka ばか |
(ateji / phonetic) (1) (kana only) fool; idiot; (2) (kana only) trivial matter; folly; absurdity; (adjectival noun) (3) (kana only) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; (4) (abbreviation) (kana only) Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell) |
莱迦 see styles |
raika らいか |
(female given name) Raika |
落迦 see styles |
luò jiā luo4 jia1 lo chia rakuka |
Naraka, hell, v. 那. |
薄迦 see styles |
bó jiā bo2 jia1 po chia hakka |
(薄迦梵); 薄伽 (薄伽梵) bhagavan, bhagavat, 世尊 world-honoured, cf. 婆. |
薩迦 萨迦 see styles |
sà jiā sa4 jia1 sa chia |
Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet; saga (i.e. heroic tale) |
路迦 see styles |
lù jiā lu4 jia1 lu chia roka |
loka, intp. by 世間, the world, a region or realm, a division of the universe. |
迦利 see styles |
jiā lì jia1 li4 chia li Kari |
Kali, strife, striver; ill-born; also 迦梨; 迦棃; 迦藍浮; 迦羅富; 迦陵伽王; 哥利 (or 歌利); 羯利 Kalirāja, Kalingarāja, a king of Magadha noted for his violence; it is said that in a former incarnation he cut off the ears, nose, and hands of the Buddha, who bore it all unmoved; cf. Nirvāṇa sūtra, 31. |
迦十 see styles |
kajuu / kaju かじゅう |
(personal name) Kajuu |
迦南 see styles |
jiā nán jia1 nan2 chia nan |
Canaan (in Biblical Palestine) |
迦奢 see styles |
jiā shē jia1 she1 chia she kasha |
kāśa, a species of grass, used for mats, thatch, etc.; personified as one of Yama's attendants. M. W. Eitel says a broom made of it and used by Śākyamuni 'is still an object of worship'. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Kya | 迦 | jiā / jia1 / jia | chia | |
Micah | 彌迦 弥迦 | mí jiā / mi2 jia1 / mi jia / mijia | mi chia / michia | |
Mycah | 彌迦 弥迦 | mí jiā / mi2 jia1 / mi jia / mijia | mi chia / michia | |
Nicah | 尼迦 | nī jiā / ni1 jia1 / ni jia / nijia | ni chia / nichia | |
Rockia | 羅迦 罗迦 | luó jiā / luo2 jia1 / luo jia / luojia | lo chia / lochia | |
Shakyamuni The Buddha | 釈迦 | sha ka / shaka | shì jiā / shi4 jia1 / shi jia / shijia | shih chia / shihchia |
Shakyamuni The Buddha | 釋迦牟尼 释迦牟尼 | sha ka mu ni shakamuni | shì jiā móu ní shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 shi jia mou ni shijiamouni | shih chia mou ni shihchiamouni |
Zachariah | 撒迦利亞 撒迦利亚 | sā jiā lì yà sa1 jia1 li4 ya4 sa jia li ya sajialiya | sa chia li ya sachialiya |
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Namo Shakyamuni Buddha | 南無釋迦牟尼佛 南无释迦牟尼佛 | namu shakamuni butsu namushakamunibutsu | nán wú shì jiā móu ní fó nan2 wu2 shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 fo2 nan wu shi jia mou ni fo nanwushijiamounifo | nan wu shih chia mou ni fo nanwushihchiamounifo |
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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