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丑 see styles |
chǒu chou3 ch`ou chou chuu / chu ちゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Chou(1) the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 丑の刻) hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); (3) (obsolete) north-northeast; (4) (obsolete) twelfth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Chuu |
乾 干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan nukui ぬくい |
More info & calligraphy: Qianqian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h. |
云 see styles |
yún yun2 yün shionuma しおぬま |
(classical) to say (personal name) Shionuma To say, speak. |
代 see styles |
dài dai4 tai daisaki だいさき |
More info & calligraphy: Dynasty(n,n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (n,n-suf) (2) generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; (n,n-suf) (3) {geol} era; (n,n-suf) (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (n,n-suf) (5) (used after a phone number) (See 代表電話番号) switchboard number; (counter) (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (counter) (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (counter) (8) (abbreviation) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company; (9) (abbreviation) (used in dictionaries, etc.) (See 代名詞・1) pronoun; (surname) Daisaki Instead of, in place of, acting for, for; e. g. 代香 to offer incense in place of another; a generation, v. 世代. |
佛 see styles |
fó fo2 fo hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
來 来 see styles |
lái lai2 lai rai らい |
More info & calligraphy: To Come / To Arrive(female given name) Rai āgama; āgam-; āgata. Come, the coming, future. |
侍 see styles |
shì shi4 shih hito ひと |
More info & calligraphy: Samurai(1) (archaism) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer; (2) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 侍所・2) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods); (given name) Hito Attend; wait on; attendant. |
信 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin yuki ゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty / Fidelity(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論. |
健 see styles |
jiàn jian4 chien yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Healthy(personal name) Yutaka Sturdy, strong, hard, bold; unwearied; translit. ga, gha. |
僧 see styles |
sēng seng1 seng sou / so そう |
More info & calligraphy: Sangha / Order of Monks(1) monk; priest; (2) (abbreviation) (See 僧伽・そうぎゃ) sangha (the Buddhist community); (surname) Sou 僧伽 saṅgha, an assembly, collection, company, society. The corporate assembly of at least three (formerly four) monks under a chairman, empowered to hear confession, grant absolution, and ordain. The church or monastic order, the third member of the triratna. The term 僧 used alone has come to mean a monk, or monks in general. Also僧佉, 僧加, 僧企耶.; A fully ordained monk, i.e. a bhikṣu as contrasted with the śramaņa. |
光 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang rei / re れい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright / Shine(1) light; (2) illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; (3) happiness; hope; (4) influence; power; (5) vision; eyesight; (6) (abbreviation) (See 光回線) optical fiber; optical fibre; (female given name) Rei 光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate. |
兔 see styles |
tù tu4 t`u tu to うさぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Rabbit / Hare(kana only) rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids) rabbit |
冠 see styles |
guàn guan4 kuan masaru まさる |
More info & calligraphy: Gwan(1) (See 衣冠,束帯) traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; (2) crown; diadem; coronet; (3) (かんむり only) top kanji radical; (4) (かむり only) (See 俳諧・1) first verse of a haikai, etc.; (adj-t,adv-to) (5) (かん only) best; peerless; first; (6) (かんむり only) name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.; (counter) (7) (かん only) {shogi} counter for titles; (given name) Masaru crown |
冰 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping hiyou / hiyo ひよう |
More info & calligraphy: Ice / Frost(1) (archaism) ice; (2) hail; (personal name) Hiyou Ice, chaste. |
刀 see styles |
dāo dao1 tao tou / to とう |
More info & calligraphy: Katana(1) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; (2) (とう only) scalpel; (3) (とう only) (See 彫刻刀・ちょうこくとう) chisel; burin; graver; (4) (とう only) (See 刀銭) knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China); (personal name) Tou sword |
切 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh setsu せつ |
More info & calligraphy: Che(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch) To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反. |
劉 刘 see styles |
liú liu2 liu riyou / riyo りよう |
More info & calligraphy: Liu(surname) Riyou |
勒 see styles |
lēi lei1 lei roku ろく |
More info & calligraphy: Le(1) bit (horse mouthpiece); (2) (See 永字八法) second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong; rightward stroke Rein; extort, force; a left stroke; to draw in. |
動 动 see styles |
dòng dong4 tung yurugi ゆるぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Dynamic(ant: 静・1) motion; (female given name) Yurugi Move, stir, motion, mutable; movement arises from the nature of wind which is the cause of motion. |
勝 胜 see styles |
shèng sheng4 sheng masaru まさる |
More info & calligraphy: Win / Victory(1) win; victory; (2) beautiful scenery; scenic spot; (suf,ctr) (3) (ant: 敗・2) counter for wins; (surname, female given name) Masaru jina, victorious, from ji, to overcome, surpass. |
勤 see styles |
qín qin2 ch`in chin tsutome つとめ |
More info & calligraphy: Diligence(personal name) Tsutome vīrya, energy, zeal, fortitude, virility; intp. also as 精進 one of the pāramitās. |
勸 劝 see styles |
quàn quan4 ch`üan chüan kan |
More info & calligraphy: EncourageTo exhort, persuade, admonish. |
匿 see styles |
nì ni4 ni toku とく |
More info & calligraphy: Hide / Shelter / Shieldshelter; shield; hide to shelter |
博 see styles |
bó bo2 po hiromu ひろむ |
More info & calligraphy: Bo(suffix noun) (1) doctor; PhD; (suffix noun) (2) exposition; fair; exhibition; (given name) Hiromu Wide, universal; widely read, versed in; to cause; gamble; barter. |
卡 see styles |
qiǎ qia3 ch`ia chia |
More info & calligraphy: Kha |
危 see styles |
wēi wei1 wei ki き |
More info & calligraphy: Danger(1) danger; (2) {astron} (See 危宿,二十八宿,玄武・げんぶ・2) Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) Perilous. |
吉 see styles |
jí ji2 chi reikichi / rekichi れいきち |
More info & calligraphy: Lucky / Auspicious(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 御神籤・おみくじ) good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; (2) (abbreviation) (See 吉日・2) unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written); (given name) Reikichi śrī; auspicious, lucky, fortunate; translit. k, ke, ku, g. |
吻 see styles |
wěn wen3 wen fun ふん |
More info & calligraphy: Kiss{zool} proboscis; snout |
周 see styles |
zhōu zhou1 chou meguru めぐる |
More info & calligraphy: Chow / Zhou(counter) (1) counter for laps or circuits; (2) {math} perimeter; (3) (hist) Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (female given name) Meguru Around, on every side, complete. |
命 see styles |
mìng ming4 ming mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Destiny / Fate(1) (See 命令・1) order; command; decree; (2) (See 生命・1) life; (3) (See 運命) destiny; fate; (female given name) Mei jīvita . Life, vital, length of life, fate, decree. |
和 see styles |
huò huo4 huo wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Peace / Harmony(1) (mathematics term) sum; (2) harmony; peace; (n,n-pref,adj-no) (3) Japan; Japanese-style; (noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial; (adj-nari) (archaism) tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; calm (at sea); lull; (given name) Wataru Harmony, peace; to blend, mix; with, unite with; respond, rhyme. |
咱 see styles |
zán zan2 tsan |
More info & calligraphy: Zan |
唐 see styles |
táng tang2 t`ang tang touzaki / tozaki とうざき |
More info & calligraphy: Donn(1) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki for nothing |
唱 see styles |
chàng chang4 ch`ang chang tonoo とのお |
More info & calligraphy: Sing / Singing(surname) Tonoo To cry out, sing. |
善 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yoshikatsu よしかつ |
More info & calligraphy: Goodness / Good Deed(ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
喜 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness / Joyful / Joy(female given name) Yoshimi prīti; ānanda. Joy; glad; delighted, rejoice; to like. |
嘉 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia yomisuru よみする |
More info & calligraphy: Chia(personal name) Yomisuru Good, excellent, praiseworthy, to commend. |
囍 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi |
More info & calligraphy: Double Happiness |
地 see styles |
dì di4 ti hamaji はまぢ |
More info & calligraphy: Earth(n,n-suf) (1) earth; ground; land; soil; (n,n-suf) (2) place; (n,n-suf) (3) territory; (n,n-suf) (4) (See 天地無用) bottom (of a package, book, etc.); (n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1,土・ど・2) earth (one of the five elements); (surname) Hamaji pṛthivī, 鉢里體尾 the earth, ground; bhūmi, 歩弭 the earth, place, situation; talima, 託史麽 (or 託吏麽) ground, site; explained by 土地 earth, ground; 能生 capable of producing; 所依 that on which things rely. It is also the spiritual rank, position, or character attained by a Bodhisattva as a result of 住 remaining and developing in a given state in order to attain this 地 rank; v. 十住; 住位 and 十地. |
堪 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan tan たん |
More info & calligraphy: Kane(personal name) Tan To bear, sustain, be adequate to. |
壯 壮 see styles |
zhuàng zhuang4 chuang tsuyoshi つよし |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Robust(personal name) Tsuyoshi |
夢 梦 see styles |
mèng meng4 meng yumemu ゆめむ |
More info & calligraphy: Dream / Dreamsdream; (female given name) Yumemu A dream, a simile of the things of the world. |
婚 see styles |
hūn hun1 hun kon こん |
More info & calligraphy: Wedding(suffix) marriage |
嫪 see styles |
lào lao4 lao rō |
More info & calligraphy: Laoto have affection |
學 学 see styles |
xué xue2 hsüeh manabu まなぶ |
More info & calligraphy: Study / Learn / School(personal name) Manabu śikṣ; to study, learn, the process of acquiring knowledge; learning. |
安 see styles |
ān an1 an yasuji やすじ |
More info & calligraphy: Calm / Tranquility(pref,suf) (1) cheap; (prefix) (2) (See 安請け合い) rash; thoughtless; careless; indiscreet; frivolous; (personal name) Yasuji Peace, tranquil, quiet, pacify; to put, place; where ? how? |
定 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting yasushi やすし |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提. |
家 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia karyuu / karyu かりゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Family / Home(suffix) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See ん家) 's house; 's home; (surname) Karyū Family; home; school, sect; genus. |
寂 see styles |
jì ji4 chi yoshika よしか |
More info & calligraphy: Silent / Solitary(1) (entering into) nirvana; (suffix noun) (2) (used after a date to indicate the death of a monk at that time) died; (adj-t,adv-to) (3) (usu. せき) silent; tranquil; (female given name) Yoshika praśama; vivikta; śānti. Still, silent, quiet, solitary, calm, tranquil, nirvāṇa. |
密 see styles |
mì mi4 mi mitsu みつ |
More info & calligraphy: Secret(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 疎・そ・1) dense; thick; crowded; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) close (relationship); intimate; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) minute; fine; careful; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) secret; (5) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 密教・みっきょう) esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings; (surname, female given name) Mitsu Closed in; close together; intimate; quiet, still; secret, occult, esoteric; fine, small; contrasted with 顯 open, exoteric. Cf. 祕. |
實 实 see styles |
shí shi2 shih minoru みのる |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty(s,m) Minoru Real, true, honest, sincere; solid; fixed; full; to fill; fruit, kernel, effects; verily, in fact; it is used for 眞, as in 一實 the supreme fact, or ultimate reality; also for bhūta. |
尚 see styles |
shàng shang4 shang makoto まこと |
More info & calligraphy: Shang(adv,conj) (kana only) furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further; (personal name) Makoto to beg |
山 see styles |
shān shan1 shan yamamura やまむら |
More info & calligraphy: Mountain(n,ctr) (1) mountain; hill; (n,ctr) (2) mine; (n,ctr) (3) (mountain) forest; (n,ctr) (4) heap; pile; stack; mountain; (5) protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); (6) climax; peak; critical point; (7) guess; speculation; gamble; (8) (slang) (kana only) (police and crime reporter jargon; usu. written as ヤマ) (criminal) case; crime; (9) mountain climbing; mountaineering; (10) (See 山鉾) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); (11) {cards} (See 山札・1) deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; (12) {mahj} wall; wall tile; (prefix noun) (13) (before the name of a plant or animal) wild; (personal name) Yamamura A hill, mountain; a monastery. |
崇 see styles |
chóng chong2 ch`ung chung mitsuru みつる |
More info & calligraphy: Chong / Sung / Su(given name) Mitsuru Lofty, eminent, honourable; to reverence, adore. |
干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan motomu もとむ |
More info & calligraphy: Qian(irregular okurigana usage) (n,n-pref) drying; dried; (male given name) Motomu A shield; a stem, or pole; to offend; to concern; to seek. |
平 see styles |
píng ping2 p`ing ping yoshi よし |
More info & calligraphy: Balance / Peace(prefix) (abbreviation) (See 平成) nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30); (surname) Yoshi Even, level, tranquil; ordinary. |
張 张 see styles |
zhāng zhang1 chang miharu みはる |
More info & calligraphy: Zhang / Cheung(1) (archaism) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (2) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.; (given name) Miharu extended |
強 强 see styles |
qiǎng qiang3 ch`iang chiang tsuyomi つよみ |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Powerful / Force(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen. |
律 see styles |
lǜ lu:4 lü ritsuji りつじ |
More info & calligraphy: Ritsu(1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone); (personal name) Ritsuji vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli. |
徹 彻 see styles |
chè che4 ch`e che michi みち |
More info & calligraphy: Tetsu / Penetrating(personal name) Michi Penetrate, pervious, perspicacious; throughout; communal. |
心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin haato / hato ハート |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
忍 see styles |
rěn ren3 jen nin にん |
More info & calligraphy: Patience / Perseverance(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things. |
快 see styles |
kuài kuai4 k`uai kuai yoshi よし |
More info & calligraphy: Fastpleasure; delight; enjoyment; (female given name) Yoshi Glad, joyful; quick, sharp. |
念 see styles |
niàn nian4 nien nen ねん |
More info & calligraphy: Mindfulness(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の／が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment. |
恕 see styles |
shù shu4 shu yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Forgiveness(form) consideration; sympathy; compassion; (personal name) Yutaka |
悟 see styles |
wù wu4 wu satoru さとる |
More info & calligraphy: Satori / Enlightenment(given name) Satoru Awaken to, apprehend, perceive, become aware; similar to 覺, hence 覺悟. |
悶 闷 see styles |
mèn men4 men mon もん |
More info & calligraphy: Melancholy / Sorrow(rare) (See 悶え・もだえ) agony; anguish; (given name) Mon Depressed, oppressed, sad, melancholy; to cover, shut down, or in. |
意 see styles |
yì yi4 i kokoro こころ |
More info & calligraphy: Idea / Thought / Meaning(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought. |
愛 爱 see styles |
ài ai4 ai rui るい |
More info & calligraphy: Love(n,n-suf) (1) (See 愛する) love; affection; care; (2) {Buddh} attachment; craving; desire; (3) {Christn} (See アガペー・1) agape; (4) (abbreviation) Ireland; (female given name) Rui kāma; rāga. Love, affection, desire; also used for tṛṣṇā, thirst, avidity, desire, one of the twelve nidānas. It is intp. as 貪 coveting, and 染著 defiling attachment; also defined as defiling love like that toward wife and children, and undefiling love like that toward one's teachers and elders. |
慧 see styles |
huì hui4 hui megumi めぐみ |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom / Intelligence(1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) (Buddhist term) prajna (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom; (female given name) Megumi prajñā ; sometimes jñāna. Wisdom, discernment, understanding; the power to discern things and their underlying principles and to decide the doubtful. It is often interchanged with 智, though not correctly, for zhi means knowledge, the science of the phenomenal, while hui refers more generally to principles or morals. It is part of the name of many monks, e.g. 慧可 Huike; 慧思Huisi. |
慾 欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Desire / Longing / Cravinggreed; craving; desire; avarice; wants Passion, inordinate desire, lust, v. 欲. |
戴 see styles |
dài dai4 tai dai だい |
More info & calligraphy: Dhae(personal name) Dai To wear (on the head); to bear, sustain. |
放 see styles |
fàng fang4 fang hanashi はなし |
More info & calligraphy: Release / Let Go(place-name) Hanashi To let go, release, send out; put, place. |
救 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu tasuku たすく |
More info & calligraphy: Salvation / Save / Rescue(personal name) Tasuku To save, rescue, prevent from ill. |
整 see styles |
zhěng zheng3 cheng hitoshi ひとし |
More info & calligraphy: In Good Order(male given name) Hitoshi |
文 see styles |
wén wen2 wen remon れもん |
More info & calligraphy: Ven(1) (hist) mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); (2) mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); (3) letter; character; sentence; (4) (abbreviation) (See 経文,呪文) scripture; incantation; (female given name) Remon Letters, literature, writing; refined; culture; civil; a despatch; veined; a cash; to gloss. |
斗 see styles |
dǒu dou3 tou hakaru はかる |
More info & calligraphy: Fight / Beat Someonekanji radical 68 at right; (given name) Hakaru A bushel, i. e. ten Chinese pints. |
方 see styles |
fāng fang1 fang michi みち |
More info & calligraphy: Phuong(1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); (2) (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; (3) type; category; (4) field (of study, etc.); (5) indicates one side of a comparison; (6) way; method; manner; means; (7) length (of each side of a square); (given name) Michi Square; place; correct; a means, plan, prescription; then, now, just. |
旅 see styles |
lǚ lu:3 lü taya たや |
More info & calligraphy: Journey / Travel(hist) 500-man battalion (Zhou dynasty Chinese army); (surname) Taya |
昂 see styles |
áng ang2 ang hisashi ひさし |
More info & calligraphy: Aung(given name) Hisashi |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming meishuu / meshu めいしゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644. |
智 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih masaru まさる |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom(1) wisdom; (2) (Buddhist term) jnana (higher knowledge); (given name) Masaru jñāna 若那; 闍那 Knowledge; wisdom; defined as 於事理決斷也 decision or judgment as to phenomena or affairs and their principles, of things and their fundamental laws. There are numerous categories, up to 20, 48, and 77, v. 一智; 二智 and others. It is also used as a tr. of prajñā, cf. 智度. |
暉 晖 see styles |
huī hui1 hui hikaru ひかる |
More info & calligraphy: Hikari(given name) Hikaru |
暗 see styles |
àn an4 an hikage ひかげ |
dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant (ant: 明・めい・1) darkness; (female given name) Hikage Dark, dim, gloom, dull; secret, hidden. |
書 书 see styles |
shū shu1 shu sho しょ |
More info & calligraphy: Book(n,n-suf) (1) book; document; (2) calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; (3) handwriting; (4) letter; note likh; to write; pustaka, a writing, book; lekha, a letter, document. |
望 see styles |
wàng wang4 wang yuaha ゆあは |
More info & calligraphy: Great Expectations(1) (archaism) full moon; (2) (archaism) 15th day of the lunar month; (female given name) Yuaha To look at, or for; expect, hope; towards; the full moon. |
本 see styles |
běn ben3 pen yanakamoto やなかもと |
More info & calligraphy: Ben(1) book; volume; script; (prefix) (2) this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue; (prefix) (3) main; head; principal; (prefix) (4) real; genuine; regular; proper; (counter) (5) counter for long, cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls; (surname) Yanakamoto Radical, fundamental, original, principal, one's own; the Buddha himself, contrasted with 蹟 chi, traces left by him among men to educate them; also a volume of a book. |
業 业 see styles |
yè ye4 yeh hajime はじめ |
More info & calligraphy: Karmadeed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣. |
欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Desire / Longing / Cravinggreed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses. |
欽 钦 see styles |
qīn qin1 ch`in chin makoto まこと |
More info & calligraphy: Qin / Chin(personal name) Makoto Imperial; to respect, reverence. |
歡 欢 see styles |
huān huan1 huan kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Joyful(personal name) Kan nanda. Pleased, glad. |
殺 杀 see styles |
shā sha1 sha satsu さつ |
More info & calligraphy: Kill / Slaughter / Murder / Butcher(female given name) Satsu To kill, cut down, cut off. |
氣 气 see styles |
qì qi4 ch`i chi ki き |
More info & calligraphy: Life Energy / Spiritual Energy(out-dated kanji) (1) spirit; mind; heart; (2) nature; disposition; (3) motivation; intention; (4) mood; feelings; (5) ambience; atmosphere; mood energy |
水 see styles |
shuǐ shui3 shui yoshimi よしみ |
More info & calligraphy: Water(1) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool or cold); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) {sumo} (See 力水) water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) {sumo} (See 水入り) break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (female given name) Yoshimi water; liquid. |
汗 see styles |
hàn han4 han fuzakashi ふざかし |
More info & calligraphy: Khan(See ハン) khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe); (surname) Fuzakashi Sweat; vast. |
沈 沉 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chin ちん |
More info & calligraphy: Shen / Shum(surname) Chin 沉 To sink; heavy. |
法 see styles |
fǎ fa3 fa minori みのり |
More info & calligraphy: Dharma / The Law(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵. |
泡 see styles |
pào pao4 p`ao pao hō あわ |
More info & calligraphy: Paoabubble; foam; froth; head on beer A bubble, a blister; to infuse. |
波 see styles |
bō bo1 po bo ぼ |
More info & calligraphy: Wave(abbreviation) (See 波蘭・ポーランド) Poland; (personal name) Bo taraṅga. A wave, waves; to involve; translit. p, b, v; cf. 婆; 般; 鉢 etc. |
派 see styles |
pài pai4 p`ai pai minamata みなまた |
More info & calligraphy: Pai(n,n-suf) (1) group; faction; clique; coterie; (n,n-suf) (2) (political) faction; wing; camp; (n,n-suf) (3) school (of thought, painting, etc.); (n,n-suf) (4) sect; denomination; (surname) Minamata branch |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Ambitious - to Improve Oneself" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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