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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
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. |
洭 see styles |
kuāng kuang1 k`uang kuang |
ancient name of a river 洭河[Kuang1 He2] in present-day Guangdong; (used in ancient place names) |
濋 see styles |
chǔ chu3 ch`u chu |
name of an ancient river (in present-day Dingtao County 定陶縣|定陶县[Ding4 tao2 Xian4], Shandong) |
號 号 see styles |
hào hao4 hao gou / go ごう |
ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people (n,n-suf) (1) number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; (2) sobriquet; pen-name; (suffix) (3) suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.; (personal name) Gou To roar, call, cry, scream; sign, mark, designation. |
鄵 see styles |
cào cao4 ts`ao tsao |
ancient place name (between present-day Xinzheng County 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4] and Lushan County 魯山|鲁山[Lu3 shan1], Henan) |
丹後 see styles |
tango たんご |
(hist) Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture); (s,f) Tango; (place-name) Tango (old name for north Kyoto Prefecture) |
五法 see styles |
wǔ fǎ wu3 fa3 wu fa gohō |
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc. |
令狐 see styles |
líng hú ling2 hu2 ling hu |
old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi); two-character surname Linghu |
備後 see styles |
bingo びんご |
(hist) Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture); (place-name, surname) Bingo; old name for east Hiroshima Prefecture |
六甲 see styles |
liù jiǎ liu4 jia3 liu chia rokkou / rokko ろっこう |
(place name) (place-name) Rokkou six periods of the day |
大和 see styles |
dà hé da4 he2 ta ho yamatozaki やまとざき |
Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc; Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc (1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (can act as adjective) (3) Japanese; (surname) Yamatozaki |
洭河 see styles |
kuāng hé kuang1 he2 k`uang ho kuang ho |
Kuang River, ancient name of a river in present-day Guangdong |
看板 see styles |
kàn bǎn kan4 ban3 k`an pan kan pan kanban かんばん |
billboard (1) signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate; (2) draw; attraction; feature; highlight; spokesman; figurehead; (3) reputation (of a shop); name; (4) appearance; look; show; (5) closing (for the day, esp. of a restaurant or bar); closing time |
舍利 see styles |
shè lì she4 li4 she li shari |
ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) (1) śārī, śārikā; a bird able to talk, intp. variously, but, M. W. says the mynah. Śārikā was the name of Śāriputra's mother, because her eyes were bright and clever like those of a mynah; there are other interpretation (2) śarīra(m). 設利羅 (or 室利羅); 實利; 攝 M004215 藍 Relics or ashes left after the cremation of a buddha or saint; placed in stupas and worhipped. The white represent bones; the black, hair; and the red, flesh. Also called dhātu-śarīra or dharma-śarīra. The body, a dead body. The body looked upon as dead by reason of obedience to the discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The Lotus Sutra and other sutras are counted as relics, Śākyamuni's relics are said to have amounted to 八斛四斗 84 pecks, for which Aśoka is reputed to have built in one day 84,000 stupas; but other figures are also given. śarīra is also intp. by grains of rice, etc., and by rice as food. |
薩摩 萨摩 see styles |
sà mó sa4 mo2 sa mo satsuma さつま |
Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc (1) (hist) Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); (2) (abbreviation) (See 薩摩芋・さつまいも) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); (place-name, surname) Satsuma |
野分 see styles |
nowake のわけ |
(1) late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; (2) name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari; (surname) Nowake |
兜率陀 see styles |
dōu shuài tuó dou1 shuai4 tuo2 tou shuai t`o tou shuai to Tosotsuda |
(兜率 or 兜率哆); 兜術; 珊都史多, 珊覩史多; 鬭瑟多 Tuṣita, from tuṣ, contented, satisfied, gratified; name of the Tuṣita heaven, the fourth devaloka in the 欲界 passion realm, or desire realm between the Yama and Nirmāṇarati heavens. Its inner department is the Pure Land of Maitreya who, like Śākyamuni and all Buddhas, is reborn there before descending to earth as the next Buddha; his life there is 4,000 Tuṣita years (each day there being equal to 4000 earth-years) 584 million such years. |
命名日 see styles |
mìng míng rì ming4 ming2 ri4 ming ming jih meimeibi / memebi めいめいび |
name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year) baptism day; name day |
文学忌 see styles |
bungakuki ぶんがくき |
death anniversary (of a writer, poet, etc.; oft. given a relevant name); commemoration day |
滿剌加 满剌加 see styles |
mǎn là jiā man3 la4 jia1 man la chia |
Ming Dynasty name for modern day Malacca; see also 馬六甲|马六甲[Ma3 liu4 jia3] |
鞞索迦 see styles |
bǐ suǒ jiā bi3 suo3 jia1 pi so chia |
Vaiśākha, the second month of spring, i.e. Chinese second month 16th to the 3rd month 15th day; name of a wealthy patroness of Śākyamuni and his disciples. |
別時念仏 see styles |
betsujinenbutsu べつじねんぶつ |
{Buddh} recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) |
聖名祝日 see styles |
seimeishukujitsu / semeshukujitsu せいめいしゅくじつ |
one's saint's day; name day |
Variations: |
uchi うち |
(n,adv) (1) inside; within; (n,adv) (2) (kana only) while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of; (n,adv) (3) (kana only) (as 〜のうち) among; amongst; (out) of; between; (4) (kana only) (also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition) in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success); (5) within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts; (6) (内 only) (kana only) (ant: そと・3,よそ・2) we; our company; our organization; (7) (内 only) (kana only) (also 家) (See 家・うち・2) one's home; one's family; (8) (内 only) my spouse; my husband; my wife; (9) (内 only) (in a letter after the husband's name) signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife; (pronoun) (10) (内 only) (kana only) (ksb:) (primarily used by women and children) I; me; (11) (内 only) (archaism) imperial palace grounds; (12) (内 only) (archaism) emperor |
Variations: |
uchi うち |
(n,adv) (1) inside; within; (n,adv) (2) (kana only) while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of; (n,adv) (3) (kana only) (as 〜のうち) among; amongst; (out) of; between; (4) (kana only) (also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition) in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success); (5) within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts; (6) (内 only) (kana only) (ant: そと・3,よそ・2) we; our company; our organization; (7) (内 only) (kana only) (also 家) (See 家・うち・2) one's home; one's family; (8) (内 only) my spouse; my husband; my wife; (9) (内 only) (in a letter after the husband's name) signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife; (pronoun) (10) (内 only) (kana only) (ksb:) (primarily used by women and children) I; me; (11) (内 only) (archaism) imperial palace grounds; (12) (内 only) (archaism) emperor |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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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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