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Ancient in Chinese / Japanese...

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These search terms might be related to Ancient:

Birth Old-Age Sickness Death

Dawn / Early Morning / Twilight

Growing Old Together

Hold Hands With You, Grow Old With You

Learn New Ways From Old / Onkochishin

Old, but More Vigorous in Spirit

Retro / Old School

Teacher / Master / Old Sage

The Old Way / Old School

The White Hairs of Old Age

You Are Only as Old as You Feel

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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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chǒu
    chou3
ch`ou
    chou
 chuu / chu
    ちゅう

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Chou
clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
(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

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dāo
    dao1
tao
 tou / to
    とう

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Katana
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
(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

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    tu3
t`u
    tu
 do
    ど

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Earth
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(abbreviation) (kana only) (See 土耳古・トルコ・1) Turkey; (place-name) Do
Bhū; bhūmi; pṛthivī. Earth, locality, local, vulgar.

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    lu:4

 ritsuji
    りつじ

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Ritsu
law
(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.

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luò
    luo4
lo
 Raku

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Luo
used in transliteration
Luoyang 洛陽, the ancient capital of China.

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shí
    shi2
shih
 tsuruishi
    つるいし

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Stone / Rock
rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(counter) (1) counter for jewels in a watch; (counter) (2) counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product; (surname) Tsuruishi
Stone, rock.

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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
 kei / ke
    けい

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Khánh
chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples; (given name) Kei
A piece of flat stone or metal, used as a gong, or for musical percussion.


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kan
    かん

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Simplicity
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan
A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct.

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    hu2
hu
 fu
    ふ

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Hu
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
(hist) barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; (surname) Fu; (surname) Hu
How? Why? Hun; Turk; random; hemp; long-lived; pepper, etc.; translit. go, hu.

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xīn
    xin1
hsin
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう

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Sim
(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa
(counter) (colloquialism) counter for spiciness of food (e.g. curry); (surname) Shinkou
sharp

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hǎo
    hao3
hao

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Hao
ancient place name; surname Hao

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jīn
    jin1
chin
 kimu
    キム

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Gold / Metal
gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim
hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money.


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chan
    チャン

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Tran
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
(1) (hist) Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) (hist) Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) Tran
Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale.

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 miniwa
    みにわ

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; chaser; tagger; tigger; (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

てい

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 dei / de
    デイ
(1) Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group); (2) (astron) Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (personal name) Day

古德

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gǔ dé
    gu3 de2
ku te
 kotoku

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Goode
virtuous ancient(s)

古道

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gǔ dào
    gu3 dao4
ku tao
 furumichi
    ふるみち

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The Old Way / Old School
ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
(1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi

司徒

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sī tú
    si1 tu2
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shito
    しと

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Stu
minister of land and people (in ancient times)
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou dynasty China)

孔雀

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kǒng què
    kong3 que4
k`ung ch`üeh
    kung chüeh
 kujaku
    くじゃく

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Peacock
peafowl; peacock
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick); (given name) Kujaku
mayūra, 摩裕羅 a peacock; the latter form is also given by Eitel for Mauriya as 'an ancient city on the north-east frontier of Matipura, the residence of the ancient Maurya (Morya) princes. The present Amrouah near Hurdwar'.

巾幗


巾帼

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jīn guó
    jin1 guo2
chin kuo

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Woman
woman; woman's headdress (ancient)

拉丁

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lā dīng
    la1 ding1
la ting
 raten
    らてん

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Ladin
Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
(1) (abbreviation) (kana only) Latin (language); (can act as adjective) (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) Latin-American; Latin; Latino; (3) (kana only) Latin; Roman; relating to the literature, culture, etc. of ancient Rome

木馬


木马

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mù mǎ
    mu4 ma3
mu ma
 mokuba
    もくば

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Wood Horse
wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse (gymnastics); trojan horse (computing)
(1) wooden horse; rocking horse; (2) (See 跳馬) vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics; (3) the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet); (given name) Mokuba
wooden horse

荷馬


荷马

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hé mǎ
    he2 ma3
ho ma
 niuma
    にうま

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Homer
Homer, poet of ancient Greece
pack horse

あらん

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 aran
    アラン
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people); (male given name) Alan; Allan; Alain; Alun

古武道

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 kobudou / kobudo
    こぶどう

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Kobudo
ancient Japanese martial arts

特洛伊

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tè luò yī
    te4 luo4 yi1
t`e lo i
    te lo i

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Troy
ancient city of Troy

たらんと

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 tarando
    タランド
(hist) talent (ancient unit of weight and currency) (grc: talanton); (personal name) Talland

タレント

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 tarento
    タレント

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Tallent
(1) (TV or radio) entertainer (eng: talent); television personality; radio personality; (2) talent; skill; (3) (hist) (See タラント) talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)

五斗米道

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wǔ dǒu mǐ dào
    wu3 dou3 mi3 dao4
wu tou mi tao
 gotobeidou / gotobedo
    ごとべいどう

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The Way of Five Pecks of Rice
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement); Way of the Celestial Master
(hist) (See 天師道) Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)

孫子兵法


孙子兵法

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sūn zǐ bīng fǎ
    sun1 zi3 bing1 fa3
sun tzu ping fa

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Sun Tzu - Art of War
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

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