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The Buddhist idea of Fate
因緣 is the Buddhist concept of a chance meeting or an opportunity that presents itself by fate.
Sometimes this is used to describe a cosmic chain of events or cause and effect.
It also is used to describe predestined relationships between people - and sometimes married couples (although if you want one about marriage, try this: Fate / Destiny of Lovers.
因緣 can also be translated as origin, karma, destiny, affinity, connection, and relation. This all depends on context - seen alone on a wall scroll, this will be read with a “fate/chance” meaning by a Chinese person or a Korean person who can read Hanja.
The more complex definition of this word would be, “Direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things.”
This concept is known as nidana in the original Sanskrit. Also sometimes presented as hetupratyaya (or “hetu and prataya”), which I believe is Pali.
Note: Japanese will tend to use this version of the second Kanji:
If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, expect that you’ll get this version. However, this word often carries a negative connotation in Japanese (bad things happen), as it is used that way in a certain Japanese idiom. Therefore, this may not be the best choice if Japanese is your target language.
See Also: Buddhism | Opportunity
偶然の発見 is a way to express serendipity in Japanese. This title is more about the discovery by chance, like the melting candy bar in a Bell radar/communications laboratory that led to the invention of the microwave oven.
The first two Kanji mean incidentally, by chance, randomly, unexpectedly, suddenly, accident, fortuity, or by coincidence.
In the middle is a possessive article that connects these words/ideas.
The last two Kanji mean discovery, detection, or finding.
緣份 specifically represents the fate or destiny that brings two people together.
This is like the chance meeting of two people that leads sometime later to marriage.
This could also be the chance meeting of two business people who become partners and build a huge and successful company.
This idea is often associated with a fateful meeting leading to good fortune.
Some will define this word as “Destiny brings you two together” or “Meant to be.”
Note: The second character can also be written without the left radical, as shown to the right. If you have a preference, please let use know in the special instructions for your project. There is no difference in meaning or pronunciation, just two (alternate) ways to write the same character.
See Also: Soulmates | Good Fortune
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your chance search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
偶然 see styles |
ǒu rán ou3 ran2 ou jan guuzen / guzen ぐうぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Serendipity(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) (ant: 必然・1) coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity; (adverb) (2) by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally; (3) {phil} contingency |
因緣 因缘 see styles |
yīn yuán yin1 yuan2 yin yüan innen |
More info & calligraphy: Fate / Opportunity / Chancehetupratyaya. Cause; causes; 因 hetu, is primary cause, 緣 pratyaya, secondary cause, or causes, e. g. a seed is 因, rain, dew, farmer, etc., are 緣. The 十二因緣 twelve nidānas or links are 'the concatenation of cause and effect in the whole range of existence'. |
時機 时机 see styles |
shí jī shi2 ji1 shih chi jiki じき |
More info & calligraphy: Opportunityopportunity; chance; time; occasion |
機會 机会 see styles |
jī huì ji1 hui4 chi hui |
opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4] |
浪人 see styles |
làng rén lang4 ren2 lang jen rounin / ronin ろうにん |
More info & calligraphy: Ronin / Masterless Samurai(n,vs,adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (given name) Rounin |
緣分 缘分 see styles |
yuán fèn yuan2 fen4 yüan fen |
More info & calligraphy: Yuan Fen |
カチャ see styles |
gacha ガチャ |
More info & calligraphy: Katya |
偶然性 see styles |
ǒu rán xìng ou3 ran2 xing4 ou jan hsing guuzensei / guzense ぐうぜんせい |
More info & calligraphy: Serendipitycontingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry |
佹 see styles |
guǐ gui3 kuei |
(literary) perverse; unreasonable; (literary) eccentric; enigmatic; (literary) by chance; all of a sudden |
折 see styles |
zhé zhe2 che sagari さがり |
to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book (1) opportunity; chance; occasion; time; (n,ctr) (2) fold; pleat; crease; (3) small food box (wooden or cardboard); (personal name) Sagari Tear open, break down.; To snap, break; decide; compound; fold. |
湊 凑 see styles |
còu cou4 ts`ou tsou minatozaki みなとざき |
to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity harbour; harbor; port; (surname) Minatozaki |
湍 see styles |
tuān tuan1 t`uan tuan se せ |
to rush (of water) (1) shallows; shoal; (2) rapids; current; torrent; (3) position; place; (4) chance; opportunity |
瀬 see styles |
lài lai4 lai yanagise やなぎせ |
Japanese variant of 瀨|濑 (1) shallows; shoal; (2) rapids; current; torrent; (3) position; place; (4) chance; opportunity; (surname) Yanagise |
砌 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh migiri; migin みぎり; みぎん |
used in 砌末[qie4mo5] (kana only) time; age; chance; moment; occasion |
逢 see styles |
féng feng2 feng ai あい |
to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon (female given name) Ai |
運 运 see styles |
yùn yun4 yün un うん |
to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate fortune; luck; chance; (personal name) Yasu Revolve; turn of the wheel, luck; carry, transport. |
適 适 see styles |
shì shi4 shih teki てき |
to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue (adverb) (kana only) casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (kana only) occasional; rare; (given name) Teki To go to, reach; happen; follow, accord with; suddenly, now, then. |
遭 see styles |
zāo zao1 tsao sō |
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident to meet with |
鬮 阄 see styles |
jiū jiu1 chiu kuji くじ |
lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance) (kana only) lottery; lot A lot, tally, ballot, ticket, made of wood, bamboo, or paper; To cast lots for good or ill fortune. |
ご縁 see styles |
goen ごえん |
(1) (polite language) fate; chance; (2) (polite language) relationship; tie |
やだ see styles |
yada やだ |
(interjection) (1) (See いやだ) not a chance; not likely; no way; (2) fault; defect; weak point |
やや see styles |
yaya やや |
(interjection) (1) oh!; oh my!; dear me!; (interjection) (2) (ksb:) (from いや+や) (See やだ・1) not a chance; not likely; no way; no; (interjection) (3) (ksb:) (See やだ・2) oh no; yuck; eew; (female given name) Yaya |
万一 see styles |
manichi(p); banichi(ok); manitsu(ok); banitsu(ok) まんいち(P); ばんいち(ok); まんいつ(ok); ばんいつ(ok) |
(1) (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1; (adv,adj-no) (2) (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (given name) Man'ichi |
仄聞 see styles |
sokubun そくぶん |
(noun/participle) hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay |
伺機 伺机 see styles |
sì jī si4 ji1 ssu chi |
to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance |
側聞 see styles |
sokubun そくぶん |
(noun/participle) hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay |
偶々 see styles |
tamatama たまたま |
(adverb) (kana only) casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance |
偶偶 see styles |
tamatama たまたま |
(adverb) (kana only) casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance |
偶遇 see styles |
ǒu yù ou3 yu4 ou yü |
to meet by chance |
出会 see styles |
shukkai しゅっかい |
(noun/participle) (See 出会い・であい・1) encounter; chance meeting; (surname) Deai |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Fate Opportunity Chance | 因緣 因缘 / 因縁 | in nen / innen | yīn yuán / yin1 yuan2 / yin yuan / yinyuan | yin yüan / yinyüan |
Serendipity Chance Discovery | 偶然の発見 | guuzen no hakken guuzennohakken guzen no haken | ||
Fate Chance Meeting | 緣份 / 緣分 缘份 / 缘分 | yuán fèn / yuan2 fen4 / yuan fen / yuanfen | yüan fen / yüanfen | |
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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