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First Born Son
長男 is a Chinese, old Korean Hanja and Japanese Kanji title for eldest son (may be the only son), firstborn son.
This can also be the Japanese personal name “Nobuo.”
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
長男 长男 see styles |
zhǎng nán zhang3 nan2 chang nan chounan / chonan ちょうなん |
More info & calligraphy: First Born Soneldest son (may be the only son); first-born son; (personal name) Nobuo |
一男 see styles |
ichinan いちなん |
boy; eldest son; (personal name) Hatsuo |
伯兄 see styles |
hakkei / hakke はっけい |
the eldest son |
嫡子 see styles |
dí zǐ di2 zi3 ti tzu chakushi ちゃくし |
son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3]) legitimate child a rightful heir |
嫡孫 see styles |
chakuson ちゃくそん |
eldest son's descendants |
嫡流 see styles |
chakuryuu / chakuryu ちゃくりゅう |
lineage of eldest son |
嫡男 see styles |
chakunan ちゃくなん |
heir; eldest son |
尊子 see styles |
zūn zǐ zun1 zi3 tsun tzu takako たかこ |
(female given name) Takako the eldest son |
智積 智积 see styles |
zhì jī zhi4 ji1 chih chi chishaku ちしゃく |
(place-name) Chishaku Jñānākara. Accumulation of knowledge. Eldest son of Mahābhijñā; also said to be Akṣobhya. Prajñākūṭa. A Bodhisattva in the retinue of Prabhūtratna, v. Lotus Sūtra. |
有意 see styles |
yǒu yì you3 yi4 yu i yuui / yui ゆうい |
to intend; intentionally; interested in (adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) significant; meaningful; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) intentional; volitional mati; matimant; possessing mind, intelligent; a tr. of manuṣya, man, a rational being. The name of the eldest son of Candra-sūrya-pradīpa. |
氏上 see styles |
ujinokami うじのかみ |
(1) (archaism) eldest son; (2) (archaism) older brother; older sister; (3) (archaism) older person; (4) (archaism) head of a clan; head of a region; (5) (archaism) skilled craftsman; (archaism) head of a clan; (personal name) Ujinokami |
淨藏 净藏 see styles |
jìng zàng jing4 zang4 ching tsang jō zō |
Vimalagarbha, eldest son of Śubhavyūha in the Lotus Sutra. |
胄子 see styles |
zhòu zǐ zhou4 zi3 chou tzu |
eldest son |
那吒 那咤 see styles |
nà zhà na4 zha4 na cha Nata |
Naṭa, said to be the eldest son of Vaiśravaṇa, and represented with three faces, eight arms, a powerful demon-king. |
長子 长子 see styles |
zhǎng zǐ zhang3 zi3 chang tzu choushi; eko(ok) / choshi; eko(ok) ちょうし; えこ(ok) |
eldest son (1) (ちょうし only) (See 末子・ばっし) eldest child; oldest child; first child; (2) eldest son; oldest son; (female given name) Hisako |
長孫 长孙 see styles |
zhǎng sūn zhang3 sun1 chang sun |
eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son |
阿閦 see styles |
ā chù a1 chu4 a ch`u a chu Ashuku |
Akṣobhya, 阿閦鞞; 阿閦婆; 阿芻閦耶 unmoved, imperturbable; tr. 不動; 無動 also 無怒; 無瞋恚 free from anger, according to his Buddha-vow. One of the Five Buddhas, his realm Abhirata, Delightful, now being in the east, as Amitābha's is in the west. He is represented in the Lotus as the eldest son of Mahābhijñābhibhū 大通智勝, and was the Bodhisattva ? jñānākara 智積 before he became Buddha; he has other appearances. akṣobhya is also said to mean 100 vivara s, or 1 followed by 17 ciphers, and a 大通智勝 is ten times that figure. |
あんこ see styles |
anko あんこ |
(1) (Izu Oshima dialect) daughter; young lady; (2) (thb:) (hob:) young man; eldest son; (3) (prison slang) (See 女役・3) passive role in a male homosexual relationship; (female given name) Anko |
伯邑考 see styles |
bó yì kǎo bo2 yi4 kao3 po i k`ao po i kao |
Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and the elder brother of King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝[Zhou1 chao2] of ancient China |
康僧鎧 康僧铠 see styles |
kāng sēng kǎi kang1 seng1 kai3 k`ang seng k`ai kang seng kai Kōsōgai |
or 康僧會 Saṅghavarman, also said to be Saṅghapāla; an Indian monk supposed to be of Tibetan descent; but Saṅghapāla is described as the eldest son of the prime minister of Soghdiana, and is probably a different person. Saṅghavarman tr. at the White Horse Temple, Luoyang, in A.D. 252; inter alia the 無量壽經 is accredited to him, but a more reliable tradition of the Canon ascribes the tr. to Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. |
惣領制 see styles |
souryousei / soryose そうりょうせい |
sōryō system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period) |
李建成 see styles |
lǐ jiàn chéng li3 jian4 cheng2 li chien ch`eng li chien cheng |
Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变; Professor Li Jiancheng (1964-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy |
李顯龍 李显龙 see styles |
lǐ xiǎn lóng li3 xian3 long2 li hsien lung |
Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004 |
歡喜天 欢喜天 see styles |
huān xǐ tiān tiān huan1 xi3 tian1 tian1 huan hsi t`ien t`ien huan hsi tien tien kangi ten |
大聖歡喜天; 聖天; (大聖天) The joyful devas, or devas of pleasure, represented as two figures embracing each other, with elephants' heads and human bodies; the two embracing figures are interpreted as Gaṇeśa (the eldest son of Śiva) and an incarnation of Guanyin; the elephant-head represents Gaṇeśa; the origin is older than the Guanyin idea and seems to be a derivation from the Śivaitic linga-worship. |
羅睺羅 罗睺罗 see styles |
luó huó luó luo2 huo2 luo2 lo huo lo Ragora |
Rāhula, the eldest son of Śākyamuni and Yaśodharā; also羅睺; 羅吼; 羅云; 羅雲; 曷怙羅 or 何怙羅 or 羅怙羅. He is supposed to have been in the womb for six years and born when his father attained buddhahood; also said to have been born during an eclipse, and thus acquired his name, though it is defined in other ways; his father did not see him till he was six years old. He became a disciple of the Hīnayāna, but is said to have become a Mahāyānist when his father preached this final perfect doctrine, a statement gainsaid by his being recognized as founder of the Vaibhāṣika school. He is to be reborn as the eldest son of every buddha, hence is sometimes called the son of Ānanda. |
金正男 see styles |
jīn zhèng nán jin1 zheng4 nan2 chin cheng nan |
Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4] |
上行菩薩 上行菩萨 see styles |
shàng xíng pú sà shang4 xing2 pu2 sa4 shang hsing p`u sa shang hsing pu sa Jōgyō bosatsu |
Viśiṣṭa-cāritra Bodhisattva, who suddenly rose out of the earth as Buddha was concluding one of his Lotus sermons; v. Lotus sūtra 15 and 21. He is supposed to have been a convert of the Buddha in long past ages and to come to the world in its days of evil. Nichiren in Japan believed himself to be this Bodhisattva's reincarnation, and the Nichiren trinity is the Buddha, i.e. the eternal Śākyamuni Buddha; the Law, i.e. the Lotus Truth; and the Saṅgha, i.e. this Bodhisattva, in other words Nichiren himself as the head of all living beings, or eldest son of the Buddha. |
拘利太子 see styles |
jū lì tài zǐ ju1 li4 tai4 zi3 chü li t`ai tzu chü li tai tzu Kuri taishi |
Kolita, the eldest son of Droṇodana, uncle of Śākyamuni; said to be Mahānāma, but others say Mahāmaudgalyāyana. Also 拘栗; 拘肄多. |
総領息子 see styles |
souryoumusuko / soryomusuko そうりょうむすこ |
eldest son |
部屋住み see styles |
heyazumi へやずみ |
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| First Born Son | 長男 长男 | chounan / chonan | zhǎng nán zhang3 nan2 zhang nan zhangnan | chang nan changnan |
| 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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