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Hell
地獄 is the way that hell is written in modern Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
There's more than one way to express hell, but this is the one that has stood the test of time.
The first character refers to the ground or the earth.
The second character means jail or prison.
You can also translate this word as infernal, inferno, Hades, or underworld.
It should be noted that this is a somewhat terrible selection for a wall scroll. Hanging this in your home is like telling the world that your home is hell. Oddly, many people search for this on our website, so I added it for reference.
Hell / Judges of Hell
Ancient way to say Hell
yīn sī
陰司 is the ancient way to say “Hell” or “Netherworld” in Chinese.
This title can also refer to the officials of Hell or the judges of Hades or the Netherworld.
Please note that this is a somewhat terrible selection for a wall scroll. Hanging this in your home is like telling the world that your home is hell. Oddly, a lot of people search for this on my website, so I added it for reference.
Hell / Kingdom of the Underworld
yīn cáo dì fǔ
陰曹地府 can mean Hell, Hades, Kingdom of the Underworld, or the Netherworld.
When Chinese people talk about Hell, this is usually the term they use. Please note that this is a somewhat oral and informal word.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
陰曹地府 阴曹地府 see styles |
yīn cáo dì fǔ yin1 cao2 di4 fu3 yin ts`ao ti fu yin tsao ti fu |
More info & calligraphy: Hell / Kingdom of the Underworld |
冥 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
dark; deep; stupid; the underworld (female given name) Mei Darkness, obscurity; deep. Hades; used chiefly in the sense of 無知 ignorance, profound, secret, invisible, e.g. as opposed to 顯 open, manifest. |
九泉 see styles |
jiǔ quán jiu3 quan2 chiu ch`üan chiu chüan kyuusen / kyusen きゅうせん |
the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades hades; nether regions |
冥使 see styles |
míng shǐ ming2 shi3 ming shih myōshi |
Lictors, or messengers of Hades. |
冥土 see styles |
míng tǔ ming2 tu3 ming t`u ming tu mei do めいど |
(Buddhist term) Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead underworld |
冥官 see styles |
míng guān ming2 guan1 ming kuan meikan |
The rulers in Hades. |
冥府 see styles |
míng fǔ ming2 fu3 ming fu meifu / mefu めいふ |
underworld; hell (1) (See 冥土) realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; (2) hell The palace of darkness, Hades. |
冥王 see styles |
míng wáng ming2 wang2 ming wang meiou / meo めいおう |
the king of hell (1) {grmyth} (See ハデス・1) Hades (god); (2) {rommyth} (See プルートー・1) Pluto (god); (surname) Meiou |
冥界 see styles |
míng jiè ming2 jie4 ming chieh meikai / mekai めいかい |
ghost world hades; realm of the dead Hades, or the three lower forms of incarnation, i.e. hell, preta, animal. |
冥途 see styles |
míng tú ming2 tu2 ming t`u ming tu meido / medo めいど |
(Buddhist term) Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; (personal name) Meido underworld |
冥道 see styles |
míng dào ming2 dao4 ming tao meidō |
the gateway to the ghost world 冥途; 冥土 The dark way, or land of darkness, the shades, Hades, pretas, etc. |
地府 see styles |
dì fǔ di4 fu3 ti fu |
hell; the nether world; Hades |
奈落 see styles |
nài luò nai4 luo4 nai lo naraku ならく |
(1) (Buddhist term) Naraka (san: naraka); hell; hades; (2) very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances; (3) theatre basement; theater basement hell |
幽冥 see styles |
yōu míng you1 ming2 yu ming yū mei ゆうめい |
dark; hell; netherworld; hades semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light darkness |
幽明 see styles |
yōu míng you1 ming2 yu ming yuumei / yume ゆうめい |
the hidden and the visible; that which can be seen and that which cannot; darkness and light; night and day; wisdom and ignorance; evil and good; the living and the dead; men and ghosts semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light; (given name) Yūmei darkness and light |
幽界 see styles |
yuukai / yukai ゆうかい |
hades; realm of the dead |
捺落 see styles |
naraku ならく |
(1) (Buddhist term) Naraka (san: naraka); hell; hades; (2) very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances |
業秤 业秤 see styles |
yè chèng ye4 cheng4 yeh ch`eng yeh cheng gō no hakari |
The scales of karma, in which good and evil are weighed by the rulers of Hades. |
業簿 业簿 see styles |
yè bù ye4 bu4 yeh pu gōbo |
The record, or account book, kept by the rulers of Hades, recording the deeds of all sentient beings. |
業鏡 业镜 see styles |
yè jìng ye4 jing4 yeh ching kazumi かずみ |
(personal name) Kazumi Karma-mirror, that kept in Hades reveals all karma. |
泉下 see styles |
quán xià quan2 xia4 ch`üan hsia chüan hsia senka せんか |
Hades; the hereafter; (given name) Senka hades |
泉界 see styles |
quán jiè quan2 jie4 ch`üan chieh chüan chieh senkai |
hades |
泉路 see styles |
quán lù quan2 lu4 ch`üan lu chüan lu senro |
netherworld hades |
泉門 see styles |
senmon せんもん |
(1) soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel; (2) (See 黄泉) gates of Hades; entrance to the underworld; (surname) Izumikado |
法界 see styles |
fǎ jiè fa3 jie4 fa chieh hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai ほっかい; ほうかい |
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle. |
琰魔 see styles |
yǎn mó yan3 mo2 yen mo Enma |
Yama, the lord of Hades; v. 夜. |
那落 see styles |
nà luò na4 luo4 na lo naraku ならく |
(1) (Buddhist term) Naraka (san: naraka); hell; hades; (2) very bottom; the end; worst possible circumstances hell, purgatory |
鐵札 铁札 see styles |
tiě zhá tie3 zha2 t`ieh cha tieh cha tetsusatsu |
Iron tablets in Hades, on which are recorded each person's crimes and merits. |
防羅 防罗 see styles |
fáng luó fang2 luo2 fang lo bōra |
(idem 邏) Warders or patrols in Hades. |
阿傍 see styles |
ā páng a1 pang2 a p`ang a pang abō |
阿防 The ox-head torturers in Hades. Also 阿傍羅刹. |
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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 | |
| Hell | 地獄 地狱 | jigoku | dì yù / di4 yu4 / di yu / diyu | ti yü / tiyü |
| Hell Judges of Hell | 陰司 阴司 | yīn sī / yin1 si1 / yin si / yinsi | yin ssu / yinssu | |
| Hell Kingdom of the Underworld | 陰曹地府 阴曹地府 | yīn cáo dì fǔ yin1 cao2 di4 fu3 yin cao di fu yincaodifu | yin ts`ao ti fu yintsaotifu yin tsao ti fu |
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| 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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