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Godai / Five Elements

 wǔ dà
 godai
Godai / Five Elements Scroll

五大 is the Japanese title for the five elements.

In Japan, the five elements differ slightly from the original Chinese. Therefore, in Japanese philosophy, you have earth, water, fire, wind, and void (space).

The meaning of the first character is 5, but the second character means great or large. Some translate this as the five majors. 大 is only understood as “elements” when you have 五 in front of it.

In Buddhism, this can be short for 五大明王, or the five great and wise kings.


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Characters

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Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

五大

see styles
wǔ dà
    wu3 da4
wu ta
 godai
    ごだい

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Godai / Five Elements
(1) {Buddh} (See 五行・ごぎょう・1) the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 五大明王) five great wisdom kings; (surname) Godai
The five elements— earth, water, fire, wind, and space. v. also 五行 the five agents. In the esoteric cult the five are the physical manifestation, or garbhadhātu, v. 胎; as being in all phenomena they are called 五輪 the five evolvers; their phonetic embryos 種子 are those of the Five Dhyani-Buddhas of the five directions, v. 五佛.

五代

see styles
wǔ dài
    wu3 dai4
wu tai
 godai
    ごだい
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
(hist) (See 五代十国・ごだいじっこく,後梁・こうりょう,後唐・こうとう,後晋・こうしん,後漢・ごかん・2,後周・こうしゅう) Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979); (p,s,f) Godai

五内

see styles
 gonai; godai
    ごない; ごだい
(archaism) (See 五臓) the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五台

see styles
 godai
    ごだい
(place-name) Godai

伍代

see styles
 godai
    ごだい
(surname) Godai

合代

see styles
 goudai / godai
    ごうだい
(surname) Goudai

吾代

see styles
 godai
    ごだい
(personal name) Godai

吾大

see styles
 godai
    ごだい
(given name) Godai

後台


后台

see styles
hòu tái
    hou4 tai2
hou t`ai
    hou tai
 godai
    ごだい
backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
(place-name) Godai

郷台

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 goudai / godai
    ごうだい
(place-name) Goudai

醐代

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 godai
    ごだい
(surname) Godai

五代力

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 godaitsutomu
    ごだいつとむ
(person) Godai Tsutomu

五大形

see styles
wǔ dà xíng
    wu3 da4 xing2
wu ta hsing
 godai gyō
The symbols of the five elements— earth as square, water round, fire triangular, wind half-moon, and space a combination of the other four.

五大觀


五大观

see styles
wǔ dà guān
    wu3 da4 guan1
wu ta kuan
 godai kan
The meditation on the five elements 五大.

五臺山


五台山

see styles
wǔ tái shān
    wu3 tai2 shan1
wu t`ai shan
    wu tai shan
 Godai Zan
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
Pañcaśirsha, Pancaśikha. Wutai Shan, near the northeastern border of Shanxi, one of the four mountains sacred to Buddhism in China. The principal temple was built A. D. 471-500. There are about 150 monasteries, of which 24 are lamaseries. The chief director is known as Changjia Fo (the ever-renewing Buddha). Mañjuśrī is its patron saint. It is also styled 淸涼山.

後台駅

see styles
 godaieki
    ごだいえき
(st) Godai Station

五代ゆう

see styles
 godaiyuu / godaiyu
    ごだいゆう
(person) Godai

五代友厚

see styles
 godaitomoatsu
    ごだいともあつ
(person) Godai Tomoatsu

五代高之

see styles
 godaitakayuki
    ごだいたかゆき
(person) Godai Takayuki (1956.7.1-)

五大路子

see styles
 godaimichiko
    ごだいみちこ
(person) Godai Michiko (1952.9-)

伍代参平

see styles
 godaisanpei / godaisanpe
    ごだいさんぺい
(person) Godai Sanpei (1958.8.29-)

伍代夏子

see styles
 godainatsuko
    ごだいなつこ
(person) Godai Natsuko (1961.12-)

五代利矢子

see styles
 godairiyako
    ごだいりやこ
(person) Godai Riyako (1933.11-)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Godai
Five Elements
五大godaiwǔ dà / wu3 da4 / wu da / wudawu ta / wuta


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