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<12345678910...>| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
瓰 see styles |
fēn wǎ fen1 wa3 fen wa |
deciwatt (old); single-character equivalent of 分瓦[fen1 wa3] |
瓱 see styles |
háo wǎ hao2 wa3 hao wa |
milliwatt (old); single-character equivalent of 毫瓦[hao2 wa3] |
瓸 see styles |
bǎi wǎ bai3 wa3 pai wa |
hectowatt (old); single-character equivalent of 百瓦 |
略 see styles |
lüè lu:e4 lu:e ryaku りゃく |
brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) (n,n-suf) (1) abbreviation; omission; (2) outline; gist; (3) plan; strategy; scheme To mark off, define: abridge, outline, sketch; summarize in general; rather, somewhat. |
畫 画 see styles |
huà hua4 hua ga |
to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) Draw, paint, picture, sketch; devise, fix. |
粨 see styles |
bǎi mǐ bai3 mi3 pai mi |
hectometer (old); single-character equivalent of 百米[bai3 mi3] |
肌 see styles |
jī ji1 chi hadae はだえ hada はだ |
(bound form) flesh; muscle (1) skin; (2) body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); (n,n-suf) (3) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; (4) disposition; temperament; character; type |
膚 肤 see styles |
fū fu1 fu fu はだえ |
skin (1) skin; (2) body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); (n,n-suf) (3) surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture; (4) disposition; temperament; character; type surface |
萌 see styles |
méng meng2 meng moyuru もゆる |
(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character); (literary) common people (variant of 氓[meng2]) (female given name) Moyuru a sprout |
萬 万 see styles |
wàn wan4 wan wan; man ワン; マン |
ten thousand; a great number (counter) {mahj} counter for character tiles; (surname) Yorozu Myriad, 10,000; all. |
薩 萨 see styles |
sà sa4 sa satsusa さつさ |
Bodhisattva; surname Sa (surname) Satsusa A character introduced by the Buddhists, used as a translit. of sa sounds. |
蘁 see styles |
wù wu4 wu |
to disobey; contrary; against; to go against; to violate; obscure character, possibly variant of 惡|恶[e4] |
訓 训 see styles |
xùn xun4 hsün kun(p); kuni(ok) くん(P); くに(ok) |
to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule (1) native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; (n,suf) (2) (See 処世訓・しょせいくん) precept; lesson; one's teachings; (female given name) Yomi To teach. |
訣 诀 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh satoshi さとし |
to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare) (male given name) Satoshi to branch off |
資 资 see styles |
zī zi1 tzu shi し |
resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense (1) funds; capital; (2) material; basis; (3) character; qualities; disposition; (female given name) Moto Funds, basis, property, supplies; fees; to depend on: disposition: expenditure. |
辵 see styles |
chuò chuo4 ch`o cho |
to walk (side part of split character) |
辶 see styles |
chuò chuo4 ch`o cho |
to walk (side part of split character) |
銰 see styles |
āi ai1 ai |
character used in Korea in former times to represent the syllable "ngai" |
音 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin on おん |
sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character) (n,n-suf) (1) sound; noise; (2) (speech) sound; (3) (See 訓・1) Chinese-derived reading of a kanji; (female given name) Riri Sound, note, that which is heard. |
韻 韵 see styles |
yùn yun4 yün in いん |
the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound (1) (See 韻を踏む) rhyme; (2) {ling} rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime; (personal name) Hibiki vowel |
㐆 see styles |
yǐn yin3 yin |
component in Chinese character 殷[yin1] |
IP see styles |
i p i p i p ai pii; aipii(sk) / ai pi; aipi(sk) アイ・ピー; アイピー(sk) |
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise) (1) {comp} (See インターネットプロトコル) Internet Protocol; IP; (2) (See 知的財産) intellectual property |
OS see styles |
o s o s o s oo esu; ooesu(sk) オー・エス; オーエス(sk) |
(in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience {comp} operating system; OS |
ＰＣ see styles |
pii shii; piishii(sk) / pi shi; pishi(sk) ピー・シー; ピーシー(sk) |
(1) PC; personal computer; (2) prestressed concrete; (3) precast concrete; (4) (See ポリカーボネート) polycarbonate; (5) (See ポリティカルコレクトネス) political correctness; (6) (See パトロールカー) patrol car; police car; (7) (See パブリックコメント) public comment; (8) (See プレイヤーキャラクター) player character |
ヒト see styles |
hito ヒト |
(1) man; person; (2) human being; mankind; people; (3) (kana only) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; (4) character; personality; (5) man of talent; true man; (6) another person; other people; others; (7) adult |
モブ see styles |
mobu モブ |
(1) mob; (2) {comp} minor character (in computer games, from mobile object) |
一味 see styles |
yī wèi yi1 wei4 i wei ichimi いちみ |
persistently; stubbornly; blindly (1) clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew; (n,vs,vi) (2) participation (e.g. in a plot); (3) one flavour; one charm; (4) one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine); (5) {Buddh} universality (of the teachings of Buddha); (given name) Kazumi One, or the same flavour, kind or character, i.e. the Buddha's teaching. |
一地 see styles |
yī dì yi1 di4 i ti ichiji いちぢ |
(personal name) Ichiji The one ground; the same ground; the Buddha-nature of all living beings i.e. as all the plants grow out of the one ground, so all good character and works grow from the one Buddha-nature. |
一如 see styles |
yī rú yi1 ru2 i ju ichinyo いちにょ |
to be just like oneness; (personal name) Kazuyuki The one ru, i.e. the bhūtatathatā, or absolute, as the norm and essence of life. The 眞如 true suchness, or true character, or reality; the 法性 nature of things or beings. The whole of things as they are, or seem; a cosmos; a species; things of the same order. Name of a celebrated monk, Yiru. V. 一眞; 一實. |
一字 see styles |
yī zì yi1 zi4 i tzu ichiji いちじ |
in a row; in a line (one) letter; (one) character One word; a magic or esoteric word. |
一文 see styles |
ichimon いちもん |
(1) tiny amount of money; a penny; a cent; a farthing; (2) one letter; one character; (3) (hist) (See 文・1) one mon (unit of currency); (given name) Kazufumi |
万俟 see styles |
mò qí mo4 qi2 mo ch`i mo chi |
two-character surname Moqi |
万子 see styles |
manko まんこ |
(mahj) (kana only) character tiles (chi:); (surname, female given name) Manko |
三体 see styles |
santai さんたい |
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass; (wk) The Three-Body Problem (2008 novel and subsequent adaptations) |
三德 see styles |
sān dé san1 de2 san te santoku |
The three virtues or powers, of which three groups are given below. (1) (a) 法身德 The virtue or potency of the Buddha's eternal, spiritual body, the dharmakāya; (b) 般若德 of his prājñā, or wisdom, knowing all things in their reality; (c) 解脫德 of his freedom from all bonds and his sovereign Iiberty. Each of these has the four qualities of 常, 樂我, 淨eternity, joy, personality, and purity; v. 漫涅槃經 (2) (a) 智德 The potency of his perfect knowledge; (b) 斷德 of his cutting off all illusion and perfecting of supreme nirvāṇa; the above two are 自利 for his own advantage; (c) 恩德 of his universal grace and salvation, which 利他 bestows the benefits he has acquired on others. (3) (a) 因圓德 The perfection of his causative or karmic works during his three great kalpas of preparation; (b) 果圓德 the perfection of the fruit, or results in his own character and wisdom; (c) 恩圓德 the perfection of his grace in the salvation of others. |
三性 see styles |
sān xìng san1 xing4 san hsing sanshō |
The three types of character 善, 惡, 無記 good, bad and undefinable, or neutral; v. 唯識論 5. Also, 徧依圓三性 the three aspects of the nature of a thing— partial, as when a rope is mistaken for a snake; only partly reliable, i.e. incomplete inference, as when it is considered as mere hemp; all around, or perfect, when content, form, etc., are all considered. |
三輩 三辈 see styles |
sān bèi san1 bei4 san pei sanpai |
The three ranks of those who reach the Pure Land of Amitābha: superior i.e. monks and nuns who become enlightened and devote themselves to invocation of the Buddha of boundless age; medium, i.e. laymen of similar character who do pious deeds; inferior, i.e. laymen less perfect than the last. |
上根 see styles |
shàng gēn shang4 gen1 shang ken kamine かみね |
(place-name, surname) Kamine A man of superior character or capacity, e.g. with superior organs of sight, hearing, etc. |
下根 see styles |
xià gēn xia4 gen1 hsia ken shimone しもね |
(place-name, surname) Shimone Those (born) with base character, or of low capacity. |
下駄 see styles |
geta(p); geta げた(P); ゲタ |
(1) geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; (2) {print} (printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta) (See 伏せ字・2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; (3) {go} (esp. ゲタ) net; geta; (surname) Shimoda |
丘八 see styles |
qiū bā qiu1 ba1 ch`iu pa chiu pa |
soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.) |
中点 see styles |
nakaten なかてん chuuten / chuten ちゅうてん |
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation); (1) middle point; median point; (2) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) |
中黒 see styles |
nakaguro なかぐろ |
(・) middle dot; centred period; full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint; symbol used for interword separation, between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.; (place-name, surname) Nakaguro |
主公 see styles |
zhǔ gōng zhu3 gong1 chu kung shukou / shuko しゅこう |
Your Highness; Your Majesty (1) (archaism) master; (2) (archaism) main character; protagonist |
主腦 主脑 see styles |
zhǔ nǎo zhu3 nao3 chu nao |
leader; the one in control; main (part, character etc) |
乖戾 see styles |
guāi lì guai1 li4 kuai li |
perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character) |
九字 see styles |
jiǔ zì jiu3 zi4 chiu tzu kuji くじ |
{Buddh} (See 臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前) nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism) The nine magical characters 臨兵鬪者皆陳列在前 implying that the armed forces are arrayed against the powers of evil. After reciting these words, four vertical and five horizontal lines, forming a grid, are drawn in the air to show that the forces are arrayed. It was used among Taoists and soldiers, and is still used in Japan, especially when going into the mountains. |
亂碼 乱码 see styles |
luàn mǎ luan4 ma3 luan ma |
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) |
二善 see styles |
èr shàn er4 shan4 erh shan futayoshi ふたよし |
(surname) Futayoshi The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice. |
人格 see styles |
rén gé ren2 ge2 jen ko jinkaku じんかく |
personality; integrity; dignity personality; character; individuality; personhood |
人気 see styles |
ninki にんき |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) popularity; public favor; (2) condition (e.g. market); tone; character; nature |
人氣 人气 see styles |
rén qì ren2 qi4 jen ch`i jen chi |
popularity; personality; character |
人設 人设 see styles |
rén shè ren2 she4 jen she |
the design of a character (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定); (fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public; public persona |
人間 人间 see styles |
rén jiān ren2 jian1 jen chien ningen にんげん |
the human world; the earth (1) human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind; (2) character (of a person) human being(s) |
今音 see styles |
jīn yīn jin1 yin1 chin yin |
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
仕手 see styles |
shite して |
(1) doer; performer; (2) (kana only) protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character; (3) speculator (in trading) |
令狐 see styles |
líng hú ling2 hu2 ling hu |
old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2yi1 Xian4], Shanxi); two-character surname Linghu |
伏字 see styles |
fuseji ふせじ |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); (2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character |
体質 see styles |
taishitsu たいしつ |
(1) constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); disposition; tendency; (2) character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up; nature; culture |
作字 see styles |
tsukuriji つくりじ sakuji さくじ |
(1) (archaism) native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period); (2) made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation; (3) creating a character with a group of people; (noun/participle) (1) designing a font; (2) creating a new character not currently available |
作戒 see styles |
zuò jiè zuo4 jie4 tso chieh sakai |
Obedience to the commandments, external fulfillment of them; also called 表色, in contrast with 無作戒, 無表色 the inner grace; moral action in contrast with inner moral character. |
侃直 see styles |
kanchoku かんちょく |
(adjectival noun) (rare) firm and upright (character); (personal name) Tadanao |
修身 see styles |
xiū shēn xiu1 shen1 hsiu shen shuushin / shushin しゅうしん |
to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging morals; ethics; moral training; (personal name) Masami self-cultivation |
個性 个性 see styles |
gè xìng ge4 xing4 ko hsing kosei / kose こせい |
individuality; personality individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic |
倍角 see styles |
baikaku ばいかく |
{comp} double size of character |
倭訓 see styles |
wakun わくん |
Japanese reading of a Chinese character |
假借 see styles |
jiǎ jiè jia3 jie4 chia chieh |
to make use of; to use something as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan |
偏旁 see styles |
piān páng pian1 pang2 p`ien p`ang pien pang henbou / henbo へんぼう |
component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) (1) left and right kanji radicals; (2) (colloquialism) kanji radical positions |
健者 see styles |
shitatakamono したたかもの |
(1) strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman; (2) strong man; brave man |
傲骨 see styles |
ào gǔ ao4 gu3 ao ku |
lofty and unyielding character |
僻字 see styles |
hekiji へきじ |
(rare) rare character; rare kanji |
入戲 入戏 see styles |
rù xì ru4 xi4 ju hsi |
(of an actor) to inhabit one's role; to become the character; (of an audience) to get involved in the drama |
全角 see styles |
zenkaku ぜんかく |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 半角) em; em quad (printing); full-width character |
八字 see styles |
bā zì ba1 zi4 pa tzu yaji やじ |
the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling (surname) Yaji The eight leading characters of the 聖行 chapter in the Nirvāṇa sūtra 生滅滅巳寂滅爲樂, the teaching of the sūtra is death, or nirvāṇa, as entry into joy. |
公人 see styles |
koujin / kojin こうじん |
public character; (personal name) Mikindo |
公孫 公孙 see styles |
gōng sūn gong1 sun1 kung sun kouson / koson こうそん |
two-character surname Gongsun (surname, given name) Kōson |
共性 see styles |
gòng xìng gong4 xing4 kung hsing |
overall character |
内字 see styles |
naiji ないじ |
{comp} internal character |
冷字 see styles |
lěng zì leng3 zi4 leng tzu |
obscure word; unfamiliar character |
出世 see styles |
chū shì chu1 shi4 ch`u shih chu shih shusse しゅっせ |
to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs (n,vs,vi) success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence; (surname) Shutsuse (1) Appearance in the world e. g. the Buddha's appearing. (2) To leave the world; a monk or nun. (3) Beyond, or outside this world, not of this world; of nirvana character. |
切磋 see styles |
qiē cuō qie1 cuo1 ch`ieh ts`o chieh tso sessa せっさ |
to compare notes; to learn from one another (noun/participle) polishing (stones); polishing (character) |
初文 see styles |
chū wén chu1 wen2 ch`u wen chu wen |
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character |
別形 see styles |
bekkei / bekke べっけい |
another form (of a character) |
削字 see styles |
sakuji さくじ |
(noun/participle) (1) designing a font; (2) creating a new character not currently available |
剛烈 刚烈 see styles |
gāng liè gang1 lie4 kang lieh |
resolute and upright in character; unyielding; staunch |
助字 see styles |
joji じょじ |
auxiliary character (in kanbun) |
助辞 see styles |
joji じょじ |
(1) {ling} (See 助詞) particle (in Japanese); (2) {ling} (See 助詞,助動詞・1) auxiliary word (in Japanese; particles and auxiliary verbs); (3) {ling} (See 助字・じょじ) auxiliary character (in kanbun) |
勁草 劲草 see styles |
jìng cǎo jing4 cao3 ching ts`ao ching tsao keisou / keso けいそう |
tough upright grass; (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship wind-resistant blade of grass; resistant idea (metaphorically); (personal name) Keisou |
区点 see styles |
kuten くてん |
{comp} Japanese character set row and column index |
區位 区位 see styles |
qū wèi qu1 wei4 ch`ü wei chü wei |
geographical location; (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set) |
十住 see styles |
shí zhù shi2 zhu4 shih chu jū jū |
The ten stages, or periods, in bodhisattva-wisdom, prajñā 般若, are the 十住; the merits or character attained are the 十地 q.v. Two interpretations may be given. In the first of these, the first four stages are likened to entry into the holy womb, the next four to the period of gestation, the ninth to birth, and the tenth to the washing or baptism with the water of wisdom, e.g. the baptism of a Kṣatriya prince. The ten stages are (1) 發心住 the purposive stage, the mind set upon Buddhahood; (2) 治地住 clear understanding and mental control; (3) 修行住 unhampered liberty in every direction; (4) 生貴住 acquiring the Tathāgata nature or seed; (5) 方便具足住 perfect adaptability and resemblance in self-development and development of others; (6) 正心住 the whole mind becoming Buddha-like; (7) 不退住 no retrogression, perfect unity and constant progress; (8) 童眞住 as a Buddha-son now complete; (9) 法王子住 as prince of the law; (10) 灌頂住 baptism as such, e.g. the consecration of kings. Another interpretation of the above is: (1) spiritual resolve, stage of śrota-āpanna; (2) submission to rule, preparation for Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (3) cultivation of virtue, attainment of Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (4) noble birth, preparation for the anāgāmin stage; (5) perfect means, attainment of anāgāmin stage; (6) right mind, preparation for arhatship; (7) no-retrogradation, the attainment of arhatship; (8) immortal youth, pratyekabuddhahood; (9) son of the law-king, the conception of bodhisattvahood; (10) baptism as the summit of attainment, the conception of Buddhahood. |
十來 十来 see styles |
shí lái shi2 lai2 shih lai torai とらい |
(female given name) Torai (十來偈) The ten rhymes in "lai", a verse which expresses the Buddhist doctrine of moral determinism, i.e. that the position anyone now occupies is solely the result of his character in past lives; heredity and environment having nothing to do with his present condition, for, whether in prince or beggar, it is the reward of past deeds. The upright from the forbearing come, The poor from the mean and greedy come, Those of high rank from worshippers come, The low and common from the Prideful come, Those who are dumb from slanderers come, The blind and deaf from unbelievers come, The long-lived from the merciful come, The short-lived from life, takers come, The deficient in faculties from command-breakers come, The complete in faculties from command-keepers come. 端正者忍辱中來. 貧窮着樫貧中來. 高位者禮拜中來. 下賤者橋慢中來. 瘖啞者誹謗中來. 盲聾者不信中來. 長壽者慈悲中來. 短命者殺生中來. 諸根不具者破戒中來. 六根具足者持戒中來. |
十問 十问 see styles |
shí wèn shi2 wen4 shih wen jūmon |
The ten questions to the Buddha, put into the mouth of Vajrapāṇi, which, with the answers given, form the basis of the 大日經. What is (or are) (1) the nature of the bodhi-mind? (2) its form or forms? (3) the mental stages requisite to attainment? (4) the difference between them? (5) the time required? (6) the character of the merits attained? (7) the activities or practices necessary? (8) the way of such practices? (9) the condition of the uncultivated and cultivated mind? (10) the difference between it and that of the follower of Yoga? |
十字 see styles |
shí zì shi2 zi4 shih tzu juuji / juji じゅうじ |
cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten (adj-no,n) cross; crossed; cruciform; (personal name) Tsuji |
半字 see styles |
bàn zì ban4 zi4 pan tzu hanji |
Half a character'; a letter of the alphabet. Hīnayāna is likened to half-word, Mahāyāna to a 滿字 complete word; hence 半字教 is Hīnayāna. |
南宮 南宫 see styles |
nán gōng nan2 gong1 nan kung minamimiya みなみみや |
two-character surname Nangong; Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei (surname) Minamimiya |
南郭 see styles |
nán guō nan2 guo1 nan kuo nankaku なんかく |
two-character surname Nanguo (personal name) Nankaku |
単字 see styles |
tanji たんじ |
individual character; individual letter; one character; one letter |
印字 see styles |
inji いんじ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) printing (text or symbols); typing; (2) printed character; typed character; (3) character carved onto a seal |
原形 see styles |
yuán xíng yuan2 xing2 yüan hsing genkei / genke げんけい |
original shape; true appearance (under the disguise); true character original form; base form |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Character" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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