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chì
    chi4
ch`ih
    chih
 sekizaki
    せきざき

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Scarlet / Red / Crimson
red; scarlet; bare; naked
(1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbreviation) red light; (5) (abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) (6) complete; total; perfect; obvious; (7) copper; (surname) Sekizaki
kaṣāya 袈沙野, red, hot; south; naked.


see styles
tóng
    tong2
t`ung
    tung
 dousaki / dosaki
    どうさき
copper (chemistry); see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
(1) copper (Cu); (2) (abbreviation) bronze (medal); (out-dated kanji) (1) money; (2) metal; (1) copper (Cu); (2) (abbreviation) bronze (medal); (surname) Dousaki
tāmra. copper, brass.

白銅


白铜

see styles
bái tóng
    bai2 tong2
pai t`ung
    pai tung
 hakudou / hakudo
    はくどう
copper-nickel alloy
nickel and copper alloy; (female given name) Masumi

銅器


铜器

see styles
tóng qì
    tong2 qi4
t`ung ch`i
    tung chi
 douki / doki
    どうき
copper ware; bronze ware
copperware

銅板


铜板

see styles
tóng bǎn
    tong2 ban3
t`ung pan
    tung pan
 douban / doban
    どうばん
copper coin; copper plate (e.g. for printing)
sheet copper

硫酸銅


硫酸铜

see styles
liú suān tóng
    liu2 suan1 tong2
liu suan t`ung
    liu suan tung
 ryuusandou / ryusando
    りゅうさんどう
copper sulfate CuSO4
copper sulfate

自然銅


自然铜

see styles
zì rán tóng
    zi4 ran2 tong2
tzu jan t`ung
    tzu jan tung
 shizendou; jinendou / shizendo; jinendo
    しぜんどう; じねんどう
natural copper; chalcopyrite; copper iron sulfide CuFeS2
native copper

see styles
yīn
    yin1
yin
 in
    いん
cause; reason; because
(1) cause; factor; (2) {Buddh} (See 縁・えん・5) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); (3) (See 因明) the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya); (personal name) Yukari
hetu: a cause: because: a reason: to follow, it follows, that which produces a 果 result or effect. 因 is a primary cause in comparison with 緣 pratyaya which is an environmental or secondary cause. In the 十因十果 ten causes and ten effects, adultery results in the iron bed, the copper pillar, and the eight hot hells; covetousness in the cold hells; and so on, as shown in the 楞嚴經. Translit. in, yin. Cf. 印.


see styles
qiǎng
    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
 tasuki
    たすき
string of copper coins; variant of 襁[qiang3]
(1) cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; (2) sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); (3) wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.


see styles
tǐng
    ting3
t`ing
    ting
 jō
big arrow; walk fast
iron or copper ore


𬭚

see styles
chún
    chun2
ch`un
    chun
copper drum

三金

see styles
sān jīn
    san1 jin1
san chin
 mikane
    みかね
(surname) Mikane
The three metals, gold, silver, copper. The esoterics have (a) earth, water, fire, representing the 身密 mystic body; (b) space and wind, the 語密 mystic mouth or speech; (c) 識 cognition, the 意密 mystic mind.

五金

see styles
wǔ jīn
    wu3 jin1
wu chin
metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1]

六輪


六轮

see styles
liù lún
    liu4 lun2
liu lun
 rokuwa
    ろくわ
(place-name) Rokuwa
The six kinds of cakravartī, or wheel-kings, each allotted to one of the 六位; the iron-wheel king to the 十信位, copper 十住, silver 十行, gold 十廻向, crystal 十地, and pearl 等覺.

刁斗

see styles
diāo dǒu
    diao1 dou3
tiao tou
soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)

制錢


制钱

see styles
zhì qián
    zhi4 qian2
chih ch`ien
    chih chien
copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

劫波

see styles
jié bō
    jie2 bo1
chieh po
 kōhi
kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
kalpa; also劫簸; 劫跛; v. 劫. Aeon, age. The period of time between the creation and recreation ofa world or universe; also the kalpas offormation, existence, destruction, and non-existence, which four as acomplete period are called mahākalpa 大劫. Eachgreat kalpa is subdivided into four asaṇkhyeya-kalpas (阿僧企耶 i.e. numberless,incalculable): (1) kalpa of destructionsaṃvarta; (2)kalpaof utter annihilation, or empty kalpa 増滅劫; 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha; (3) kalpa of formation 成劫 vivarta; (4) kalpa ofexistence 住劫 vivartasiddha; or they may betaken in the order 成住壤空. Each of the four kalpas is subdivided into twenty antara-kalpas, 小劫 or small kalpas, so that a mahākalpaconsists of eighty small kalpas. Each smallkalpa is divided into a period of 増 increaseand 減 decrease; the increase period is ruled over by the four cakravartīs in succession, i.e. the four ages of iron,copper, silver, gold, during which the length of human life increases by oneyear every century to 84,000 years, and the length of the human body to8,400 feet. Then comes the kalpa of decreasedivided into periods of the three woes, pestilence, war, famine, duringwhich the length of human life is gradually reduced to ten years and thehuman body to 1 foot in height. There are other distinctions of the kalpas. A small kalpa isrepresented as 16,800,000 years, a kalpa as336,000,000 years, and a mahākalpa as1,334,000,000 years. There are many ways of illustrating the length of akalpa, e.g. pass a soft cloth over a solid rock40 li in size once in a hundred years, whenfinally the rock has been thus worn away a kalpa will not yet have passed; or a city of 40 li, filled with mustard seeds, one being removed everycentury till all have gone, a kalpa will notyet have passed. Cf. 成劫.

含銅

see styles
 gandou / gando
    がんどう
(can act as adjective) cupriferous; containing copper

四輪


四轮

see styles
sì lún
    si4 lun2
ssu lun
 yonrin
    よんりん
(can be adjective with の) four-wheeled
The four wheels or circles: (1) 大地四輪 the four on which the earth rests, wind (or air), water, metal, and space. (2) Four images with wheels, yellow associated with metal or gold, white with water, red with fire, and black with wind. (3) The four dhyāni-buddhas, 金剛輪 Akṣobhya; 寳輪 Ratnasaṃbhava; 法輪 Amitābha; 羯磨輪 Amoghasiddhi. (4) Also the four metals, gold, silver, copper, iron, of the cakravartin kings.

宋銭

see styles
 sousen / sosen
    そうせん
(hist) Song dynasty copper coin

山鳥

see styles
 yamadori; yamadori; sanchou(ok) / yamadori; yamadori; sancho(ok)
    やまどり; ヤマドリ; さんちょう(ok)
(1) (やまどり, ヤマドリ only) (kana only) copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); (2) mountain bird; (surname) Yamadori

流漿


流浆

see styles
liú jiāng
    liu2 jiang1
liu chiang
 rushō
Liquid broth of molten copper, or grains of red-hot iron, in one of the hells.

炮銅


炮铜

see styles
pào tóng
    pao4 tong2
p`ao t`ung
    pao tung
gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc)

独古

see styles
 dotsuko
    どつこ
(1) (Buddhist term) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; (2) cloth of a tokko pattern; (surname) Dotsuko

独股

see styles
 dokko
    どっこ
    tokko
    とっこ
(1) (Buddhist term) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; (2) cloth of a tokko pattern

独鈷

see styles
 dotsuko
    どつこ
(1) (Buddhist term) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; (2) cloth of a tokko pattern; (surname) Dotsuko

石青

see styles
shí qīng
    shi2 qing1
shih ch`ing
    shih ching
azurite; copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2; azure blue

砂張

see styles
 sahari
    さはり
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin

粗銅

see styles
 sodou / sodo
    そどう
black copper

精銅

see styles
 seidou / sedo
    せいどう
refined copper

紅銅


红铜

see styles
hóng tóng
    hong2 tong2
hung t`ung
    hung tung
copper (chemistry); see also 銅|铜[tong2]

純銅

see styles
 jundou / jundo
    じゅんどう
pure copper

紫銅


紫铜

see styles
zǐ tóng
    zi3 tong2
tzu t`ung
    tzu tung
copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)

緑青

see styles
 rokushou(p); ryokushou / rokusho(p); ryokusho
    ろくしょう(P); りょくしょう
verdigris; green rust; copper rust

脱錫

see styles
 dasshaku
    だっしゃく
(rare) detinning; removal of tin and copper

花瓶

see styles
huā píng
    hua1 ping2
hua p`ing
    hua ping
 hanagame
    はながめ
    kebyou / kebyo
    けびょう
    kahei / kahe
    かへい
    kabin
    かびん
flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
(Buddhist term) vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper); (flower) vase

華瓶

see styles
 kebyou / kebyo
    けびょう
(Buddhist term) vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)

華鬘


华鬘

see styles
huá mán
    hua2 man2
hua man
 keman
    けまん
{Buddh} Buddhist decoration engraved with various motifs, often made from gilt copper (e.g. for adorning the inner shrine of a temple)
kusuma-māla, a wreath, or chaplet of flowers.

製銅

see styles
 seidou / sedo
    せいどう
(rare) copper working; copper fabrication

赤銅

see styles
 shakudou / shakudo
    しゃくどう
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina; (surname) Sekidou

路賀


路贺

see styles
lù hè
    lu4 he4
lu ho
 roka
loha, copper, also gold, iron, etc.

輪寶


轮宝

see styles
lún bǎo
    lun2 bao3
lun pao
 rinbō
    りんぽう
(out-dated kanji) (Buddhist term) Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage
A cakravartin's wheel, i.e. either gold, silver, copper, or iron, manifesting his rank and power.

輪王


轮王

see styles
lún wáng
    lun2 wang2
lun wang
 rinō
A cakravartin, 'a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without obstruction; an emperor, a sovereign of the world, a supreme ruler.' M.W. A Buddha, whose truth and realm are universal. There are four kinds of cakravartin, symbolized by wheels of gold, silver, copper, and iron; each possesses the seven precious things, 七寶 q.v.

轉輪


转轮

see styles
zhuàn lún
    zhuan4 lun2
chuan lun
 tenrin
rotating disk; wheel; rotor; cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
cakravartī, "a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without hindrance." M.W. Revolving wheels; to turn a wheel: also 轉輪王 (轉輪聖王); 輪王; 轉輪聖帝, cf. 斫. The symbol is the cakra or disc, which is of four kinds indicating the rank, i.e. gold, silver, copper, or iron, the iron cakravartī ruling over one continent, the south; the copper, over two, east and south: the silver, over three, east, west, and south; the golden being supreme over all the four continents. The term is also applied to the gods over a universe, and to a buddha as universal spiritual king, and as preacher of the supreme doctrine. Only a cakravartī possesses the 七寳 saptaratna and 1, 000 sons. The cakra, or discus, is also a missile used by a cakravartī for overthrowing his enemies. Its origin is probably the sun with its myriad rays.

金漆

see styles
jīn qī
    jin1 qi1
chin ch`i
    chin chi
 kinshitsu
    きんしつ
copper paint; fake gold leaf
(See 漉油) lacquer made from the sap of Acanthopanax sciadophylloides

金銅

see styles
 kondou / kondo
    こんどう
gilt bronze; gilt copper; (surname) Kondou

金鑞

see styles
 kinrou / kinro
    きんろう
alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, cadmium, etc., used to fuse items of gold

銅山


铜山

see styles
tóng shān
    tong2 shan1
t`ung shan
    tung shan
 douzan / dozan
    どうざん
Tongshan county in Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], Jiangsu
copper mine; (surname) Douyama

銅水


铜水

see styles
tóng shuǐ
    tong2 shui3
t`ung shui
    tung shui
molten copper; molten bronze

銅版

see styles
 douban; douhan / doban; dohan
    どうばん; どうはん
copper plate; copperplate

銅牌


铜牌

see styles
tóng pái
    tong2 pai2
t`ung p`ai
    tung pai
 douhai / dohai
    どうはい
bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc; CL:枚[mei2]
bronze medal; copper medal

銅礦


铜矿

see styles
tóng kuàng
    tong2 kuang4
t`ung k`uang
    tung kuang
copper mine; copper ore

銅箔

see styles
 douhaku / dohaku
    どうはく
(1) copper foil (used in copper plating); (2) copper layer (of printed circuits)

銅絲


铜丝

see styles
tóng sī
    tong2 si1
t`ung ssu
    tung ssu
copper wire

銅線

see styles
 dousen / dosen
    どうせん
copper line; copper wire

銅色

see styles
 doushoku / doshoku
    どうしょく
bronze or copper (color, colour)

銅製

see styles
 dousei / dose
    どうせい
made of copper

銅貨

see styles
 douka / doka
    どうか
copper coin

銅輪


铜轮

see styles
tóng lún
    tong2 lun2
t`ung lun
    tung lun
 dōrin
copper wheel

銅釉

see styles
 douyuu / doyu
    どうゆう
copper glaze (pottery)

銅鈴


铜铃

see styles
tóng líng
    tong2 ling2
t`ung ling
    tung ling
bell made of copper or bronze

銅鉱

see styles
 doukou / doko
    どうこう
copper ore

銅銭

see styles
 dousen / dosen
    どうせん
copper coin; (surname) Dousen

銅錢


铜钱

see styles
tóng qián
    tong2 qian2
t`ung ch`ien
    tung chien
 dōsen
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
Copper money, cash.

銅鍋

see styles
 akanabe
    あかなべ
copper saucepan; copper pot

鍍層


镀层

see styles
dù céng
    du4 ceng2
tu ts`eng
    tu tseng
the coating of something that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc

鍮石

see styles
tōu shí
    tou1 shi2
t`ou shih
    tou shih
 tōseki
copper

閻魔


阎魔

see styles
yán mó
    yan2 mo2
yen mo
 enma
    えんま
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
{Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory.

青銅


青铜

see styles
qīng tóng
    qing1 tong2
ch`ing t`ung
    ching tung
 seidou / sedo
    せいどう
bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])
bronze; (given name) Seidou

響銅

see styles
 sahari
    さはり
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin

骨刷

see styles
 honesuri
    ほねすり
monochrome print (woodblock, copper etching)

鬢差

see styles
 binsashi
    びんさし
(archaism) (obscure) bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period)

鬼板

see styles
 oniita / onita
    おにいた
(See 鬼瓦・1) wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)

黃銅


黄铜

see styles
huáng tóng
    huang2 tong2
huang t`ung
    huang tung
brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜[tong2] and zinc 鋅|锌[xin1])

コバー

see styles
 kopaa / kopa
    コパー
(personal name) Copper

五具足

see styles
wǔ jù zú
    wu3 ju4 zu2
wu chü tsu
 gogusoku
    ごぐそく
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
The five complete utensils for worship— two flower vases, two candlesticks, and a censer.

佐波理

see styles
 sahari
    さはり
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin

塩化銅

see styles
 enkadou / enkado
    えんかどう
copper chloride

巴黎綠


巴黎绿

see styles
bā lí lǜ
    ba1 li2 lu:4
pa li lü
Paris green; copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2

真鍮鑞

see styles
 shinchuurou / shinchuro
    しんちゅうろう
type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron

硫化銅

see styles
 ryuukadou / ryukado
    りゅうかどう
copper sulfide

紅羊歯

see styles
 benishida; benishida
    べにしだ; ベニシダ
(kana only) autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora); Japanese shield fern; Japanese wood fern; copper shield fern

胡銅器

see styles
 sahari
    さはり
copper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin

赤白銅


赤白铜

see styles
chì bái tóng
    chi4 bai2 tong2
ch`ih pai t`ung
    chih pai tung
 shakubyaku dō
red and white copper

赤銅鉱

see styles
 sekidoukou / sekidoko
    せきどうこう
cuprite; red copper; red copper ore

路伽多

see styles
lù qié duō
    lu4 qie2 duo1
lu ch`ieh to
    lu chieh to
 rokata
lohita, red, copper-coloured.

輝銅鉱

see styles
 kidoukou / kidoko
    きどうこう
vitreous copper; copper glance; chalcocite

酸化銅

see styles
 sankadou / sankado
    さんかどう
copper oxide (i.e. cuprous oxide, cupric oxide)

金瓜石

see styles
jīn guā shí
    jin1 gua1 shi2
chin kua shih
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)

金輪王


金轮王

see styles
jīn lún wáng
    jin1 lun2 wang2
chin lun wang
 konrinou / konrino
    こんりんおう
{Buddh} gold wheel-turning sage king
A golden-wheel king, the highest in comparison with silver, copper, and iron cakravartin.

銅合金

see styles
 dougoukin / dogokin
    どうごうきん
copper alloy

銅相場

see styles
 dousouba / dosoba
    どうそうば
market price of copper

銅輪王


铜轮王

see styles
tóng lún wáng
    tong2 lun2 wang2
t`ung lun wang
    tung lun wang
 dōrinō
copper wheel-turning sage king

銅配線

see styles
 douhaisen / dohaisen
    どうはいせん
copper wiring

銅酵母

see styles
 akaganekoubo / akaganekobo
    あかがねこうぼ
copper yeast; copper-enriched yeast

錢串子


钱串子

see styles
qián chuàn zi
    qian2 chuan4 zi5
ch`ien ch`uan tzu
    chien chuan tzu
string of copper coins (in ancient China); (fig.) an overly money-oriented person; (zoology) centipede

骨刷り

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 honesuri
    ほねすり
monochrome print (woodblock, copper etching)

鬢差し

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 binsashi
    びんさし
(archaism) (obscure) bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period)

黄銅鉱

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 oudoukou / odoko
    おうどうこう
copper pyrites; fool's gold; chalcopyrite

オロイド

see styles
 oroido
    オロイド
oroide (gold-coloured copper-zinc alloy)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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