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覺 can mean to feel; to figure out; thinking; awake; aware; bodhi; knowing; understanding; enlightenment; illumination; apprehend; perceive; realize.
覺 is a character that is impossible to define in a single word.
This term is often associated with Buddhism where it's understood to be: Illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming. However, it can also refer to enlightenment in regard to morality and evil.
Notes:
In Japanese, this can be the personal name Satoru.
In certain context, and only when pronounced as "jiao" in Chinese, it can refer to a nap, sleep or the state of sleeping. However, as a single character on a wall scroll, everyone will read this with the awareness or enlightenment context.
By no means is this the only way to write enlightenment. In fact, you should only choose this character if you are looking more for a word meaning awareness.
See Also: Enlightenment | Wisdom | Knowledge
Graceful bird of longevity
鶴 is a famous bird of China.
Known in China to be a very spiritual creature, the crane is a symbol of both longevity and the journey of the souls and spirits of ancestors.
Note: 鶴 can mean crane or stork in Japanese.
學 is “study” or “learn” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
學 is a very broad character that can mean a lot of things related to scholarship. It can refer to a school (in fact, if you put the character for “big” in front of this, you have “college” or “university,” if you put the word for “middle,” you have “middle school.” This can also mean science; the process of acquiring knowledge; learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge. It can also add the Chinese or Japanese version of “-ology” (the study of) too many words.
There is a very common simplified version of this character. You will see this form in modern Japan and mainland China, Singapore, and other places. If you want this simplified version, please click on the character shown to the right instead of the "select and customize" button above.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your gaku search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
学 see styles |
gaku がく |
(1) learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education; (suffix noun) (2) study of ...; -ology; -ics; (personal name) Yutaka |
壑 see styles |
hè he4 ho gaku |
gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4] valley |
愕 see styles |
è e4 o gaku |
startled surprised |
萼 see styles |
è e4 o gaku; utena がく; うてな |
calyx of a flower {bot} calyx; (surname) Hanabusa |
鄂 see styles |
è e4 o gaku がく |
surname E; abbr. for Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2bei3 Sheng3] (surname) Gaku |
顎 颚 see styles |
è e4 o gaku がく ago あご agito あぎと |
jaw; palate (noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) chin; jaw; (1) (archaism) chin; jaw; (2) (archaism) gills; branchia |
大覺 大觉 see styles |
dà jué da4 jue2 ta chüeh dai gaku |
The supreme bodhi, or enlightenment, and the enlightening power of a Buddha. |
学駅 see styles |
gakueki がくえき |
(st) Gaku Station |
學侶 学侣 see styles |
xué lǚ xue2 lv3 hsüeh lü gaku ro |
Fellow-students, the company of monks who are studying. |
我空 see styles |
wǒ kōng wo3 kong1 wo k`ung wo kung gakū |
生空 (衆生空); 人空 Illusion of the concept of the reality of the ego, man being composed of elements and disintegrated when these are dissolved. |
架空 see styles |
jià kōng jia4 kong1 chia k`ung chia kung kakuu(p); gakuu / kaku(p); gaku かくう(P); がくう |
to build (a hut etc) on stilts; to install (power lines etc) overhead; (fig.) unfounded; impractical; (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead (adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (かくう only) fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; fabricated; (can act as adjective) (2) aerial; overhead |
衆學 众学 see styles |
zhòng xué zhong4 xue2 chung hsüeh shu gaku |
bad manners which are to be trained |
賀句 see styles |
gaku がく |
(male given name) Gaku |
ガクッ see styles |
gaku ガクッ |
(adv,adv-to) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance |
三宅岳 see styles |
miyakegaku みやけがく |
(person) Miyake Gaku |
五種學 五种学 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng xué wu3 zhong3 xue2 wu chung hsüeh goshu gaku |
five grave disciplines |
加藤学 see styles |
katougaku / katogaku かとうがく |
(person) Katou Gaku |
印度學 印度学 see styles |
yìn dù xué yin4 du4 xue2 yin tu hsüeh Indo gaku |
Indian studies |
增戒學 增戒学 see styles |
zēng jiè xué zeng1 jie4 xue2 tseng chieh hsüeh zōkai gaku |
Advanced or increasing study of the moral law; the study of the higher moral law. |
學不學 学不学 see styles |
xué bù xué xue2 bu4 xue2 hsüeh pu hsüeh gaku fugaku |
learners and those who have nothing more to learn |
學勝利 学胜利 see styles |
xué shèng lì xue2 sheng4 li4 hsüeh sheng li gaku shōri |
benefits of training |
學無學 学无学 see styles |
xué wú xué xue2 wu2 xue2 hsüeh wu hsüeh gaku mugaku |
One who is still learning, and one who has attained; 學 is to study religion order to get rid of illusion; 無學 begins when illusion is cast off. In Hīnayāna the first three stages, v. 四果, belong to the period of 學; the arhat to the 無學. In the Mahāyāna, the ten stages of the bodhisattva belong to 學; the stage of Buddha to 無學. |
山本学 see styles |
yamamotogaku やまもとがく |
(person) Yamamoto Gaku (1937.1-) |
山本學 see styles |
yamamotogaku やまもとがく |
(person) Yamamoto Gaku (1937.1.3-) |
岳真也 see styles |
gakushinya がくしんや |
(person) Gaku Shin'ya (1947.11-) |
平等覺 平等觉 see styles |
píng děng jué ping2 deng3 jue2 p`ing teng chüeh ping teng chüeh byōdō gaku |
A Buddha's universal and impartial perception, his absolute intuition above the laws of differentiation. |
性相學 性相学 see styles |
xìng xiàng xué xing4 xiang4 xue2 hsing hsiang hsüeh shōsō gaku |
The philosophy of the above (性相), i. e. of the noumenal and phenomenal. There are ten points of difference between the 性相二宗, i. e. between the 性 and 相 schools, v. 二宗. |
最正覺 最正觉 see styles |
zuì zhèng jué zui4 zheng4 jue2 tsui cheng chüeh saishō gaku |
Supreme perfect enlightenment, i.e. Buddhahood. |
植草岳 see styles |
uekusagaku うえくさがく |
(person) Uekusa Gaku (1981.8.22-) |
橋本学 see styles |
hashimotogaku はしもとがく |
(person) Hashimoto Gaku |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Awareness | 覺 觉 | gaku / satoru | jué / jiào jue2 / jiao4 jue / jiao jue/jiao | chüeh chiao chüehchiao |
Crane | 鶴 鹤 | gaku / tsuru | hè / he4 / he | ho |
Study Learn School | 學 学 | gaku | xué / xue2 / xue | hsüeh |
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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