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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
維 维 see styles |
wéi wei2 wei yuki ゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Vee(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki A carriage-curtain; a net; a corner, cardinal point; to tie or hold together, connect; a copula, also, but, whereas, now. |
緋色 see styles |
hiiro / hiro ひいろ |
More info & calligraphy: Hiro |
五常 see styles |
wǔ cháng wu3 chang2 wu ch`ang wu chang gojou / gojo ごじょう |
the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義|义[yi4], propriety 禮|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4]; alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wu3lun2], the five cardinal relationships; alternative term for 五行[wu3xing2], the five elements the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence); (place-name) Gojō five constant [virtues] |
緋 绯 see styles |
fēi fei1 fei hi ひ |
dark red; purple silk scarlet; crimson; cardinal red; (personal name) Hi |
中神 see styles |
nakajin なかじん |
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyodo who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (surname) Nakajin |
五色 see styles |
wǔ sè wu3 se4 wu se goshiki; goshoku ごしき; ごしょく |
multicolored; the rainbow; garish (1) five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; (can be adjective with の) (2) many kinds; varied; (3) (See 瓜) melon; gourd; (place-name, surname) Goshiki The five primary colors, also called 五正色 (or 五大色): 靑 blue, 黃 yellow, 赤 red, 白 white, 黑 black. The 五間色 or compound colors are 緋 crimson, 紅, scarlet, 紫 purple, 綠 green, 磂黃 brown. The two sets correspond to the cardinal points as follows: east, blue and green; west, white, and crimson; south, red and scarlet; north, black and purple; and center, yellow and brown. The five are permutated in various ways to represent various ideas. |
五逆 see styles |
wǔ nì wu3 ni4 wu ni gogyaku ごぎゃく |
(1) {Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); (2) (hist) crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother pañcānantarya; 五無間業 The five rebellious acts or deadly sins, parricide, matricide, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, or fraternity. The above definition is common both to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. The lightest of these sins is the first; the heaviest the last. II. Another group is: (1) sacrilege, such as destroying temples, burning sutras, stealing a Buddha's or a monk's things, inducing others to do so, or taking pleasure therein; (2) slander, or abuse of the teaching of śrāvaka s, pratyekabuddhas, or bodhisattvas; (3) ill-treatment or killing of a monk; (4) any one of the five deadly sins given above; (5) denial of the karma consequences of ill deeds, acting or teaching others accordingly, and unceasing evil life. III. There are also five deadly sins, each of which is equal to each of the first set of five: (1) violation of a mother, or a fully ordained nun; (2) killing a bodhisattva in a sangha; (5) destroying a Buddha's stūpa. IV. The five unpardonable sin of Devadatta who (1) destroyed the harmony of the community; (2) injured Śākyamuni with a stone, shedding his blood; (3) induced the king to let loose a rutting elephant to trample down Śākyamuni; (4) killed a nun; (5) put poison on his finger-nails and saluted Śākyamuni intending to destroy him thereby. |
八方 see styles |
bā fāng ba1 fang1 pa fang happou / happo はっぽう |
the eight points of the compass; all directions (1) all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; (2) (See 八方行灯) large hanging lantern; (surname) Yakata lit. eight directions |
四宗 see styles |
sì zōng si4 zong1 ssu tsung shishū |
The four kinds of inference in logic— common, prejudged or opposing, insufficiently founded, arbitrary. Also, the four schools of thought I. According to 淨影 Jingying they are (1) 立性宗 that everything exists, or has its own nature; e. g. Sarvāstivāda, in the 'lower' schools of Hīnayāna; (2) 破性宗 that everything has not a nature of its own; e. g. the 成實宗 a 'higher' Hīnayāna school, the Satyasiddhi; (3) 破相宗 that form has no reality, because of the doctrine of the void, 'lower' Mahāyāna; (4) 願實宗 revelation of reality, that all comes from the bhūtatathatā, 'higher ' Mahāyāna. II. According to 曇隱 Tanyin of the 大衍 monastery they are (1) 因緣宗, i. e. 立性宗 all things are causally produced; (2) 假名宗, i. e. 破性宗 things are but names; (3) 不眞宗, i. e. 破相宗, denying the reality of form, this school fails to define reality; (4) 眞宗, i. e. 顯實宗 the school of the real, in contrast with the seeming. |
四方 see styles |
sì fāng si4 fang1 ssu fang shihou(p); yomo; yohou / shiho(p); yomo; yoho しほう(P); よも; よほう |
four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere (1) the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions; (2) (しほう, よほう only) surroundings; (3) (しほう only) many countries; the whole world; (4) (よも only) all around; here and there; (5) (しほう, よほう only) square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure; (6) four sides (of a square); (surname) Yomono The four quarters of the compass; a square, square; the E. is ruled by Indra, S. by Yama, W. by Varuṇa, and N. by Vaiśramaṇa; the N. E. is ruled by 伊舍尼 Iśāna, S. E. by 護摩 Homa, S. W. by 涅哩底 Nirṛti, and the N. W. by 嚩瘐 Varuṇa. |
四維 四维 see styles |
sì wéi si4 wei2 ssu wei shii; shiyui(ok) / shi; shiyui(ok) しい; しゆい(ok) |
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional (1) (See 四隅・2) four ordinal directions; (2) (しい only) (from Guanzi) four cardinal principles of the state (propriety, justice, integrity, sense of shame); (surname) Yotsui The four half points of the compass, N. E., N. W., S. E., S. W. |
基数 see styles |
kisuu / kisu きすう |
(1) {math} cardinal number; (2) {math} base; radix |
基數 基数 see styles |
jī shù ji1 shu4 chi shu |
cardinal number; (math.) radix; base See: 基数 |
基点 see styles |
kiten きてん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin |
天一 see styles |
tenichi てんいち |
(abbreviation) (See 天一神,陰陽道,己酉,癸巳) Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (female given name) Ten'itsu |
妙諦 see styles |
myoutei; myoutai / myote; myotai みょうてい; みょうたい |
amazing truth; cardinal principle; key (to understanding) |
彞倫 彝伦 see styles |
yí lún yi2 lun2 i lun |
cardinal human relationships |
揚巻 see styles |
agemaki あげまき |
(1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (sumo) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); (5) (abbreviation) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
方角 see styles |
fāng jué fang1 jue2 fang chüeh hougaku / hogaku ほうがく |
(1) direction; way; (2) (See 方位) point of the compass; cardinal direction; bearing; (3) method; means; approach direction |
枢要 see styles |
suuyou / suyo すうよう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal |
樞機 枢机 see styles |
shū jī shu1 ji1 shu chi |
cardinal (Catholicism) |
縦横 see styles |
juuou / juo じゅうおう |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; vertical and horizontal; the four cardinal points; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) every direction; all directions; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) as one wishes; as one pleases; at will |
蜜吸 see styles |
mitsusui みつすい |
(kana only) honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis) |
五逆罪 see styles |
wǔ nì zuì wu3 ni4 zui4 wu ni tsui gogyakuzai ごぎゃくざい |
{Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha) five heinous sins |
四体液 see styles |
shitaieki; yontaieki したいえき; よんたいえき |
(hist) (four) cardinal humors; cardinal humours |
四神獣 see styles |
shijinjuu / shijinju しじんじゅう |
four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points |
基数詞 see styles |
kisuushi / kisushi きすうし |
{ling} cardinal numeral; cardinal number |
基數詞 基数词 see styles |
jī shù cí ji1 shu4 ci2 chi shu tz`u chi shu tzu |
cardinal numeral |
天一神 see styles |
nakagami なかがみ tenichijin てんいちじん |
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyodo who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky |
揚げ巻 see styles |
agemaki あげまき |
(1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (sumo) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); (5) (abbreviation) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
枢機卿 see styles |
suukikyou; suukikei / sukikyo; sukike すうききょう; すうきけい |
{Christn} cardinal (Catholic church) |
紅冠鳥 see styles |
koukanchou / kokancho こうかんちょう |
cardinal (bird) (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
維口食 维口食 see styles |
wéi kǒu shí wei2 kou3 shi2 wei k`ou shih wei kou shih yuikujiki |
Improper means of existence by spells, fortune-telling, etc., one of the four cardinal improper ways of earning a livelihood. |
蜜吸い see styles |
mitsusui みつすい |
(kana only) honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis) |
ミツスイ see styles |
mitsusui ミツスイ |
(kana only) honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis) |
五無間業 五无间业 see styles |
wǔ wú jiān yè wu3 wu2 jian1 ye4 wu wu chien yeh gomukengou / gomukengo ごむけんごう |
{Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha) or 五無間罪 The five karma, or sins, leading to the avīci hell v. 五逆 and 五無間. |
樞機主教 枢机主教 see styles |
shū jī zhǔ jiào shu1 ji1 zhu3 jiao4 shu chi chu chiao |
cardinal (of the Catholic Church) |
第一義空 第一义空 see styles |
dì yī yì kōng di4 yi1 yi4 kong1 ti i i k`ung ti i i kung daiichigi kū |
The highest Void, or reality, the Mahāyāna nirvāṇa, though it is also applied to Hīnayāna nirvāṇa. |
紅衣主教 红衣主教 see styles |
hóng yī zhǔ jiào hong2 yi1 zhu3 jiao4 hung i chu chiao |
Catholic cardinal |
行住坐臥 see styles |
xíng zhù zuò wò xing2 zhu4 zuo4 wo4 hsing chu tso wo gyō jū za ga ぎょうじゅうざが |
(yoji) daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying walking, standing, sitting, lying down |
行住座臥 see styles |
gyoujuuzaga / gyojuzaga ぎょうじゅうざが |
(irregular kanji usage) (yoji) daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying |
酒色財氣 酒色财气 see styles |
jiǔ sè cái qì jiu3 se4 cai2 qi4 chiu se ts`ai ch`i chiu se tsai chi |
wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom); four cardinal vices |
カージナル see styles |
kaajinaru / kajinaru カージナル |
cardinal (Catholic prelate, number characteristic, etc.) |
Variations: |
agemaki; agemaki あげまき; アゲマキ |
(1) (hist) ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; (2) (hist) Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; (3) (揚巻 only) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (揚巻 only) {sumo} knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring; (5) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See アゲマキガイ) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
猩々紅冠鳥 see styles |
shoujoukoukanchou / shojokokancho しょうじょうこうかんちょう |
(kana only) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal |
猩猩紅冠鳥 see styles |
shoujoukoukanchou / shojokokancho しょうじょうこうかんちょう |
(kana only) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal |
聖諦第一義 圣谛第一义 see styles |
shèng dì dì yī yì sheng4 di4 di4 yi1 yi4 sheng ti ti i i shōtai daiichi gi |
cardinal meaning of the holy truth |
鼻路波阿叉 see styles |
bí lù bō ā chā bi2 lu4 bo1 a1 cha1 pi lu po a ch`a pi lu po a cha |
Virūpākṣa. One of the lokapāla, or guardians of the four cardinal points of Mount Sumeru. In China known as 廣目 wide-eyed, red in colour with a small pagoda in his right hand, and a serpent in his left; in China worshipped as one of the twenty-four Deva Ārya 天尊. Also, a name for Maheśvara or Rudra (Śiva). Cf. 毘 and 髀. |
カーディナル see styles |
kaadinaru / kadinaru カーディナル |
cardinal; (personal name) Cardinal |
ガルディナル see styles |
garudinaru ガルディナル |
(personal name) Cardinal |
中道第一義諦 中道第一义谛 see styles |
zhōng dào dì yī yì dì zhong1 dao4 di4 yi1 yi4 di4 chung tao ti i i ti chūdō daiichi gi tai |
cardinal truth of the middle way |
四項基本原則 四项基本原则 see styles |
sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé si4 xiang4 ji1 ben3 yuan2 ze2 ssu hsiang chi pen yüan tse |
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism |
Variations: |
tenichijin(天一神); nakagami てんいちじん(天一神); なかがみ |
(See 陰陽道,己酉,癸巳) Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky |
Variations: |
mitsusui; mitsusui みつすい; ミツスイ |
(kana only) honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis) |
ホウライヒメジ see styles |
houraihimeji / horaihimeji ホウライヒメジ |
whitesaddle goatfish (Parupeneus ciliatus); white-lined goatfish; diamondscale goatfish; cardinal goatfish |
カージナルテトラ see styles |
kaajinarutetora / kajinarutetora カージナルテトラ |
cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) |
カージナル・テトラ see styles |
kaajinaru tetora / kajinaru tetora カージナル・テトラ |
cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) |
Variations: |
agemaki; agemaki あげまき; アゲマキ |
(1) (hist) ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; (2) (hist) Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; (3) (揚げ巻, 揚巻 only) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (揚げ巻, 揚巻 only) {sumo} knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring; (5) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See アゲマキガイ) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
Variations: |
shoujoukoukanchou; shoujoukoukanchou / shojokokancho; shojokokancho しょうじょうこうかんちょう; ショウジョウコウカンチョウ |
(kana only) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal |
ショウジョウコウカンチョウ see styles |
shoujoukoukanchou / shojokokancho ショウジョウコウカンチョウ |
(kana only) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal |
Variations: |
gyoujuuzaga / gyojuzaga ぎょうじゅうざが |
(yoji) daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors: walking, standing, sitting and lying |
Variations: |
kaajinarutetora; kaajinaru tetora / kajinarutetora; kajinaru tetora カージナルテトラ; カージナル・テトラ |
cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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