[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 01 [Total Strokes] 05 [Unicode] 793C [Variant]X [Pinyin] li3 [Korean] rye [Japanese] rei rai [Definition]Simplified variant of 113-13 X [79AE]. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 03 [Total Strokes] 07 [Unicode] 793E [Pinyin] she4 [Korean] sa [Japanese] sha [Definition](1) The guardian spirit of the country. (2) A shrine for the worship of the country's gods. [Credit] acm
l [Pinyin] she4ji4 [Korean] sajig [Japanese] shashoku [Definition](1) The god of the soil and the god of the five grains, to whom the rulers must carry out the sacrificial ritual at the right side of the temple. (2) The national altars. (3) The country; the commonwealth. [Credit] acm
J [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 03 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 7940 [Pinyin] si4 [Korean] sa [Japanese] shi ji [Definition](1) A festival, celebration. (2) To deify, worship (a god, one's ancestors), offer sacrifice to. Enshrine, consecrate. (3) A year. [Credit] acm
V [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 03 [Total Strokes] 07 [Unicode] 7941 [Pinyin] qi2 zhi3 [Korean] gi [Japanese] ki gi [Definition](1) Great, large. (2) Flourishing, growing; abundant, numerous. (3) Quiet, serene. (4) At ease, at leisure. [Credit] acm
_ [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 04 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 7947 [Pinyin] qi2 zhi3 chi2 [Korean] gi ji [Japanese] ki gi shi ji [Definition][qi2 gi ki] (1) The spirits of the earth; spirits of the lower world. (2) Great, large. (3) [zhi3 ji shi] Yet, only, but, however. (4) Exactly, just, so. (5) Peaceful, tranquil. Peacefully, tranquilly[]. (6) To become sick; become ill. To suffer. [Credit] acm
F [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 04 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 7948 [Pinyin] qi2 gui3 [Korean] gi [Japanese] ki [Definition]To pray, to beseech, to request. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 04 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 7949 [Pinyin] zhi3 [Korean] ji [Japanese] shi [Definition]Blessing; good fortune. [Credit] acm
S [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 7950 [Pinyin] you4 [Korean] u [Japanese] yuu u [Definition](1) Help, assistance--from a god or a buddha. (2) To help, aid, assist. (3) Good fortune, blessings. [Credit] acm
P [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 7953 [Pinyin] fu2 [Korean] bul [Japanese] futsu [Definition](1) To remove evil and defilement by ritual prayer to gods or spirits. (2) To wipe away, drive off; eliminate (evil). (3) To purify, be purified. Cleanse, wash away. [Credit] acm
O [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 7955 [Variant] [Pinyin] mi4 [Korean] bi [Japanese] hi [Definition](1) Spiritual, wondrous. (2) Secret, hidden, profound. This ideograph is interchangeable with , the latter being more common in the more recent works. [Credit] acm
O [Pinyin] mi4mi4 [Korean] bimil [Japanese] himitsu [Definition]Secret, occult, esoteric, mysterious, hidden profound. Not understood by worldly people. [Credit] acm
c [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 7956 [Pinyin] zu3 [Korean] jo [Japanese] so [Definition](1) A father, patriarch. (2) A grandfather. (3) Origin, beginning. (4) A mausoleum. (5) Follow (a rule); conform to. [Credit] acm
L [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 7957 [Pinyin] zhi1 [Korean] ji [Japanese] shi [Definition](1) To respect, venerate. (2) Really, exactly. (3) Only, just. [Credit] acm
N [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 795A [Pinyin] zuo4 [Korean] jo [Japanese] so [Definition](1) Luck, good fortune; favor from the gods. To bless, a blessing. (2) The emperor's position, seat. (3) A year. [Credit] acm
j [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 795D [Pinyin] zhu4 zhou4 [Korean] chug ju [Japanese] shuku shuu [Definition](1) A priest, shaman, preacher, litanist. (2) To pray. A litany; prayer to the gods. (3) Wish for, ask for. (4) Congratulate, celebrate. Congratulations, celebration. (5) Cut off, sever. (6) To tell, let know, inform. [Credit] acm
_ [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 795E [Variant] [Pinyin] shen2 shen1 [Korean] sin [Japanese] jin [Definition](1) Spirit, god. Spiritual, godly. (2) Supernatural; supernatural function. (3) Soul, ghost, spirit. (4) Living, alive. (5) Heart, essence, core. [Credit] acm
_ [Pinyin] shen2wu3 [Korean] simmu [Japanese] jimmu [Definition](1) Superhuman martial skills. A superhuman martial artist or military leader. From the SA q熙BA. (2) The posthumous title of the legendary first emperor of Japan. [Credit] acm
M [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 795F [Pinyin] sui4 [Korean] su [Japanese] sui [Definition](1) Calamities sent down from heaven. Evil influences of a spiritual nature. (2) To bring evil upon; curse, haunt, torment. [Credit] acm
K [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 7960 [Pinyin] ci2 si4 [Korean] sa [Japanese] shi [Definition]A sacrifice, especially the spring sacrifice to the ancestors. Summer festival. To carry out, or offer a sacrifice. [Credit] acm
I [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 7962 [Variant]H [Pinyin] ni3 mi2 [Korean] ni [Japanese] dei ne [Definition]Simplified variant of 113-14 H [79B0]. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 7965 [Variant]H [Pinyin] xiang2 [Korean] sang [Japanese] shou [Definition]Happiness, fortune, blessedness, luck. [Credit] acm
[ [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 11 [Unicode] 7968 [Pinyin] piao4 [Korean] pyo [Japanese] hyou [Definition](1) The flicker of flames. (2) Fast, quick, early. (3) A warrant, a bill, a bank note, a ticket. Certificate, document. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 11 [Unicode] 796D [Pinyin] ji4 zhai4 [Korean] je chae [Japanese] sai [Definition](1) To sacrifice or make offerings to one's ancestors. (2) A festival; to participate in a festival. [Credit] acm
J [Pinyin] ji4si4 [Korean] jesa [Japanese] saishi [Definition]To worship; to honor by sacrifice or a ritual. A sacrifice or ritual. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 07 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 7977 [Pinyin] dao3 [Korean] do [Japanese] tou [Definition](1) To pray. (2) To worship, make offerings. Modern simplification of. [Credit] acm
Q [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 797A [Pinyin] qi2 [Korean] gi [Japanese] ki [Definition](1) Auspicious; fortunate; lucky; of good fortune. [g] (2) Happiness, fortune, blessedness. [] (3) Serenity, freedom from anxiety. [Credit] acm
R [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 797F [Variant]\ [Pinyin] lu4 [Korean] rog [Japanese] roku [Definition](1) Good fortune, blessing, happiness, prosperity. (2) An official salary or compensation (emolument) that is attached to a certain rank of nobility. (3) To assign such an emolument. [Credit] acm
h [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 7980 [Variant]g [Pinyin] bin3 bing3 lin3 [Korean] pum [Japanese] hin rin [Definition](1) To petition, to state. (2) To receive commands. (3) Natural endowment, inherent, inborn. Variant of 115-8 g. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 7981 [Pinyin] jin1 jin4 [Korean] geum [Japanese] kin gon [Definition](1) Prohibition, ban[]; law, rule, regulation. (2) To prohibit, forbid, repress, restrain, abstain from; to stop. (3) The home of the emperor. (4) A prison, jail. (5) A charm, spell, incantation. (6) A stand for a wine cup. (7) To support, maintain, sustain. [Credit] acm
։ [Pinyin] jin1jie4 [Korean] geumgye [Japanese] gonkai [Definition]Precept, commandment, instructions, regulations. Abstaining from wrongdoing, avoiding evil. [Credit] acm
֎~ [Pinyin] jin1zhi3 [Korean] geumji [Japanese] kinshi [Definition]To prohibit; to ban, forbid. Taboo. [Credit] acm
\ [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 7984 [Variant]R [Pinyin] lu4 [Korean] rog [Japanese] roku [Definition]The subtle sound of the motion of clothes; esp. of silk clothes. [Credit] acm
T [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 7985 [Variant]W [Pinyin] chan2 shan4 [Korean] seon [Japanese] zen [Definition]Modern form of 113-12 W [79AA]. [Credit] acm
S [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 14 [Unicode] 798A [Pinyin] xi4 [Korean] gye [Japanese] kei [Definition]A ritual form of purification which involves physically bathing in water. The spring ritual is on the third day of the third (lunar) month and the autumn ritual is on the fourteenth day of the seventh month. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 798D [Pinyin] huo4 [Korean] hwa [Japanese] ka [Definition](1) Calamity, disaster, harm, bad fortune. (2) To receive bad fortune, to give bad fortune. [Credit] acm
Ўn [Pinyin] huo4shi3 [Korean] hwasi [Japanese] kashi [Definition]The beginnings of trouble. [Credit] acm
Б [Pinyin] huo4tai1 [Korean] hwapae [Japanese] katai [Definition]The root causes of calamity and evil fortune--"womb of calamity." Possibilities of calamity; undutiful sons. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 798E [Pinyin] zhen1 zheng1 [Korean] jeong [Japanese] tei [Definition](1) A good omen. (2) Good fortune (3) Correct, exact. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 798F [Pinyin] fu2 fu4 [Korean] bog [Japanese] fuku [Definition](1) Fortune, blessing; meritorious virtues, goodness; meritorious behavior. iŁj (2) The good rewards that result from practicing the dharma. The fruits of good actions. (3) The good karma of the desire realm. (4) Charity, giving. [Credit] acm
c [Pinyin] fu2tian2 [Korean] bogjeon [Japanese] fukuden [Definition]iŁj@"Field of blessings;" "field of merit." A reference to the three treasures: the Buddha, the sangha and dharma; also, one's parents and the poverty-stricken. These are the objects toward which one should direct his/her religious practice. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 14 [Unicode] 7994 [Pinyin] shi ti [Korean] ji je [Japanese] shi tei dai [Definition](1) [shi, chi] Prosperity, good fortune, happiness, blessing. (2) [ti, che, tei, dai] (2) Calm, quiet, peaceful. (3) Only, just; really, exactly. [L] [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 10 [Total Strokes] 15 [Unicode] 799B [Pinyin] zhen1 [Korean] jin [Japanese] shin [Definition]The good fortune that comes as a result of continued perfect sincerity and honesty. [Credit] acm
T [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 10 [Total Strokes] 15 [Unicode] 799D [Pinyin] ji2 [Korean] jig [Japanese] shoku [Definition](1) Chinese millet. (2) The god of the five grains, or the site of his festival. (3) A minister of Yao who become one of the founders of the Zhou. He is said to have taught the techniques of cultivating the five grains to the people. (4) An agriculture official. Also written as 115-10 l [7A37]. [Credit] acm
[Radical] 113 [Strokes] 11 [Total Strokes] 16 [Unicode] 79A6 [Variant] [Pinyin] yu4 [Korean] eo [Japanese] gyo [Definition](1) Defend, resist, protect, ward off, prevent, guard against. (2) To stop. (3) To hinder, resist, oppose, defy. [Credit] acm
U [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 12 [Total Strokes] 17 [Unicode] 79A7 [Pinyin] xi1 xi3 [Korean] heui [Japanese] ki [Definition](1) Happiness, felicity, blessedness. (2) Happy, propitious, auspicious. (3) A happy new year. [Credit] acm
W [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 12 [Total Strokes] 17 [Unicode] 79AA [Variant]T [Pinyin] chan2 shan4 [Korean] seon [Japanese] zen [Definition](1) To level an area as a place for sacrifice; to perform a sacrifice to Earth in such a place. A royal ceremony for the consecration of the land. (2) To turn over, transfer, bequeath, concede, esp. the position of the emperor. iŁj(1) Meditation, concentration, meditative concentration (dhyaana). (2) A reference to the Chan (Son, Zen) sect. [Credit] acm
X [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 13 [Total Strokes] 18 [Unicode] 79AE [Variant] [Pinyin] li3 [Korean] rye [Japanese] rei rai [Definition](1) Rite, ceremony, ritual. (2) Etiquette, propriety, respect. In Confucian thought, X can be understood as referring to all outward correct actions which serve to unfold one's innate human virtue[m]. [Credit] acm
X` [Pinyin] li3bai4 [Korean] yebae [Japanese] raihai [Definition]Worship, adoration. To show reverence; bow, kneel. [Credit] acm
XL [Pinyin] Li3ji4 [Korean] Yegi [Japanese] Raiki [Definition]"Records Concerning Ritual." One of the five early Chinese classics S, often cited by Confucius. The original locus of the Daxue { and the Zhongyong f. It deals with the rituals connected with the Zhou government. Its compilation is attributed to Daisheng Ր of the Former Han period (2nd century BCE) but its rich philosophical contents are much older. [Credit] acm
H [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 14 [Total Strokes] 18 [Unicode] 79B0 [Variant]I [Pinyin] ni3 mi2 [Korean] ni [Japanese] dei ne [Definition](1) An ancestral shrine for the making of offerings to one's deceased father. (2) A paper image, used at a sacrifice or purification ceremony, to represent the spirit to whom prayers or offerings are being made. (3) A term applied to a deceased father after his tablet has been placed in the ancestral temple. (4) A surname. [Credit] acm
Y [Radical] 113 [Strokes] 17 [Total Strokes] 22 [Unicode] 79B3 [Pinyin] rang2 [Korean] yang [Japanese] jou [Definition](1) A type of ritual sacrifice in which a dog is crucified at the entrance to the kingdom, during which prayer is made to the gods of the four directions to remove evil spirits and curses. (2) To remove, curses, evil and defilement by ritual prayer to gods or spirits. (3) To wipe away, drive off, eliminate (evil). (4) To purify; be purified. Cleanse, wash away. [Credit] acm
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