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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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jiā
    jia1
chia
 ka
to sit cross-legged
To sit cross-legged 趺坐, v. 結.

跏坐

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jiā zuò
    jia1 zuo4
chia tso
 kaza
lotus position

跏座

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jiā zuò
    jia1 zuo4
chia tso
 kaza
lotus position

跏趺

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jiā fū
    jia1 fu1
chia fu
 kafu
to sit in the lotus position
lotus position

半跏

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 hanka
    はんか
(abbreviation) (See 半跏趺坐) half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

結跏


结跏

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jié jiā
    jie2 jia1
chieh chia
 kekka
    けっか
(abbreviation) (See 結跏趺坐・けっかふざ) lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
lotus position

跏趺坐

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jiā fū zuò
    jia1 fu1 zuo4
chia fu tso
 kafuza
lotus posture; lotus position

全跏坐

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quán jiā zuò
    quan2 jia1 zuo4
ch`üan chia tso
    chüan chia tso
crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha)

半跏像

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bàn jiā xiàng
    ban4 jia1 xiang4
pan chia hsiang
 hanga zō
contemplative sitting image

半跏坐

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bàn jiā zuò
    ban4 jia1 zuo4
pan chia tso
 hankaza
sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
half-lotus posture

半跏趺

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bàn jiā fū
    ban4 jia1 fu1
pan chia fu
 hankafu
half-lotus posture

跏趺正坐

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jiā fū zhèng zuò
    jia1 fu1 zheng4 zuo4
chia fu cheng tso
 kafu shōza
lotus position

全跏趺坐

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quán jiā fū z uo
    quan2 jia1 fu1 z uo4
ch`üan chia fu z uo
    chüan chia fu z uo
 zen kafu za
The legs completely crossed as in a completely seated image.

半跏趺坐

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bàn jiā fū zuò
    ban4 jia1 fu1 zuo4
pan chia fu tso
 hanka fuza
    はんかふざ
(yoji) (sitting in) the half lotus position (in Zen meditation)
(半坐) A bodhisattva's form of sitting, different from the completely cross-legged form of a Buddha.

結跏趺坐


结跏趺坐

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jié jiā fū zuò
    jie2 jia1 fu1 zuo4
chieh chia fu tso
 kekkafu za
    けっかふざ
(yoji) sitting with crossed legs; the lotus position
(結) The Buddha's sitting posture with legs crossed and soles upward, left over right being the attitude for subduing demons, right over left for blessing, the hands being placed one above the other in similar order. Also, said to be paryaṅkabandha, or utkuṭukāsana, sitting on the hams like ascetics in meditation.

結跏趺座

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 kekkafuza
    けっかふざ
(irregular kanji usage) (yoji) sitting with crossed legs; the lotus position

結跏跗坐


结跏跗坐

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jié jiā fū zuò
    jie2 jia1 fu1 zuo4
chieh chia fu tso
 kekkafu za
lotus position

半跏思惟像

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bàn jiā sī wéi xiàng
    ban4 jia1 si1 wei2 xiang4
pan chia ssu wei hsiang
 hankashiizou / hankashizo
    はんかしいぞう
{Buddh} (See 弥勒菩薩) statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya)
contemplative sitting image

Variations:
半跏趺坐
半跏趺座

see styles
 hankafuza
    はんかふざ
(See 結跏趺坐・けっかふざ) half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

Variations:
結跏趺坐
結跏趺座

see styles
 kekkafuza
    けっかふざ
(yoji) lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

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

This page contains 20 results for "跏" 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.
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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).



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