大宝

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大宝 – see 大寶 (“imperial throne; one's first child”). (This term is the simplified form of 大寶).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	宝
だい Grade: 1	ほう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大寶 (kyūjitai)

Noun

大(だい)宝(ほう) • (daihō) 

1. a great treasure
2. (Buddhism, figurative) Mahayana Buddhist law
3. (Buddhism, figurative) a bodhisattva

   Synonym: 菩薩 (bosatsu)

4. (Buddhism, figurative) homa-mandala, a fire altar used in esoteric ritual

   Synonym: 護摩壇 (gomadan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	宝
たい Grade: 1	ほう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大寶 (kyūjitai)

Noun

大(たい)宝(ほう) • (taihō) 

1. a great treasure
2. (Buddhism, figurative) homa-mandala, a fire altar used in esoteric ritual

   Synonym: 護摩壇 (gomadan)

Proper noun

大(たい)宝(ほう) or 大(だい)宝(ほう) • (Taihō or Daihō) 

1. the Taihō era, 701-704

See also

• 朱鳥(しゅちょう) (Shuchō) (last era before Taihō)
• 慶雲(けいうん) (Keiun) (era following Taihō)