畜生
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 畜 | 生 |
Etymology [edit]
/tikusyau/ > /tikusyoː/
From Middle Chinese, as a transcription of Sanskrit तिर्यञ्च् (tiryañc, “animal”).[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
畜生 (hiragana ちくしょう, romaji chikushō)
- (Buddhism) beast: a generic term for animals, birds, fish and insects, as the reincarnated form of one who had bad karma in a previous life
- a derogative term for a person
Derived terms [edit]
Interjection [edit]
畜生 (hiragana ちくしょう, romaji chikushō)
References [edit]
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 畜生 | |||
Noun [edit]
畜生 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chùsheng)
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- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 畜
- Japanese terms spelled with 生
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Japanese nouns
- ja:Buddhism
- Japanese interjections
- Mandarin nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese hanzi
