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習

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: habit

Senses:

  • To learn, to study, to practice—i.e. to learn something by repetition. Habituation. [Charles Muller]
  • An abbreviation for 習氣 (Skt. vāsanā), habituated tendencies. Traces, or remains of defilement. [Charles Muller]
  • A Chinese translation of samudaya, the second of the four noble truths, more commonly written in Chinese as 集. [Charles Muller]
  • Mistaken habituated nature. [Charles Muller]
  • To get accustomed to; customs, habits. [Charles Muller]
  • To pile up, to add up. [Charles Muller]
  • The original meaning of this character is for a baby bird to learn how to fly by repeated attempts. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. abhyasta, bhāvita, āsevita, niṣevaṇa; samudaya; adhyavasita, abhijñā, abhyasana, abhyāsa, āsevana, āsevitatva, ucita, niṣevita, parijaya, parivāsa, prayukta, pravaṇa, yoga, vāsanā-vyādhi, vāsita, śila, samudāgama, samudācāra, samudānīta, saṃpādita, sevanatā, sevā) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2491c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 753-3

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-04-30