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Samyag Ajiva / Samma Ajiva
正命 (right living) is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism.
Right Living, along with Right Speech and Right Action, constitute the path to Virtue.
Right Living means that a Buddhist should only take a job or pursue a career in a field that does no harm. Buddhists should not work in the arms trade, as pimps or in the field of prostitution, as a butcher or in a shop that kills or sells meat, in a laboratory that does animal research, or in any other business that involves scheming or unethical behavior.
Another definition: Avoidance of professions that are harmful to sentient beings, such as slaughterer, hunter, dealer in weaponry or narcotics, etc.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
自由 is a common word to express the idea of freedom in both Chinese and Japanese.
This word is the essence of “being free” but also acts as the suffix to create words like freestyle swimming, free trade, civil liberties, free will, freedom fighter, religious freedom, and liberal.
Single character for Buddhist Karma
This is the simplest way to express the idea of Karma. This is the Buddhist concept of actions committed in a former life affecting the present and future.
Out of the context of Buddhism, this Karma character means one's profession in life, trade, occupation, business, study, or career.
The Karma definition applies to both Chinese and Japanese for this character. This also works as Korean Hanja as Karma; although the meaning can vary depending on context (my Korean dictionary gives the definition of profession/occupation).
See Also: Buddhism
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your trade search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
工會 工会 see styles |
gōng huì gong1 hui4 kung hui |
More info & calligraphy: Labor Union / Trade Union |
倌 see styles |
guān guan1 kuan |
keeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade |
商 see styles |
shāng shang1 shang shou / sho しょう |
commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) (1) {math} (See 積・1) quotient; (2) business; merchant; dealer; (3) (See 五音) second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); (4) (hist) (See 殷) Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty; (surname) Shouzaki To consult arrange; trade, a merchant; translit. śaṇ, saṃ, śa, śā. |
工 see styles |
gōng gong1 kung kou / ko こう |
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor (suffix noun) (factory) worker; (male given name) Tsutomu Work, a period of work, a job. |
座 see styles |
zuò zuo4 tso za ざ |
seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4]; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects (1) seat; place; (2) position; status; (3) gathering; party; company; atmosphere (of a gathering); (4) stand; pedestal; platform; (5) (hist) trade guild; (suffix) (6) attaches to the names of constellations; (suffix) (7) attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes; (suf,ctr) (8) (See 里神楽) counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs; (surname) Za āsana. A seat; throne; classifier of buildings, etc. |
戤 see styles |
gài gai4 kai |
infringe upon a trade mark |
職 职 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih shoku(p); soku(ok) しょく(P); そく(ok) |
office; duty (n,n-suf) (1) job; work; employment; occupation; position; (n,n-suf) (2) duties; (n,n-suf) (3) trade; skill To record, oversee, direct; office, official duty. |
訣 诀 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh satoshi さとし |
to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare) (male given name) Satoshi to branch off |
販 贩 see styles |
fàn fan4 fan |
to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in; to retail; to peddle |
貿 贸 see styles |
mào mao4 mao suehiro すえひろ |
commerce; trade (personal name) Suehiro to request |
賒 赊 see styles |
shē she1 she sha |
to buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time); to forgive To buy or sell on credit; to borrow; slow, remiss, shirk. |
賖 see styles |
shē she1 she sha |
to trade |
一手 see styles |
yī shǒu yi1 shou3 i shou hitote ひとて |
a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help (1) one's own effort; doing single-handedly; (2) a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match; (3) a dance; a (musical) composition; (4) a company (e.g. of soldiers); a group; a party; (5) one hand one hand |
三聖 三圣 see styles |
sān shèng san1 sheng4 san sheng sansei / sanse さんせい |
(1) three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; (2) the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade); (female given name) Misato The three sages, or holy ones, of whom there are several groups. The 華嚴Huayan have Vairocana in the center with Mañjuśrī on his left and Samantabhadra on his right. The 彌陀 Mituo or Pure-land sect, have Amitābha in the center, with Avalokiteśvara on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. The Tiantai use the term for the 藏, 別, and 圓教v. 三教. |
世貿 世贸 see styles |
shì mào shi4 mao4 shih mao |
World Trade Organization (WTO); abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织 |
中專 中专 see styles |
zhōng zhuān zhong1 zhuan1 chung chuan |
vocational secondary school; technical secondary school; trade school; abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校 |
乙仲 see styles |
otsunaka おつなか |
(abbreviation) (abbr. of 乙種海運仲立業) chartering broker (arranges customs clearance and shipping details for trade goods); freight forwarding agent |
互市 see styles |
goshi ごし |
trade; commerce |
交易 see styles |
jiāo yì jiao1 yi4 chiao i koueki / koeki こうえき |
to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal; CL:筆|笔[bi3] (n,vs,vt,vi) trade; commerce |
亮相 see styles |
liàng xiàng liang4 xiang4 liang hsiang |
to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc |
信風 信风 see styles |
xìn fēng xin4 feng1 hsin feng shinobu しのぶ |
trade wind (female given name) Shinobu |
倒賠 倒赔 see styles |
dào péi dao4 pei2 tao p`ei tao pei |
to sustain loss in trade |
催證 催证 see styles |
cuī zhèng cui1 zheng4 ts`ui cheng tsui cheng |
to call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade) |
入超 see styles |
rù chāo ru4 chao1 ju ch`ao ju chao nyuuchou / nyucho にゅうちょう |
trade deficit; import surplus (abbreviation) (See 輸入超過) excess of imports |
內貿 内贸 see styles |
nèi mào nei4 mao4 nei mao |
domestic trade |
全労 see styles |
zenrou / zenro ぜんろう |
(1) (organization) National Trade Union Confederation (1930-1936) (abbreviation); (2) (organization) All-Japan Trade Union Congress (1954-1964) (abbreviation); (o) National Trade Union Confederation (1930-1936) (abbreviation); (o) All-Japan Trade Union Congress (1954-1964) (abbreviation) |
公休 see styles |
gōng xiū gong1 xiu1 kung hsiu koukyuu / kokyu こうきゅう |
to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday; (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association legal holiday |
内貿 see styles |
naibou / naibo ないぼう |
(abbreviation) (See 国内貿易) domestic commerce; internal trade |
出超 see styles |
chū chāo chu1 chao1 ch`u ch`ao chu chao shucchou / shuccho しゅっちょう |
trade surplus; favorable balance of trade (abbreviation) (See 輸出超過) excess of exports; favorable balance of trade; favourable balance of trade |
労組 see styles |
rouso(p); roukumi / roso(p); rokumi ろうそ(P); ろうくみ |
(abbreviation) (See 労働組合) labor union; labour union; trade union |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
5. Right Living Right Livelihood Perfect Livelihood | 正命 | sei myou / seimyou / sei myo | zhèng mìng zheng4 ming4 zheng ming zhengming | cheng ming chengming |
Freedom Liberty | 自由 | jiyuu / jiyu | zì yóu / zi4 you2 / zi you / ziyou | tzu yu / tzuyu |
Karma | 業 业 | gou / go | yè / ye4 / ye | yeh |
Labor Union Trade Union | 工會 工会 | gōng huì / gong1 hui4 / gong hui / gonghui | kung hui / kunghui | |
Labor Union Trade Union | 労連 | rouren / roren | ||
Military Engineering | 工兵 | kouhei / kohei | gōng bīng gong1 bing1 gong bing gongbing | kung ping kungping |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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