四有

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (shiu) 

  1. (Buddhism) the four stages of existence: 生有(しょうう) (shōu, moment of birth), 本有(ほんぬ) (honnu, life), 死有(しう) (shiu, moment of death), and 中有(ちゅうう) (chūu, state between death and the next reincarnation)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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