Results, 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼【しらぬほとけよりなじみのおにshiranuhotokeyorinajiminooni】

expression:

  • better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't [literal] - proverb

Kanji definition:

知
常用２年JLPTN4

チCHI・しるshi.ru・しらせるshi.raseru

know; wisdom

Strokes:
8
Radical:
矢 arrow
SKIP:
1-5-3
UTF:
77e5
JIS208:
35-46
Nanori:
さとsato・さとるsatoru・しりshiri・しれshire・ともtomo・のりnori
Hangul:
지 [ji]
Pinyin:
zhī / zhì
Stroke order:
Example words:
知事【ちじchiji】
prefectural governor
知る【しるshiru】
to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; / to notice; to feel; / to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; / to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); / to experience; to go through; to learn; / to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; / to concern
知らん顔【しらんかおshirankao】
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); / unconcerned air; indifference
県知事【けんちじkenchiji】
prefectural governor
知識【ちしきchishiki】
knowledge; information
仏
常用５年JLPTN2

ブツBUTSU・フツFUTSU・ほとけhotoke

Buddha; the dead; France

➜
佛
Strokes:
4
Radical:
人亻 human
SKIP:
1-2-2
UTF:
4ecf
JIS208:
42-9
Hangul:
불 [bul]
Pinyin:
fó / fú
Stroke order:
Example words:
仏教【ぶっきょうbukkyou】
Buddhism
大仏【だいぶつdaibutsu】
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
仏像【ぶつぞうbutsuzou】
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
仏【ほとけhotoke】
Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image; / the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead
仏語【ふつごfutsugo】
French (language)
馴
人名用

ジュンJUN・シュンSHUN・クンKUN・なれるna.reru・ならすna.rasu・したがうshitaga.u

get used to; experienced; tamed

Strokes:
13
Radical:
馬 horse
SKIP:
1-10-3
UTF:
99b4
JIS208:
38-75
Hangul:
순 [sun] ・ 훈 [hun]
Pinyin:
xùn / xún
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
馴れ馴れしい【なれなれしいnarenareshii】
over-familiar
幼馴染み【おさななじみosananajimi】
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
不馴れ【ふなれfunare】
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
馴れる【なれるnareru】
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; / to become skilled in; to become experienced at; / to become tame; to become domesticated; / to get used to doing
馴らす【ならすnarasu】
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); / to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
染
常用６年JLPTN1

センSEN・そめるso.meru・~ぞめ zo.me・~ぞめ zome・そまるso.maru・しみるshi.miru・~じみる ji.miru・しみshi.mi・~しめる shi.meru

dye; color; paint; stain; print

Strokes:
9
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
2-5-4
UTF:
67d3
JIS208:
32-87
Nanori:
そめsome
Hangul:
염 [yeom]
Pinyin:
rǎn
Stroke order:
Example words:
感染【かんせんkansen】
infection; contagion
汚染【おせんosen】
pollution; contamination
感染症【かんせんしょうkansenshou】
infectious disease; infection
伝染【でんせんdensen】
contagion; infection
染まる【そまるsomaru】
to be dyed; / to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained; to be steeped
鬼
常用中学校JLPTN1

キKI・おにoni・おに~oni

ghost; devil

Strokes:
10
Radical:
鬼 ghost, demon
SKIP:
2-6-4
UTF:
9b3c
JIS208:
21-20
Hangul:
귀 [gwi]
Pinyin:
guǐ
Stroke order:
Example words:
鬼【おにoni】
oni; ogre; demon; / spirit of a deceased person; / ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); / it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); / Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); / very; extremely; super-
吸血鬼【きゅうけつきkyuuketsuki】
vampire; bloodsucker
鬼神【きしんkishin】
fierce god
鬼才【きさいkisai】
wizard; genius; remarkable talent; exceptional ability
疑心暗鬼【ぎしんあんきgishin'anki】
Suspicion will raise bogies; Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; Jumping at shadows

Kanji

知

チCHI・しるshi.ru・しらせるshi.raseru

know; wisdom

仏

ブツBUTSU・フツFUTSU・ほとけhotoke

Buddha; the dead; France


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