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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
ruì
    rui4
jui
 hozo
    ほぞ
tenon; tool handle; wedge
(kana only) {archit} (See ホゾ穴) tenon; cog; dovetail; pivot

枘鑿


枘凿

see styles
ruì záo
    rui4 zao2
jui tsao
incompatible (abbr. for 方圓鑿|方圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2]); (literary) compatible (lit. "mortise and tenon")

鑿枘


凿枘

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záo ruì
    zao2 rui4
tsao jui
to fit like mortise and tenon

円鑿方枘

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 ensakuhouzei / ensakuhoze
    えんさくほうぜい
(yoji) (rare) round peg in a square hole

圓鑿方枘


圆凿方枘

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yuán záo fāng ruì
    yuan2 zao2 fang1 rui4
yüan tsao fang jui
see 方圓鑿|方圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2]

方枘圓鑿


方枘圆凿

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fāng ruì yuán záo
    fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2
fang jui yüan tsao
to put a square peg in a round hole; incompatible (idiom)

枘(oK)

see styles
 hozo
    ほぞ
(kana only) {archit} (See ほぞ穴) tenon; cog; dovetail; pivot

太枘(oK)

see styles
 dabo
    だぼ
dowel; joggle

Variations:
ほぞ穴
枘穴(oK)

see styles
 hozoana
    ほぞあな
{archit} (See 枘) mortice; mortise

Variations:
蟻ほぞ
蟻枘(oK)

see styles
 arihozo
    ありほぞ
(noun/participle) dovetail tenon; dovetailing

Variations:
太枘(rK)
駄枘(rK)

see styles
 dabo; dabo
    だぼ; ダボ
(kana only) dowel; joggle

Variations:
地獄ホゾ
地獄ほぞ
地獄枘

see styles
 jigokuhozo(地獄hozo); jigokuhozo(地獄hozo, 地獄)
    じごくホゾ(地獄ホゾ); じごくほぞ(地獄ほぞ, 地獄枘)
{archit} foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end

Variations:
ホゾ穴
ほぞ穴
枘穴(rK)

see styles
 hozoana
    ほぞあな
{archit} (See 枘) mortice; mortise

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 13 results for "枘" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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