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  2. Huaya - Wikipedia

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    Most huaya are constructed from parts of Chinese characters and resemble them to a certain degree. A small number of early marks, mostly used by Buddhist monks, are simply abstract pictures related to the person's identity. Generally, one or more of the characters from the person's name is used in creating a huaya.

  3. List of Chinese star names - Wikipedia

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    The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996). In a few cases, meanings of the names are vague due to their antiquity. [6] In this article, the translation by Hong Kong Space Museum is used.

  4. Cangjie - Wikipedia

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    Cangjie [tsʰáŋ.tɕjě] (Chinese: 倉頡) is a legendary ancient Chinese figure said to have been an official historian of the Yellow Emperor and the inventor of Chinese characters. [1] Legend has it that he had four eyes, and that when he invented the characters, the deities and ghosts cried and the sky rained millet .

  5. Azure Dragon - Wikipedia

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    The Azure Dragon's Star is reincarnated as General Shan Xiongxin, who serves Wang Shichong. The two generals are sworn brothers of Qin Shubao , Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Gong . After death, their souls are said to possess heroes of the Tang dynasty and Goguryeo , such as Xue Rengui and Yeon Gaesomun .

  6. 100 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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    A Sanskrit boy’s name that meansstar’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...

  7. List of Chinese–Japanese false friends - Wikipedia

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    Since most of the Japanese language characters are borrowed from the Chinese language, there is a shift that defines the similarity of the context presented. This motivates the need to be careful while writing since the meanings between the paired languages have very different raising definitions that differ in very distinct contexts. [ 2 ]

  8. 35 Baby Names That Mean Star - AOL

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    A Sanskrit boy’s name that meansstar’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...

  9. Wasei-kango - Wikipedia

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    Wasei-kango (Japanese: 和製漢語, "Japanese-made Chinese words") are those words in the Japanese language composed of Chinese morphemes but invented in Japan rather than borrowed from China. Such terms are generally written using kanji and read according to the on'yomi pronunciations of the characters.