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信徒 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja word for “believer.”
Just as in English, this word can be used for a follower of virtually any religion.
This word can also be translated into English as layman, adherent, follower, laity, disciple, or devotee.
基督徒 is a very strong and direct word in Chinese for “Christian.”
The literal translation of the first two characters is “Christ.”
The last character means apprentice, follower, or disciple.
Altogether these three characters mean “Christ's Disciple” or “Christ's Apprentice.” 基督徒 is a pretty cool title to hang on your wall if you are a devout Christian.
Also used by Japanese Christians (but may be unfamiliar to non-Christian Japanese people).
See Also: Jesus Christ | God of Abraham
基督教徒 is the most verbose (longest) word for “Christian” in the Chinese and Japanese languages.
The literal translation of the first two characters is Christ.
The third Character means “Religion” or “Teaching.”
The last character means “apprentice” or “disciple.”
Altogether these three characters mean “Christ's Teaching Disciple” or “Christ's Religion Apprentice.”
Note: The last two characters are sometimes translated together as “follower (of a religion),” so you could also say it means “Follower of Christ.”
This four-character title makes it very clear what you are talking about in Chinese.
See Also: Jesus Christ | God of Abraham
僧侶/僧侶 is a Japanese title for a Buddhist monk.
The first Kanji means Buddhist priest or monk by itself.
The second Kanji means follower or companion.
Note, if you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, the first character will look a bit more like the Kanji shown to the right than the Kanji shown above. Let us know if you have a preference, as both versions are technically-correct in both Chinese and Japanese.
學生 is how to write “student” in Chinese, pre-WWII Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
If you are a “student of life,” this might be an interesting wall scroll to hang in your reading room.
The first character means “study” or “learning.”
The second character means “life” or “birth.” Don't read too much into that second character unless you decide that this means “the birth of studies” or “the life of learning.” Everyone in China, Japan (and those who can read Hanja in Korea) will just read this word with the meaning of “student.”
If you put the character for “little” in front of this word, it becomes “elementary school student.” Prefixed with “middle,” it becomes “middle school student.” Prefixed with “big,” it becomes “university student” (though when these two characters for student are seen alone, it often suggests “university student”). The term “high school student” is written differently.
There is a very common simplified version of the first character for this word. You will see this form in modern Japan and mainland China, Singapore, and other places. If you want this simplified version, please click on the character shown to the right instead of the "select and customize" button above.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your follower search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
信徒 see styles |
xìn tú xin4 tu2 hsin t`u hsin tu shinto しんと |
More info & calligraphy: Believerlayman; believer; adherent; follower; laity a believer |
フロア see styles |
buroa ブロア |
More info & calligraphy: Flore |
天主教徒 see styles |
tiān zhǔ jiào tú tian1 zhu3 jiao4 tu2 t`ien chu chiao t`u tien chu chiao tu |
More info & calligraphy: Catholic |
伴 see styles |
bàn ban4 pan ban ばん |
partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany (noun/participle) companion; follower; attendant; retinue; (surname) Ban Companion, associate; translit. pan, ban, van, cf. 畔伴僧 Associate or accompanying monks. |
供 see styles |
gòng gong4 kung ku とも |
to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) (noun/participle) companion; follower; attendant; retinue pūjā; to offer (in worship), to honour; also to supply; evidence. |
侶 侣 see styles |
lǚ lu:3 lü ryo とも |
companion (noun/participle) companion; follower; attendant; retinue a follower |
徒 see styles |
tú tu2 t`u tu to と |
disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare; empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence party; set; gang; company; person; (personal name) Toumei On foot; a follower, disciple; in vain; banishment. |
上足 see styles |
shàng zú shang4 zu2 shang tsu jousoku / josoku じょうそく |
high retainer A superior disciple or follower. |
乾児 see styles |
kenji けんじ |
henchman; follower; (personal name) Kenji |
乾分 see styles |
kobun こぶん |
henchman; follower |
亜流 see styles |
aryuu / aryu ありゅう |
(1) (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat; (2) follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought); (female given name) Aru |
仏子 see styles |
busshi ぶっし |
(1) follower of the Buddha; Buddhist; (2) (See 衆生) all Buddha's children; mankind; all living things; (3) Bodhisattva; (g,p) Busshi |
信者 see styles |
xìn zhě xin4 zhe3 hsin che shinja しんじゃ |
(1) believer; adherent; devotee; follower; (2) (colloquialism) fanboy; fanatic; superfan believer |
催更 see styles |
cuī gēng cui1 geng1 ts`ui keng tsui keng |
(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新[cui1 cu4 geng1 xin1]) |
十問 十问 see styles |
shí wèn shi2 wen4 shih wen jūmon |
The ten questions to the Buddha, put into the mouth of Vajrapāṇi, which, with the answers given, form the basis of the 大日經. What is (or are) (1) the nature of the bodhi-mind? (2) its form or forms? (3) the mental stages requisite to attainment? (4) the difference between them? (5) the time required? (6) the character of the merits attained? (7) the activities or practices necessary? (8) the way of such practices? (9) the condition of the uncultivated and cultivated mind? (10) the difference between it and that of the follower of Yoga? |
墨者 see styles |
mò zhě mo4 zhe3 mo che |
Mohist; follower of Mohist school |
子分 see styles |
kobun こぶん |
(1) henchman; follower; (2) (archaism) adopted child |
子方 see styles |
kokata こかた |
(1) child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); (2) (See 親方・1) henchman; follower |
学徒 see styles |
gakuto がくと |
student; follower; students and pupils |
宗徒 see styles |
shuuto / shuto しゅうと |
believer; follower |
小子 see styles |
xiǎo zi xiao3 zi5 hsiao tzu shoushi / shoshi しょうし |
(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow (1) (form) little child; (2) (archaism) male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryō period); (3) (archaism) (See 弟子) pupil; disciple; follower; (pronoun) (4) (form) (humble language) I; me; my humble self; (pronoun) (5) (archaism) (referring to an inferior) you; (female given name) Choko |
巾着 see styles |
kinchaku きんちゃく |
(1) drawstring purse; money pouch; (2) {food} (See おでん) pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; (3) (abbreviation) (See 腰巾着・1) hanger-on; follower; flunky; sycophant; (4) (archaism) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period) |
弟子 see styles |
dì zǐ di4 zi3 ti tzu deshi(p); teishi / deshi(p); teshi でし(P); ていし |
disciple; follower (noun - becomes adjective with の) pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper; (surname) Teshi Disciple, disciples. |
従節 see styles |
juusetsu / jusetsu じゅうせつ |
(1) {gramm} subordinate clause; dependent clause; (2) follower (machine part receiving motion from another); (personal name) Juusetsu |
従者 see styles |
juusha; jusha / jusha; jusha じゅうしゃ; じゅしゃ |
attendant; valet; servant; follower |
從人 从人 see styles |
cóng rén cong2 ren2 ts`ung jen tsung jen jūnin |
a follower |
從者 从者 see styles |
cóng zhě cong2 zhe3 ts`ung che tsung che zusa |
(literary) follower; attendant follower |
教徒 see styles |
jiào tú jiao4 tu2 chiao t`u chiao tu kyouto / kyoto きょうと |
disciple; follower of a religion believer; adherent a follower |
智顗 智𫖮 see styles |
zhì yǐ zhi4 yi3 chih i Chigi |
Zhiyi (538-597), founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism Zhiyi, founder of the Tiantai school, also known as 智者 and 天台 (天台大師); his surname was 陳 Chen; his 字 was 德安, De-an; born about A. D. 538, he died in 597 at 60 years of age. He was a native of 頴川 Ying-chuan in Anhui, became a neophyte at 7, was fully ordained at 20. At first a follower of 慧思, Huisi, in 575 he went to the Tiantai mountain in Chekiang, where he founded his famous school on the Lotus Sūtra as containing the complete gospel of the Buddha. |
服属 see styles |
fukuzoku ふくぞく |
(n,vs,vi) a follower; yield allegiance to |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Believer | 信徒 | shinto | xìn tú / xin4 tu2 / xin tu / xintu | hsin t`u / hsintu / hsin tu |
Catholic | 天主教徒 | tiān zhǔ jiào tú tian1 zhu3 jiao4 tu2 tian zhu jiao tu tianzhujiaotu | t`ien chu chiao t`u tienchuchiaotu tien chu chiao tu |
|
Christian Disciple of Christ | 基督徒 | kirisuto | jī dū tú ji1 du1 tu2 ji du tu jidutu | chi tu t`u chitutu chi tu tu |
Disciple of Christianity | 基督教徒 | kirisutokyouto kirisutokyoto | jī dū jiào tú ji1 du1 jiao4 tu2 ji du jiao tu jidujiaotu | chi tu chiao t`u chituchiaotu chi tu chiao tu |
Buddhist Monk | 僧侶 / 僧侶 僧侶 | sou ryo / souryo / so ryo | ||
Student | 學生 学生 | gakusei | xué shēng xue2 sheng1 xue sheng xuesheng | hsüeh sheng hsüehsheng |
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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