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Cranes ( simplified Chinese: 鹤; traditional Chinese: 鶴; pinyin: Hè) are an important motif in Chinese mythology. There are various myths involving cranes, and in Chinese mythology cranes are generally symbolically connected with the idea of longevity. [1] : 86–87 [2] [3] In China, the crane mythology is associated with the divine bird ...
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) was established in 1978 by the laws of Kenya under CAP 531 [2] to regulate the activities of all Certified Public Accountants by ensuring credibility, professionalism and accountability in the accounting profession in Kenya. ICPAK members are employed across all sectors on the ...
Taoism. In various Chinese religions and philosophies, the Tao or Dao [note 1] is the natural way of the universe, whose character one's intuition must discern to realize the potential for individual wisdom, as conceived in the context of East Asian philosophy, religion, and related traditions. This seeing of life cannot be grasped as a concept.
Mandarin ( / ˈmændərɪn / ⓘ MAN-dər-in; simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit. 'officials' speech') is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard ...
Sino-Korean vocabulary or Hanja-eo ( Korean : 한자어; Hanja : 漢字 語) refers to Korean words of Chinese origin. Sino-Korean vocabulary includes words borrowed directly from Chinese, as well as new Korean words created from Chinese characters, and words borrowed from Sino-Japanese vocabulary. Many of these terms were borrowed during the ...
In Chinese, however, the same characters are read in Mandarin as the expression wéi ní, meaning 'becoming a nun'. This is a typical example of Gugyeol words where the radical ( 爲 ) is read in Korean for its meaning ( hă —'to do'), whereas the suffix 尼 , ni (meaning 'nun'), is used phonetical.
The Chinese character fu ( 福; fú ⓘ ), meaning 'fortune' or 'good luck' is represented both as a Chinese ideograph and, at times, pictorially, in one of its homophonous forms. It is often found on a figurine of the male god of the same name, one of the trio of "star gods" Fú, Lù, and Shòu . Mounted fu are a widespread Chinese tradition ...
Sanxing (deities) The Sanxing ( 三星; sānxīng; 'Three Stars') are the gods of the three celestial bodies considered essential in Chinese astrology and mythology: Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Canopus. Fu, Lu, and Shou ( traditional Chinese: 福 祿 壽; simplified Chinese: 福 禄 寿; pinyin: Fú Lù Shòu; Cantonese Yale: Fūk Luhk Sauh ), or ...