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See the character 夌 in CJKDict

夌 [py] wo4 [wg] wo [ko] wa [ja] 僈 ga ||| (1) To lie down, to rest. (2) To lie face down. To lie down due to sickness. (4) A bed, a bedroom. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 椪 in CJKDict

椪 [py] lin2 [wg] lin [ko] rim [ja] 儕儞 rin ||| (1) To approach. To go to a certain place. (2) To descend to; to come to; near to; on the point of. (3) To follow or copy a model; to imitate. (4) Face, confront, be on the verge of, come upon. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

椪帪 [py] lin2shi2 [wg] lin-shih [ko] rimsi [ja] 儕儞僕 rinji ||| Temporary, special, extraordinary, provisional. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

椪郱廆 [py] Lin2ji4 zong1 [wg] Lin-chi tsung [ko] Imje chong [ja] 儕儞僓僀僔儏僂 Rinzai shuu ||| The Linji zong school of Chinese Chan Buddhism, named after its founder Linji Yixuan 椪郱媊尯. The Linji stream of Buddhism was one of the most prosperous in East Asia, enjoying strong popularity in China, Korea and Japan. Although not surviving as a distinct tradition in Korea, it is Imje chong soteriology which ended up dominating the Korean sôn tradition within the Chogye 憘熲 school. In Japan, the Rinzai shuu school, along with the Soutou 憘摯 school, became one of the two major streams of Zen which survive to the present. The Linji school in all three East Asian countries was often characterized by anti-scholarly, iconoclastic attitudes. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

椪郱媊尯 [py] Lin2ji4 Yi4xuan2 [wg] Lin-chi I-hsüan [ko] Imje ûihyôn [ja] 儕儞僓僀僊僎儞 Rinzai Gigen ||| Linji Yixuan(d. 866-7) The ancestor of the so-called Linji school of Chan Buddhism. He was the student and dharma successor to the great master Huangbo xiyun 墿烜婓塣, and the teacher of Xinghua Congjiang. In the tradition of his dharma-grandfather Mazu Daoyi 攏慶摴堦, Linji made use of such famous soteriological methods as sudden shouts and blows with the staff. [Credit] acm(entry)

椪郱榐 [py] Lin2ji2 lu4 [wg] Lin-chi lu [ko] Imjenok [ja] 儕儞僓僀儘僋 Rinzai roku ||| The Linji lu; the "Record of Linji." The compiled sayings of Linji Yixuan. 椪郱媊尯, T 1985.47.496b-506c. One of the most popular texts in the Ch'an/Sôn/Zen schools of East Asian Buddhism. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

椪栧 [py] lin2 men2 [wg] lin-men [ko] rimmun [ja] 儕儞儌儞 rinmon ||| "To face the gate, "to be at the gate." From the discussion in the Huayan Wujiao zhang on the meaning of the parable of the burning house in the Lotus Sutra. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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