Chinese characters translation

[lonny tao]

I have a Chinese buddha with Chinese characters on it.

On one side I can read the characters one by one but how to read it in a good way?

See photo 1.

On the other side there is a picture of a quan yin with characters on the left and right side.

The first character on the left, I don`t know what that is, never seen it before.

The other characters, I can read them but also: how to read it in a good way?

See picture 2.

Lonny

[jbradfor]

how to tead it in a good way

Look it up in a dictionary? e.g. here

The first character on the left, I don`t know what that is, never seen it before.

Do you mean this character?

护我平安 -- "Protect me and give me peace"?

[lonny tao]

Yes!

That is what I mean.

Thanks so much.

Lonny.

[Iriya]

It's pretty funny that they put a simplified character (护) there.

[jkhsu]

Why is it funny? 龙 is simplified on there as well.

[Karin2HP]

出入平安 chū rù píng ān

it means be safe when you are out and back

护我平安 hù wǒ píng ān

protect me for safety

[FlorenceZhu]

A lot of people have this kind of pendants in their car

出入平安 chu1 ru4 ping2 an1

Safe trip wherever you go

[lonny tao]

Question about the meaning of chu ru ping an,safe trip wherever you go.

The first character means to go out/come out.

In a Chinese lesson long ago, I learned this is the character for mountain, or two mountains?

How can it means to go out?

I study a little for hobby Chinese characters but it is to difficultt.

Lonny

[Iriya]

出 was originally a 止 foot coming out of an 凵 enclosure, however now it does look like 山 mountain doubled.

[lonny tao]

The character looks like two mountains together, but it is not two mountains together.

That is what I understand.

But two mountains together, does that as Chinese character exist?

[jbradfor]

I don't understand your question. 山 is the character for mountain, 出 means to go out / leave. Yes, 出 looks like two 山, but that is just a chance of language development, it has no deeper meaning.

Or, do you mean this character? 岀 If you look closely, there should be a gap between the two. It's not in MDBG, so I assume it's a very obscure character.

[Hofmann]

The definition for that is still "go out" according to Unihan. It's not in Kangxi.

[lonny tao]

How can I say what I mean.

I was wondering, is there a Chinese charakter with two mountains.

First I was thinking yes, one charakter for mountain means mountain, and two charakters of mountain together means mountains.

That was what I was thinking.

But I understand there is no Chinese charakter with two mountains.

There is only a charakter that looks like two mountains.

[skylee]

But I understand there is no Chinese charakter with two mountains.

There is 屾 -> http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5ZdicB1ZdicBE.htm

[lonny tao]

So there is a Chinese character with two mountains I see.

What does that mean?

The link to that website is nice but I cannot read what is written there.

Lonny

[Hofmann]

二山 Guess what that means.

More interesting to me is its pronunciation. 所臻切. Compared to 山, 所閒切, the difference is only the vowel. Furthermore, the vowel in 屾 is more closed than in 山. Would you call this Chinese umlaut?

[lonny tao]

Guess what that means, I say two mountains.

You know, Learn the Chinese langwich, for me that is not easy at all.

I do it only for hobby.

But this about the Chinese character mountain I understand now, I know what you mean.

I say we close this topic.

Lonny

[Hofmann]

...Am I scary?

[skylee]

Oh yes you are.

[Hofmann]

Don't be

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