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Definition: Confucian |
ConfucianAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic of Confucianism; "Confucian ethics". Noun1. A believer in the teachings of Confucius. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Confucian |
| English words defined with "Confucian": Confucianist. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Korea still observes Confucian ethics based on a strong belonging to a group (whether it is familial, educational, regional, or vocational) and Korean thinking reflects such values. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Indonesia | A Ministry of Interior circular issued in late March 2000 permits Confucianism to be listed as a religion on marriage license applications, allowing Confucian marriages to be recognized and registered officially in the country. (references) |
Economic History | Vietnam | Chinese dynasties ruled Vietnam for the next 1,000 years, inculcating it with Confucian ideas and political culture. (references) |
Hong Kong | Every major religion is practiced in Hong Kong; ancestor worship is predominant due to the strong Confucian influence. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Confucian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Confucian" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Confucian": confucian-buddhist, confucian-style. | |
Ending with "Confucian": neo-confucian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
confucian | 20 |
confucian virtue | 3 |
belief confucian | 2 |
confucian philosophy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Confucian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | å„' (scholar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konfuzianisch, konfuzianer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | confuciano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | å„'教的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ã˜ã‚…ãょã†ã¦ã. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onfuciancay confucionista (confucianist). (various references) konfuÄijski, konfuÄijanac. (various references) de confucio. (various references) konfüçyüsçü kimse, konfüçyüsçü, konfüçyüs ile ilgili. (various references) конфуціанÑький. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Confucian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: confucion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Confucian" (pronounced 'Con*fu"cian'): Academician, Acoustician, Apician, Arithmetician, Ascian, Atomician, Cilician, Cistercian, Dacian, Galician, Geometrician, logician, magician, Magnetician, Marcian, mathematician, Mechanician, Metaphysician, Metrician, Mnemonician, Monoecian, Musician, Neoplatonician, Obstetrician, Optician, Ordovician, Peripatecian, Periscian, Phaeacian, Phenician, Phoenician, Phonetician, Physician, Practician, Pyrotechnician, Simplician, statistician, Sulpician, Symmetrician, tactician, technician, Thracian. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-f-i-n-n-o-u" | |
-2 letters: canonic. | |
-3 letters: cocain, fanion, nuncio. | |
-4 letters: ancon, anion, canon, conic, conin, fanon, uncia, union. | |
-5 letters: anon, cain, ciao, cion, coca, coif, coin, coni, conn, cuif, fain, fano, faun, fico, fino, foci, foin, fuci, icon, info, naif, naoi, nona, noun, unai, unci, unco. | |
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