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福田

Mandarin · pinyin fú tián#

field for growing happiness
domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)

Mandarin · pinyin Fú tián#

see 福田區 Fú tián Qū
Fukuda (Japanese surname)

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福: fú · happiness, good fortune, blessing
田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated

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2–2 · fu2 tian2

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noun

(Buddhism) field for growing happiness; domain for practices leading to enlightenment

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(～區) Futian (a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) Futian (a town in Wushan, Chongqing, China)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 福田, Fukuda

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