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禪心 represents an image of your meditation coming from and filling your heart.
The meaning of the first character is “meditation” and the second character is usually defined as “heart” or sometimes “mind.”
There is a two-fold meaning here, as a good meditation session must start with a centered heart or mind. Yet at the same time, meditation serves to cleanse, focus, and center the heart and mind.
The art of using a stick as a weapon
棒術 is the title Bōjutsu (though some use the romanization Bojitsu).
棒術 is a martial art centered around using a “bō” or staff as a weapon.
This title is a combination of the Japanese word “bō” (which means staff, stick, club, rod, pole, or cudgel) with the Japanese word “jutsu” (which means art or technique).
While this word can be pronounced in Chinese (bang shu), it's not a common term in China. Please consider this title to be “Japanese only.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your centered search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
中心 see styles |
zhōng xīn zhong1 xin1 chung hsin chuushin / chushin ちゅうしん |
center; heart; core (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; (suffix) (2) -centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on idem 忠心經. |
居中 see styles |
jū zhōng ju1 zhong1 chü chung kyochuu / kyochu きょちゅう |
to be between two parties (as in mediation); to be in the middle; to be in between; (page layout) to be centered (n,vs,adj-no) being in the middle; being impartial; standing between two things; (personal name) Kyochuu |
後周 后周 see styles |
hòu zhōu hou4 zhou1 hou chou koushuu; goshuu / koshu; goshu こうしゅう; ごしゅう |
Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1] (hist) (See 五代・ごだい) Later Zhou dynasty (of China; 951-960); Later Chou dynasty |
晉州 晋州 see styles |
jìn zhōu jin4 zhou1 chin chou |
Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei; Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 shi4] in Shanxi See: 晋州 |
狷介 see styles |
kensuke けんすけ |
(adjectival noun) obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered; (given name) Kensuke |
米食 see styles |
beishoku / beshoku べいしょく |
rice-based or centered diet (centred) |
齊國 齐国 see styles |
qí guó qi2 guo2 ch`i kuo chi kuo |
Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong |
パン食 see styles |
panshoku パンしょく |
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice) |
大内裏 see styles |
daidairi; taidairi だいだいり; たいだいり |
(See 内裏・1) greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies |
環世界 see styles |
kansekai かんせかい |
{biol} umwelt; self-centered world |
間隔號 间隔号 see styles |
jiàn gé hào jian4 ge2 hao4 chien ko hao |
Chinese centered dot mark · (punct. used to separate Western names or words) |
お金本位 see styles |
okanehoni おかねほんい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 金本位・かねほんい) money-centered way (of thinking) |
一人勝手 see styles |
hitorikatte ひとりかって |
(adjectival noun) (See 自分勝手) (very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else) |
六親不認 六亲不认 see styles |
liù qīn bù rèn liu4 qin1 bu4 ren4 liu ch`in pu jen liu chin pu jen |
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives |
居中對齊 居中对齐 see styles |
jū zhōng duì qí ju1 zhong1 dui4 qi2 chü chung tui ch`i chü chung tui chi |
centered alignment (typography) |
手前勝手 see styles |
temaegatte てまえがって |
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) self-centered; self-centred; selfish |
皇国史観 see styles |
koukokushikan / kokokushikan こうこくしかん |
emperor-centered historiography (of Japan) |
神社神道 see styles |
shén shè shén dào shen2 she4 shen2 dao4 shen she shen tao jinjashintou / jinjashinto じんじゃしんとう |
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices the Shinto faith centered on shrines |
置中對齊 置中对齐 see styles |
zhì zhōng duì qí zhi4 zhong1 dui4 qi2 chih chung tui ch`i chih chung tui chi |
centered alignment (typography) |
自分中心 see styles |
jibunchuushin / jibunchushin じぶんちゅうしん |
(can be adjective with の) self-centered; stuck on oneself |
自分勝手 see styles |
jibungatte じぶんがって jibunkatte じぶんかって |
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will |
齊家文化 齐家文化 see styles |
qí jiā wén huà qi2 jia1 wen2 hua4 ch`i chia wen hua chi chia wen hua |
Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[He2 xi1 Zou3 lang2] c. 2000 BC |
Variations: |
oresama おれさま |
(pronoun) (1) (pompous) I; me; (2) self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man |
応天門の変 see styles |
outenmonnohen / otenmonnohen おうてんもんのへん |
(exp,n) (hist) Ōtenmon incident (conspiracy in 866 CE that centered on the destruction of the main gate of the Imperial Palace) |
自分かって see styles |
jibunkatte じぶんかって |
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will |
自己中心的 see styles |
jikochuushinteki / jikochushinteki じこちゅうしんてき |
(adjectival noun) egoistic; self-centered; selfish |
体心立方格子 see styles |
taishinrippoukoushi / taishinrippokoshi たいしんりっぽうこうし |
{geol} body-centered cubic lattice |
面心立方格子 see styles |
menshinrippoukoushi / menshinrippokoshi めんしんりっぽうこうし |
{geol} face-centered cubic lattice |
面心立方構造 see styles |
menshinrippoukouzou / menshinrippokozo めんしんりっぽうこうぞう |
{geol} face-centered cubic structure |
セルフィッシュ see styles |
serufisshu セルフィッシュ |
(adjectival noun) selfish; self-indulgent; egotistical; self-centered |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Zen Heart Zen Mind | 禪心 禅心 | zen shin / zenshin | chán xīn / chan2 xin1 / chan xin / chanxin | ch`an hsin / chanhsin / chan hsin |
Bojutsu Bojitsu | 棒術 棒术 | bou jutsu / boujutsu / bo jutsu | bàng shù / bang4 shu4 / bang shu / bangshu | pang shu / pangshu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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