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Single character for brown color
褐 is the most simple way to express brown in Chinese.
It also means brown in Japanese but this character is not often written alone in Japanese (they would tend to write 褐色 (brown color) to refer to brown or the color of tanned skin.
In some contexts, this can refer to gray or a dark color, or coarse hemp cloth.
In the Buddhist context, it can refer to a coarse serge (cheaply sewn clothing) hence poverty.
Note: In Taiwanese Mandarin, this is spoken with the 2nd or rising tone instead of the 4th or falling tone used in the mainland.
絹 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for thin, tough silk fabric, or silk cloth.
This can also be the Japanese female given name, Masami.
布施 is the Buddhist practice of giving known as Dāna or दान from Pali and Sanskrit.
Depending on the context, this can be alms-giving, acts of charity, or offerings (usually money) to a priest for reading sutras or teachings.
Some will put Dāna in these two categories:
1. The pure or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only in the hereafter.
2. The sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit.
The first kind is, of course, the kind that a liberated or enlightened person will pursue.
Others will put Dāna in these categories:
1. Worldly or material gifts.
2. Unworldly or spiritual gifts.
You can also separate Dāna into these three kinds:
1. 財布施 Goods such as money, food, or material items.
2. 法布施 Dharma, as an act to teach or bestow the Buddhist doctrine onto others.
3. 無畏布施 Courage, as an act of facing fear to save someone or when standing up for someone or standing up for righteousness.
The philosophies and categorization of Dāna will vary among various monks, temples, and sects of Buddhism.
Breaking down the characters separately:
布 (sometimes written 佈) means to spread out or announce, but also means cloth. In ancient times, cloth or robs were given to the Buddhist monks annually as a gift of alms - I need to do more research, but I believe there is a relationship here.
施 means to grant, to give, to bestow, to act, to carry out, and by itself can mean Dāna as a single character.
Dāna can also be expressed as 檀那 (pronounced “tán nà” in Mandarin and dan-na or だんな in Japanese). 檀那 is a transliteration of Dāna. However, it has colloquially come to mean some unsavory or unrelated things in Japanese. So, I think 布施 is better for calligraphy on your wall to remind you to practice Dāna daily (or whenever possible).
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
褐 see styles |
hè he4 ho kachi; katsu; kachin(ok) かち; かつ; かちん(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Brown(1) (See 褐色) dark indigo (almost black); (2) coarse cloth Coarse serge, hence poverty. |
らぶ see styles |
rafu ラフ |
{cloth} ruff; (surname) Love; Rabbe; (female given name) Rabu |
ウェス see styles |
uesu ウエス |
More info & calligraphy: Wes |
ラシャ see styles |
raja ラジャ |
More info & calligraphy: Rasha |
冪 幂 see styles |
mì mi4 mi beki べき |
(math.) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil (mathematics term) exponent; power |
初 see styles |
chū chu1 ch`u chu hatsu(p); ui はつ(P); うい |
at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic (adj-no,n,n-pref,n-suf) first; new; (female given name) Hatsumi To cut cloth for clothes; beginning, first. |
匹 see styles |
pǐ pi3 p`i pi hiki ひき |
classifier for horses, mules etc; Taiwan pr. [pi1]; ordinary person; classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower (counter) (1) counter for small animals; (2) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (3) roll of cloth; (counter) (1) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (2) (archaism) counter for horses; (3) roll of cloth; (surname) Hiki |
哆 see styles |
duō duo1 to |
quiver; woolen cloth |
塊 块 see styles |
kuài kuai4 k`uai kuai saikachi さいかち |
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units (1) lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster; (2) group; crowd; (3) embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification; (surname) Saikachi a clod |
巾 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kin きん |
towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50 napkin; cloth; (surname) Haba |
布 see styles |
bù bu4 pu nuno(p); fu; nino(ok); ninu(ok) ぬの(P); ふ; にの(ok); にぬ(ok) |
cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known (1) cloth; fabric; material; textile; (2) (ふ only) (hist) (See 布銭) bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China); (female given name) Yoshi Cloth, to spread; translit. pu, po, pau. |
幌 see styles |
huǎng huang3 huang poro ぽろ |
shop sign; (literary) window curtain (1) canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood; (2) helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle; (kana only) curtain; hanging; bunting; (place-name) Poro |
幏 see styles |
jià jia4 chia |
cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups |
扯 see styles |
chě che3 ch`e che |
to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey |
畦 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi une うね |
small plot of farm land; Taiwan pr. [xi1] (1) ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; (2) rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy); (1) (kana only) ridge of earth between rice fields; (2) (kana only) ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; (3) (abbreviation) footpath between rice fields; causeway; (surname) Une |
疋 匹 see styles |
yǎ ya3 ya hiki ひき |
variant of 雅[ya3] (counter) (1) counter for small animals; (2) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (3) roll of cloth; (counter) (1) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (2) (archaism) counter for horses; (3) roll of cloth; (surname) Hiki |
砧 see styles |
zhēn zhen1 chen kinuta きぬた |
anvil fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth; (place-name) Kinuta |
筘 see styles |
kòu kou4 k`ou kou |
(a measure of width of cloth) |
紬 䌷 see styles |
chóu chou2 ch`ou chou tsumugu つむぐ |
silk pongee (soft thin cloth woven from raw silk); (female given name) Tsumugu |
絘 see styles |
cì ci4 tz`u tzu |
ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth |
綟 see styles |
moji もじ |
hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc. |
縵 缦 see styles |
màn man4 man man |
plain thin silk; slow; unadorned unpatterned cloth |
繈 see styles |
qiǎng qiang3 ch`iang chiang |
cloth for carrying baby on back |
繐 see styles |
suì sui4 sui |
fine and loose cloth; tassel |
羃 see styles |
mì mi4 mi |
cover of cloth for food; veil |
苴 see styles |
jū ju1 chü kaishiki かいしき |
(hemp); sack cloth leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering |
葛 see styles |
gé ge2 ko kuzu(p); tsuzura; kuzu くず(P); つづら; クズ |
kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth (1) kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; (2) (つづら only) (See 葛藤・つづらふじ・1) Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum); (surname, given name) Kuzu The rambling, or creeping bean. |
袱 see styles |
fú fu2 fu |
(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover |
袼 see styles |
gē ge1 ko |
gusset; cloth fitting sleeve under armpit |
褓 see styles |
bǎo bao3 pao |
cloth for carrying baby on back |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Brown | 褐 | katsu | hè / he4 / he | ho |
Silk Cloth | 絹 绢 | kinu | juàn / juan4 / juan | chüan |
Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity | 布施 | fuse | bù shī / bu4 shi1 / bu shi / bushi | pu shih / pushih |
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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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.
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