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Brown

Single character for brown color

 hè
 katsu
 
Brown Scroll

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.

 juàn
 kinu
 
Silk Cloth Scroll

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.

Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity

 bù shī
 fuse
Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity Scroll

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:
(sometimes written ) 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.
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

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    he4
ho
 kachi; katsu; kachin(ok)
    かち; かつ; かちん(ok)

More info & calligraphy:

Brown
brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth; Taiwan pr. [he2]
(1) (See 褐色) dark indigo (almost black); (2) coarse cloth
Coarse serge, hence poverty.

らぶ

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 rafu
    ラフ
{cloth} ruff; (surname) Love; Rabbe; (female given name) Rabu

ウェス

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 uesu
    ウエス

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Wes
rag (for wiping); waste (cloth); (personal name) Wess

ラシャ

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 raja
    ラジャ

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Rasha
(kana only) felt (por: raxa); woollen cloth; (personal name) Raja


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    mi4
mi
 beki
    べき
(math.) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
(mathematics term) exponent; power

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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.

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    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

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duō
    duo1
to
quiver; woolen cloth


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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

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jīn
    jin1
chin
 kin
    きん
towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50
napkin; cloth; (surname) Haba

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    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.

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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

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jià
    jia4
chia
cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups

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chě
    che3
ch`e
    che
to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey

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    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


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    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

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zhēn
    zhen1
chen
 kinuta
    きぬた
anvil
fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth; (place-name) Kinuta

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kòu
    kou4
k`ou
    kou
(a measure of width of cloth)


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chóu
    chou2
ch`ou
    chou
 tsumugu
    つむぐ
silk
pongee (soft thin cloth woven from raw silk); (female given name) Tsumugu

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    ci4
tz`u
    tzu
ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth

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 moji
    もじ
hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.


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màn
    man4
man
 man
plain thin silk; slow; unadorned
unpatterned cloth

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qiǎng
    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
cloth for carrying baby on back

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suì
    sui4
sui
fine and loose cloth; tassel

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    mi4
mi
cover of cloth for food; veil

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    ju1
chü
 kaishiki
    かいしき
(hemp); sack cloth
leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering

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    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.

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    fu2
fu
(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover

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    ge1
ko
gusset; cloth fitting sleeve under armpit

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bǎo
    bao3
pao
cloth for carrying baby on back

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Brownkatsuhè / he4 / heho
Silk Cloth
kinujuàn / juan4 / juanchüan
Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity布施fusebù shī / bu4 shi1 / bu shi / bushipu 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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