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Genbu in Chinese / Japanese...

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Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai

Japanese Genbu Karate Club

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 rì běn kōng shǒu dào xuán wǔ huì
 ni ppon kara te dou gen bu kai
Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai Scroll

日本空手道玄武會 is the title for Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai.
A Japanese karate association of the Genbu school.

Note that while this title does make perfect sense in Chinese, it is really a Japanese title. In fact, the first word is “Japanese/Japan.”

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Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God

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 xuán wǔ
 genbu
 현무
Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God Scroll

玄武 can refer to the Black Tortoise (an ancient Chinese constellation of stars- part of the seven mansions of the north sky).

In Daoism, this is the God of the North sky.

This also refers to a Black Tortoise god, said to rule over the northern heavens in Japanese. Can also be pronounced/romanized as genmu or when used as a personal name, Hirotake in Japanese.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

玄武

see styles		 xuán wǔ
    xuan2 wu3
hsüan wu
 genbu; genmu
    げんぶ; げんむ

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Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky
(1) (See 四神) Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens; (personal name) Hirotake

減歩

see styles		  genbu
    げんぶ

減歩
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(noun, transitive verb) reallocating private land to public use (e.g. parks, roads); reduction in the amount of private land following a land reallocation; reducing the area of private land to reallocate it to public uses

源武

see styles		  genbu
    げんぶ

源武
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(place-name) Genbu

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

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai日本空手道玄武會
日本空手道玄武会		ni ppon kara te dou gen bu kai
nipponkaratedougenbukai
ni pon kara te do gen bu kai		rì běn kōng shǒu dào xuán wǔ huì
ri4 ben3 kong1 shou3 dao4 xuan2 wu3 hui4
ri ben kong shou dao xuan wu hui		jih pen k`ung shou tao hsüan wu hui
jih pen kung shou tao hsüan wu hui
Xuan Wu
Genbu
Black Tortoise God		玄武genbuxuán wǔ / xuan2 wu3 / xuan wu / xuanwuhsüan wu / hsüanwu
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.


Dictionary

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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single-character wall scroll.
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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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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