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感謝 is gratitude; the feeling of being grateful or thankful.
You can think of this as being a formal way of expressing thankfulness in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
謙遜 can also be translated as being modest, humble, or unpretentious.
Being humble is considering others to be as important as yourself. You are thoughtful of their needs and willing to be of service. You don't expect others or yourself to be perfect. You learn from your mistakes. When you do great things, humility reminds you to be thankful instead of boastful.
This Humility title is also used as one of the 8 key concepts of Tang Soo Do. Often romanized as “Kyum Son.”
Also sometimes used in Japanese to express humility with an essence of modesty.
茶緣 is a special title for the tea lover. This kind of means “tea fate,” but it's more spiritual and hard to define. Perhaps the tea brought you in to drink it. Perhaps the tea will bring you and another tea-lover together. Perhaps you were already there, and the tea came to you. Perhaps it's the ah-ha moment you will have when drinking the tea.
I've been told not to explain this further, as it will either dilute or confuse the purposefully-ambiguous idea embedded in this enigma.
I happen to be the owner of a piece of calligraphy written by either the son or nephew of the last emperor of China, which is the title he wrote. It was given to me at a Beijing tea house in 2001. 茶緣 is where I learned to love tea after literally spending weeks tasting and studying everything I could about Chinese tea. I did not understand the significance of the authorship or the meaning of the title at all. Some 10 years later, I realized the gift was so profound and had such providence. Only now do I realize the value of a gift that it is too late to give proper thanks for. It was also years later that I ended up in this business and could have the artwork properly mounted as a wall scroll. It has been borrowed for many exhibitions and shows and always amazes native Chinese and Taiwanese who read the signature. This piece of calligraphy I once thought was just a bit of ink on a thin and wrinkled piece of paper, is now one of my most valued possessions. And fate has taught me to be more thankful for seemingly simple gifts.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your thankful search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
感激 see styles |
gǎn jī gan3 ji1 kan chi kangeki かんげき |
More info & calligraphy: Thankfulness(n,vs,vi) deep emotion; impression; inspiration |
感謝 感谢 see styles |
gǎn xiè gan3 xie4 kan hsieh kansha かんしゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Gratitude / Thanks(n,vs,vt,vi) thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness |
恐縮 see styles |
kyoushuku / kyoshuku きょうしゅく |
(n,vs,vi) (1) feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful; (n,vs,vi) (2) (oft. before a request, as 恐縮ですが) feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); feeling embarrassed (e.g. by someone's compliments, hospitality, etc.); (n,vs,vi) (3) (archaism) shrinking back in fear |
有難い see styles |
arigatai ありがたい |
(adjective) (kana only) grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude |
多とする see styles |
tatosuru たとする |
(exp,vs-i) to appreciate; to be thankful |
有り難い see styles |
arigatai ありがたい |
(adjective) (kana only) grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude |
非常感謝 非常感谢 see styles |
fēi cháng gǎn xiè fei1 chang2 gan3 xie4 fei ch`ang kan hsieh fei chang kan hsieh |
extremely grateful; very thankful |
有り難がる see styles |
arigatagaru ありがたがる |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to be thankful; to feel grateful; to show one's gratitude |
Variations: |
myourinitsukiru / myorinitsukiru みょうりにつきる |
(exp,v1) to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune |
Variations: |
arigatakuomou / arigatakuomo ありがたくおもう |
(exp,v5u) to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful |
Variations: |
arigatai ありがたい |
(adjective) (kana only) grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude |
Variations: |
arigatagaru ありがたがる |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to be thankful; to feel grateful; to show one's gratitude |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Gratitude Thanks | 感謝 | kan sha / kansha | gǎn xiè / gan3 xie4 / gan xie / ganxie | kan hsieh / kanhsieh |
Humility Being Humble | 謙遜 谦逊 | ken son / kenson | qiān xùn / qian1 xun4 / qian xun / qianxun | ch`ien hsün / chienhsün / chien hsün |
Tea Fate | 茶緣 茶缘 | chá yuán / cha2 yuan2 / cha yuan / chayuan | ch`a yüan / chayüan / cha yüan | |
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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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.
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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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