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信仰 means firm belief, faith, persuasion, conviction, and sometimes religion or creed in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This clearly fits the religious connotation of the English word “devotion.”
This is often used to refer to a person of faith or a religious person.
This can be directly translated as “firm belief,” “creed,” “conviction,” or simply as “religious,” depending on context.
Some will also use this to mean “trust in God” in Japanese (though the term for God is not actually in this title).
It should be noted that this word is a little strange alone on a wall scroll.
While this can be pronounced in Japanese, it’s not a great selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Japanese.
神の信仰 is the simplest way to express “Trust in God” in Japanese.
The first character means God, deity, divinity, or spirit (in this case, it will be read as God).
The second character is a particle that links the ideas.
The last two characters mean faith, belief, or creed in a religious context.
信仰と希望と愛 is a Japanese list of words (not really a phrase) meaning faith, hope, and love.
Some have associated this word list with Corinthians 13:13, though there are no specific religious connotations in this word list, and it's not directly from that Japanese Bible verse.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
信仰希望慈善堅忍正義慎重節制 is a list in Chinese and Japanese Kanji of an interpretation of the Seven Heavenly Virtues.
1. Faith is belief in God, and the right virtues.
2. Hope is taking a positive future view that good will prevail.
3. Charity is a concern for, and active helping of, others.
4. Fortitude is never giving up.
5. Justice is being fair and equitable with others.
6. Prudence is care of and moderation with money.
7. Temperance is moderation of needed things and abstinence from things that are not needed.
The full list is here. 信仰希望慈善堅忍正義慎重節制 is a word list, not a common phrase. While all Chinese and Japanese people will recognize the words in the list, they may not understand what the list is about (unless they are familiar with the Seven Heavenly Virtues).
don’t get this as a tattoo or anything like that without first consulting a native translator in the target language. These are fine for a wall scroll but a long discussion is needed before you commit to this for a lifetime inking commitment.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 信仰 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
信仰 see styles |
xìn yǎng xin4 yang3 hsin yang shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Religious Devotion / Faith in God / Religious Faith(noun, transitive verb) (religious) faith; belief; creed; (given name) Shinkou To believe in and look up to. |
不信仰 see styles |
fushinkou / fushinko ふしんこう |
lack of faith; unbelief; impiety; infidelity |
信仰心 see styles |
shinkoushin / shinkoshin しんこうしん |
(religious) piety; faith; devotion |
信仰的 see styles |
shinkouteki / shinkoteki しんこうてき |
(adjectival noun) religious; spiritual |
信仰者 see styles |
xìn yǎng zhě xin4 yang3 zhe3 hsin yang che shinkousha / shinkosha しんこうしゃ |
believer believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple; admirer |
無信仰 see styles |
mushinkou / mushinko むしんこう |
(noun or adjectival noun) lack of religion; irreligion; atheism |
他力信仰 see styles |
tā lì xìn yǎng ta1 li4 xin4 yang3 t`a li hsin yang ta li hsin yang tariki shingō |
faith in other-power |
信仰告白 see styles |
shinkoukokuhaku / shinkokokuhaku しんこうこくはく |
profession of faith |
信仰深い see styles |
shinkoubukai / shinkobukai しんこうぶかい |
(adjective) devout |
信仰生活 see styles |
shinkouseikatsu / shinkosekatsu しんこうせいかつ |
life of faith; religious life |
信仰箇条 see styles |
shinkoukajou / shinkokajo しんこうかじょう |
articles of faith |
学歴信仰 see styles |
gakurekishinkou / gakurekishinko がくれきしんこう |
over-belief in (the importance of) academic credentials; academic credentialism |
家神信仰 see styles |
jiā shén xìn yǎng jia1 shen2 xin4 yang3 chia shen hsin yang kejin shingō |
house-deity belief |
山岳信仰 see styles |
sangakushinkou / sangakushinko さんがくしんこう |
(See 修験道) religion that worships mountains as sacred (e.g. Shugendō); mountain worship |
崇敬信仰 see styles |
chóng jìng xìn yǎng chong2 jing4 xin4 yang3 ch`ung ching hsin yang chung ching hsin yang sūkyō shingō |
reverence and faith |
彌勒信仰 弥勒信仰 see styles |
mí lè xìn yǎng mi2 le4 xin4 yang3 mi le hsin yang Miroku shinkō |
Maitreya devotion |
来世信仰 see styles |
raiseshinkou / raiseshinko らいせしんこう |
belief in the next world; belief in the hereafter |
民間信仰 see styles |
minkanshinkou / minkanshinko みんかんしんこう |
folk beliefs; folk religion |
祈福信仰 see styles |
qí fú xìn yǎng qi2 fu2 xin4 yang3 ch`i fu hsin yang chi fu hsin yang kifuku shingō |
religious devotion for the sake of good fortune |
稲荷信仰 see styles |
inarishinkou / inarishinko いなりしんこう |
cult of Inari; worship of the deity Inari |
精霊信仰 see styles |
seireishinkou / sereshinko せいれいしんこう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) animism |
觀音信仰 观音信仰 see styles |
guān yīn xìn yǎng guan1 yin1 xin4 yang3 kuan yin hsin yang Kan'non shinkō |
devotion to Avalokitêśvara |
言霊信仰 see styles |
kotodamashinkou / kotodamashinko ことだましんこう |
faith in the power of language; belief that reality is affected by the spoken word; speaking of a lucky (or unlucky) event will bring it about |
重層信仰 see styles |
juusoushinkou / jusoshinko じゅうそうしんこう |
(See シンクレティズム) syncretism |
青木信仰 see styles |
aokishinkou / aokishinko あおきしんこう |
(person) Aoki Shinkou |
信仰の自由 see styles |
shinkounojiyuu / shinkonojiyu しんこうのじゆう |
(exp,n) (See 信教の自由) freedom of religion |
改變信仰者 改变信仰者 see styles |
gǎi biàn xìn yǎng zhě gai3 bian4 xin4 yang3 zhe3 kai pien hsin yang che |
a convert |
カトリック信仰 see styles |
katorikkushinkou / katorikkushinko カトリックしんこう |
Catholicism |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Religious Devotion Faith in God Religious Faith | 信仰 | shin kou / shinkou / shin ko | xìn yǎng / xin4 yang3 / xin yang / xinyang | hsin yang / hsinyang |
Trust in God Belief in God | 神の信仰 | kami no shin kou kaminoshinkou kami no shin ko | ||
Faith Hope Love | 信仰と希望と愛 | shinkou to kibou to ai shinkoutokiboutoai shinko to kibo to ai | ||
Seven Heavenly Virtues | 信仰希望慈善堅忍正義慎重節制 信仰希望慈善坚忍正义慎重节制 | shinkou kibou jizen kennin seigi shinchou sessei shinko kibo jizen kennin seigi shincho sesei | xìn yǎng xī wàng cí shàn jiān rěn zhèng yì shèn zhòng jié zhì xin4 yang3 xi1 wang4 ci2 shan4 jian1 ren3 zheng4 yi4 shen4 zhong4 jie2 zhi4 xin yang xi wang ci shan jian ren zheng yi shen zhong jie zhi | hsin yang hsi wang tz`u shan chien jen cheng i shen chung chieh chih hsin yang hsi wang tzu shan chien jen cheng i shen chung chieh chih |
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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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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