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The natural world
自然 is the simple way to express nature in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This can also be translated as “the natural world.”
In Japanese and Korean, this term is sometimes used to signify spontaneity or a spontaneous act.
In the context of Taoism or Daoism, this is a key concept that literally means “of its own” or “by itself” and thus naturally, natural, spontaneously, freely, or in the course of events.
Also known as known as ziran or tzu-jan
大自然 is the simple way to express “mother nature” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This can also be translated as “the great nature” or “all of nature.”
自然界の均衡 is a verbose way to say “nature in balance” in Japanese.
The first three Kanji have the meaning of “the natural world” or “the natural kingdom” (kind of like the animal kingdom but including plants and all things biological).
The third character is a Hiragana that acts to connect the two ideas here.
The last two Kanji mean equilibrium or balance.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 自然 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
自然 see styles |
zì rán zi4 ran2 tzu jan jinen じねん |
More info & calligraphy: Nature(n,adv) occurring naturally (without human influence); (female given name) Minori svayaṃbhū, also 自爾; 法爾 self-existing, the self-existent; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and others; in Chinese it is 'self-so', so of itself, natural, of course, spontaneous. It also means uncaused existence, certain sects of heretics 自然外道 denying Buddhist cause and effect and holding that things happen spontaneously. |
大自然 see styles |
dà zì rán da4 zi4 ran2 ta tzu jan daishizen だいしぜん |
More info & calligraphy: Mother Naturenature; Mother Nature |
自然館 see styles |
shizenkan しぜんかん |
More info & calligraphy: Jinenkan |
不自然 see styles |
bù zì rán bu4 zi4 ran2 pu tzu jan fushizen ふしぜん |
unnatural; artificial (noun or adjectival noun) unnatural; artificial; affected; strained |
自然に see styles |
shizenni しぜんに |
(adverb) (See 自然・1,自然・2) naturally; smoothly; spontaneously |
自然人 see styles |
zì rán rén zi4 ran2 ren2 tzu jan jen shizenjin しぜんじん |
natural person (law); see also 法人[fa3 ren2] (1) {phil} natural person; person unspoiled by civilization; noble savage; (2) {law} (See 法人) natural person; physical person |
自然体 see styles |
shizentai しぜんたい |
(1) natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; (2) natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner |
自然光 see styles |
shizenkou / shizenko しぜんこう |
(1) (See 人工光) natural light; (2) {physics} unpolarized light |
自然力 see styles |
shizenryoku しぜんりょく |
force(surname) of nature |
自然史 see styles |
zì rán shǐ zi4 ran2 shi3 tzu jan shih shizenshi しぜんし |
natural history (i.e. botany and zoology) natural history |
自然園 see styles |
shizenen しぜんえん |
(place-name) Shizen'en |
自然塩 see styles |
shizenen しぜんえん |
natural salt |
自然増 see styles |
shizenzou / shizenzo しぜんぞう |
natural increase |
自然学 see styles |
shizengaku しぜんがく |
(See 自然哲学) physics (study of natural science in ancient Greek philosophy) |
自然層 自然层 see styles |
zì rán céng zi4 ran2 ceng2 tzu jan ts`eng tzu jan tseng |
natural layer (in an archaeological dig) |
自然島 see styles |
shizentou / shizento しぜんとう |
(See 人工島) natural island |
自然律 see styles |
shizenritsu しぜんりつ |
natural law |
自然得 see styles |
zì rán dé zi4 ran2 de2 tzu jan te jinen toku |
to acquire naturally |
自然慈 see styles |
zì rán cí zi4 ran2 ci2 tzu jan tz`u tzu jan tzu jinen ji |
Intuitive mercy possessed by a bodhisattva, untaught and without causal nexus. |
自然慧 see styles |
zì rán huì zi4 ran2 hui4 tzu jan hui jinene |
natural wisdom |
自然捲 see styles |
zì rán juǎn zi4 ran2 juan3 tzu jan chüan |
natural curls; natural wave |
自然数 see styles |
shizensuu / shizensu しぜんすう |
{math} natural number; nonnegative integer |
自然數 自然数 see styles |
zì rán shù zi4 ran2 shu4 tzu jan shu |
natural number See: 自然数 |
自然智 see styles |
zì rán zhì zi4 ran2 zhi4 tzu jan chih jinen chi |
The intuitive or inborn wisdom of a Buddha, untaught to him and outside the causal nexus. |
自然木 see styles |
shizenboku しぜんぼく |
naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation |
自然林 see styles |
shizenrin しぜんりん |
virgin forest |
自然業 自然业 see styles |
zì rán yè zi4 ran2 ye4 tzu jan yeh jinen gō |
spontaneous activity |
自然権 see styles |
shizenken しぜんけん |
natural right; right under natural law |
自然死 see styles |
shizenshi しぜんし |
(See 異状死) (dying of) natural causes |
自然段 see styles |
zì rán duàn zi4 ran2 duan4 tzu jan tuan |
paragraph |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Nature | 自然 | shi zen / shizen | zì rán / zi4 ran2 / zi ran / ziran | tzu jan / tzujan |
Jinenkan | 自然館 | ji nen kan / jinenkan | ||
Mother Nature | 大自然 | dai shi zen daishizen | dà zì rán da4 zi4 ran2 da zi ran daziran | ta tzu jan tatzujan |
Nature in Balance Balanced Nature | 自然平衡 | zì rán píng héng zi4 ran2 ping2 heng2 zi ran ping heng ziranpingheng | tzu jan p`ing heng tzujanpingheng tzu jan ping heng |
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The Nature of Martial Arts | 自然武道 | shi zen bu do shizenbudo | zì rán wǔ dào zi4 ran2 wu3 dao4 zi ran wu dao ziranwudao | tzu jan wu tao tzujanwutao |
Nature in Balance Balanced Nature | 自然の調和 | shizen no cho wa shizennochowa | ||
Nature in Balance Balanced Nature | 自然界の均衡 | shizenkai no kinkou shizenkainokinkou shizenkai no kinko |
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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.
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