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舞 is the simplest way to write dance in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
It can also be translated as to dance, to wield, to brandish, or to circle.
舞 reads more clearly as dance in Chinese than it does in Japanese (see our two-character word for dancing if you want to be absolutely clear in both languages).
舞蹈 is the clearest way to express the art of dancing in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
If you are a dancer or love the art of dance, this is the calligraphy selection for you.
舞踊 is the most proper term for dance or dancing in Japanese.
The first Kanji means “dance,” and the second means to jump or leap. Together, they are just a strong way to say “dance” (the second Kanji just clarifies the first - nobody will translate this as “dance jumping”).
Classic Chinese
Modern Chinese Version
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 舞 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
舞 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu meguru めぐる |
More info & calligraphy: Dancedancing; dance; (female given name) Meguru To posture, brandish, play; urge. |
舞獅 舞狮 see styles |
wǔ shī wu3 shi1 wu shih |
More info & calligraphy: Lion Dance |
舞者 see styles |
wǔ zhě wu3 zhe3 wu che |
More info & calligraphy: Dancer |
舞踊 see styles |
buyou / buyo ぶよう |
More info & calligraphy: Dance |
舞蹈 see styles |
wǔ dǎo wu3 dao3 wu tao butou / buto ぶとう |
More info & calligraphy: Dance / Dancing(n,vs,vi) dancing |
獅子舞 see styles |
shishimai ししまい |
More info & calligraphy: Lion Dance |
舞蹈家 see styles |
wǔ dǎo jiā wu3 dao3 jia1 wu tao chia |
More info & calligraphy: Dancer |
一舞 see styles |
ibuki いぶき |
(female given name) Ibuki |
上舞 see styles |
kanmai かんまい |
(surname) Kanmai |
下舞 see styles |
shimomai しもまい |
(surname) Shimomai |
世舞 see styles |
sebu せぶ |
(female given name) Sebu |
乱舞 see styles |
ranbu; rappu らんぶ; らっぷ |
(n,vs,vi) boisterous dance |
五舞 see styles |
ibu いぶ |
(female given name) Ibu |
亜舞 see styles |
amai あまい |
(personal name) Amai |
京舞 see styles |
kyoumai / kyomai きょうまい |
traditional Kyoto dance |
人舞 see styles |
hitomai ひとまい |
(place-name) Hitomai |
仕舞 see styles |
jimai じまい shimai しまい |
(suffix) (1) (kana only) ending; quitting; closing; (2) (kana only) indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do; (1) end; close; finish; termination; (2) noh dance in plain clothes |
以舞 see styles |
ibu いぶ |
(female given name) Ibu |
伊舞 see styles |
ibu いぶ |
(female given name) Ibu |
伴舞 see styles |
bàn wǔ ban4 wu3 pan wu |
to be a dancing partner to sb; to perform as a backup dancer; taxi dancer (hired dancing partner); escort |
佑舞 see styles |
yuma ゆま |
(female given name) Yuma |
依舞 see styles |
ibu いぶ |
(female given name) Ibu |
僧舞 see styles |
sēng wǔ seng1 wu3 seng wu sōbu |
monk's dance |
優舞 see styles |
yuma ゆま |
(female given name) Yuma |
円舞 see styles |
enbu えんぶ |
waltz; (female given name) Ema |
冬舞 see styles |
fuyuma ふゆま |
(female given name) Fuyuma |
凜舞 see styles |
rima りま |
(female given name) Rima |
剣舞 see styles |
kenbu けんぶ |
sword dance |
勁舞 劲舞 see styles |
jìng wǔ jing4 wu3 ching wu |
to dance energetically; vigorous modern style of dance |
北舞 see styles |
kitamai きたまい |
(place-name) Kitamai |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Dance | 舞 | mai | wǔ / wu3 / wu | |
Dance Dancing | 舞蹈 | butou / buto | wǔ dǎo / wu3 dao3 / wu dao / wudao | wu tao / wutao |
Dance | 舞踴 舞踊 | buyou / buyo | ||
Dancer | 舞者 | wǔ zhě / wu3 zhe3 / wu zhe / wuzhe | wu che / wuche | |
Lion Dance | 舞獅 舞狮 | wǔ shī / wu3 shi1 / wu shi / wushi | wu shih / wushih | |
Dancer | 舞蹈家 | wǔ dǎo jiā wu3 dao3 jia1 wu dao jia wudaojia | wu tao chia wutaochia |
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Lion Dance | 獅子舞 | shi shi mai shishimai | ||
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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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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