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揮翰


挥翰

see styles
huī hàn
    hui1 han4
hui han
(literary) to wield a writing brush

撚り

see styles
 yori
    より
    hineri
    ひねり
twist; ply; (1) (kana only) twist; spin; (2) (kana only) ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); (3) (kana only) wrapped offering (of money); (4) (sumo) twisting throw

撰修

see styles
 senshuu / senshu
    せんしゅう
(noun, transitive verb) (dated) (See 編修) writing (a book); compiling; editing

撰文

see styles
zhuàn wén
    zhuan4 wen2
chuan wen
 senbun
    せんぶん
to write an article
(n,vs,vi) (form) writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph; inscription

撰録

see styles
 senroku
    せんろく
(noun/participle) compiling; editing; writing

敗筆


败笔

see styles
bài bǐ
    bai4 bi3
pai pi
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing

文墨

see styles
wén mò
    wen2 mo4
wen mo
writing; culture

文思

see styles
wén sī
    wen2 si1
wen ssu
 fumio
    ふみお
the train of thought in writing
(given name) Fumio

文書


文书

see styles
wén shū
    wen2 shu1
wen shu
 bunsho(p); monjo; bunjo(ok)
    ぶんしょ(P); もんじょ; ぶんじょ(ok)
document; official correspondence; secretary; secretariat
(1) document; writing; letter; papers; notes; records; archives; (2) (もんじょ only) (paleography term) document addressed to someone

文机

see styles
 fuzukue; fumizukue; funzukue
    ふづくえ; ふみづくえ; ふんづくえ
Japanese-style writing desk

文氣


文气

see styles
wén qì
    wen2 qi4
wen ch`i
    wen chi
the impact of a piece of writing on the reader; gentle; refined

文理

see styles
wén lǐ
    wen2 li3
wen li
 bunri
    ぶんり
arts and sciences
(1) humanities and sciences; (2) reason; logic; (3) line of thought (in a piece of writing); thread (of meaning); (surname) Bunri
The written word and the truth expressed; written principles, or reasonings; a treatise; literary style.

文調

see styles
 bunchou / buncho
    ぶんちょう
writing style; (given name) Bunchō

文辭


文辞

see styles
wén cí
    wen2 ci2
wen tz`u
    wen tzu
 monji
language; use of words; phraseology; articles; essays; writing
syllable(s)

文量

see styles
 bunryou / bunryo
    ぶんりょう
amount of text; amount of writing

文風


文风

see styles
wén fēng
    wen2 feng1
wen feng
 fumika
    ふみか
writing style; (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity
(female given name) Fumika

文體


文体

see styles
wén tǐ
    wen2 ti3
wen t`i
    wen ti
genre of writing; literary form; style; literary recreation and sporting activities
See: 文体

料紙

see styles
 ryoushi / ryoshi
    りょうし
writing paper

斧正

see styles
fǔ zhèng
    fu3 zheng4
fu cheng
 fusei / fuse
    ふせい
(polite) please amend my writing
correction; revision

断筆

see styles
 danpitsu
    だんぴつ
(n,vs,vi) ceasing to write; ceasing one's writing activities; retiring as a writer; putting down one's pen

斷句


断句

see styles
duàn jù
    duan4 ju4
tuan chü
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate

明文

see styles
míng wén
    ming2 wen2
ming wen
 meibun / mebun
    めいぶん
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
explicit statement (e.g. in law); express provision; (personal name) Meibun

明記


明记

see styles
míng jì
    ming2 ji4
ming chi
 meiki / meki
    めいき
(noun, transitive verb) clear writing; specification; (personal name) Meiki
articulation

曲筆


曲笔

see styles
qū bǐ
    qu1 bi3
ch`ü pi
    chü pi
 kyokuhitsu
    きょくひつ
falsification in writing; misrepresentation in written history; deliberate digression
(noun, transitive verb) (See 直筆・ちょくひつ・2) misrepresentation; falsification

書丹

see styles
 shotan
    しょたん
(noun/participle) writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)

書取

see styles
 kakitori
    かきとり
(1) writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; (2) transcription (of spoken material)

書寫


书写

see styles
shū xiě
    shu1 xie3
shu hsieh
 shosha
to write
To write, record; a recorder.

書式

see styles
 shoshiki
    しょしき
prescribed form (of writing); format

書板


书板

see styles
shū bǎn
    shu1 ban3
shu pan
(writing) tablet

書案


书案

see styles
shū àn
    shu1 an4
shu an
writing desk; official record

書牘


书牍

see styles
shū dú
    shu1 du2
shu tu
 shotoku
    しょとく
letter; wooden writing strips (arch.); general term for letters and documents
epistle; missive; letter

書留

see styles
 kakitome
    かきとめ
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) (abbreviation) registered mail; (2) registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of

書記


书记

see styles
shū ji
    shu1 ji5
shu chi
 shoki
    しょき
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe
(1) clerk; secretary; (noun, transitive verb) (2) writing down; putting on record
A record.

書跡


书迹

see styles
shū jì
    shu1 ji4
shu chi
 shoseki
    しょせき
extant work of a calligrapher
writing; penmanship

書蹟

see styles
 shoseki
    しょせき
(out-dated kanji) writing; penmanship

書院


书院

see styles
shū yuàn
    shu1 yuan4
shu yüan
 shoin
    しょいん
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
(1) drawing room; study; writing alcove; (2) (in company names) publishing house

本状

see styles
 honjou / honjo
    ほんじょう
this document; this letter; this writing

朱書

see styles
 shusho
    しゅしょ
(noun, transitive verb) writing in red

朱筆


朱笔

see styles
zhū bǐ
    zhu1 bi3
chu pi
 shuhitsu
    しゅひつ
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
red-ink brush

朱記

see styles
 shuki
    しゅき
(noun/participle) writing in red ink

李翱

see styles
lǐ áo
    li3 ao2
li ao
Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4]

杜撰

see styles
dù zhuàn
    du4 zhuan4
tu chuan
 zusan(p); zuzan(ok)
    ずさん(P); ずざん(ok)
to fabricate; to make something up; invented
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) careless; sloppy; faulty; (2) using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
sloppily written text

染筆

see styles
 senpitsu
    せんぴつ
(n,vs,vi) writing; painting

格調


格调

see styles
gé diào
    ge2 diao4
ko tiao
 kakuchou / kakucho
    かくちょう
style (of art or literature); form; one's work style; moral character
(See 格調高い) tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style

條暢


条畅

see styles
tiáo chàng
    tiao2 chang4
t`iao ch`ang
    tiao chang
orderly and logical (of writing); luxuriant; flourishing; prosperous

梵字

see styles
fàn zì
    fan4 zi4
fan tzu
 bonji
    ぼんじ
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham); (given name) Bonji
Brahma letters; saṃskṛtam; Sanskrit: also梵書 The classical Aryan language of India, systematized by scholars, in contradistinction to prākrit, representing the languages as ordinarily spoken. With the exception of a few ancient translations probably from Pali versions, most of the original texts used in China were Sanskrit. Various alphabets have been introduced into China for transliterating Indian texts, the devanāgarī alphabet, which was introduced via Tibet, is still used on charms and in sorcery. Pali is considered by some Chinese writers to be more ancient than Sanskrit both as a written and spoken language.

梵文

see styles
fàn wén
    fan4 wen2
fan wen
 bonbun
    ぼんぶん
Sanskrit
(1) Sanskrit writing; Sanskrit text; (2) Sanskrit scripture; scripture in Sanskrit characters
Sanskrit text

業配


业配

see styles
yè pèi
    ye4 pei4
yeh p`ei
    yeh pei
(Tw) (media) writing an article or creating a video favorable to a business in return for payment from the business (abbr. for 業務配合|业务配合[ye4 wu4 pei4 he2])

楷書


楷书

see styles
kǎi shū
    kai3 shu1
k`ai shu
    kai shu
 kaisho
    かいしょ
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style

横文

see styles
 oubun / obun
    おうぶん
horizontal (Western) writing

橐筆


橐笔

see styles
tuó bǐ
    tuo2 bi3
t`o pi
    to pi
to make one's living by writing

歌境

see styles
 kakyou / kakyo
    かきょう
mood of a poem; poet's mood when writing

正教

see styles
zhèng jiào
    zheng4 jiao4
cheng chiao
 masanori
    まさのり
lit. true religion; orthodox religion; orthodox Christianity; Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church; (given name) Masanori
correct teaching

正書


正书

see styles
zhèng shū
    zheng4 shu1
cheng shu
 seisho / sesho
    せいしょ
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
(See 楷書) printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style

死文

see styles
 shibun
    しぶん
(1) dead letter; (2) meaningless writing

毛錐


毛锥

see styles
máo zhuī
    mao2 zhui1
mao chui
writing brush (old); Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south of China whose calybia (nuts) resemble the tip of a writing brush

水茎

see styles
 mizuguki
    みずぐき
(1) writing brush; (2) writing; handwriting; (surname) Mizuguki

流暢


流畅

see styles
liú chàng
    liu2 chang4
liu ch`ang
    liu chang
 ryuuchou / ryucho
    りゅうちょう
flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
(noun or adjectival noun) fluent (language skill); flowing

海選


海选

see styles
hǎi xuǎn
    hai3 xuan3
hai hsüan
(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.); (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers; (in the entertainment industry) open audition

涉筆


涉笔

see styles
shè bǐ
    she4 bi3
she pi
to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush")

清祥

see styles
 seishou / sesho
    せいしょう
(used in letter writing; referring to the recipient) happiness and health

清麗


清丽

see styles
qīng lì
    qing1 li4
ch`ing li
    ching li
 seira / sera
    せいら
(of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (form) clean; tidy; pure; untarnished; (2) {shogi} Seirei (one of the eight major professional female titles); (female given name) Seira

渇筆

see styles
 kappitsu
    かっぴつ
drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

漆書

see styles
 shissho
    しっしょ
writing in (japan) lacquer

演義


演义

see styles
yǎn yì
    yan3 yi4
yen i
 yoni
    よんい
to dramatize historical events; novel or play on historical theme
(1) popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; (2) adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing; (given name) Yon'i
draw out and explain the meaning or the real gist

漢文


汉文

see styles
hàn wén
    han4 wen2
han wen
 kanbun
    かんぶん
Chinese written language; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
(1) Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; (2) writing composed entirely of kanji

漫漶

see styles
màn huàn
    man4 huan4
man huan
(of writing etc) indistinct (due to water damage or wear)

潤色


润色

see styles
rùn sè
    run4 se4
jun se
 junshoku
    じゅんしょく
to polish (a piece of writing); to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc)
(noun/participle) rhetorical flourishes

炳蔚

see styles
bǐng wèi
    bing3 wei4
ping wei
splendid (of writing style)

煞筆


煞笔

see styles
shā bǐ
    sha1 bi3
sha pi
to stop one's pen; to break off writing; final remarks (at the end of a book or article)

煩冗


烦冗

see styles
fán rǒng
    fan2 rong3
fan jung
diverse and complicated (of one's affairs); prolix (of speech, writing etc)

狼毫

see styles
láng háo
    lang2 hao2
lang hao
writing brush of weasel bristle

生動


生动

see styles
shēng dòng
    sheng1 dong4
sheng tung
 seidou / sedo
    せいどう
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
(n,vs,vi) vitality

用箋

see styles
 yousen / yosen
    ようせん
stationery; writing pad

画讃

see styles
 gasan
    がさん
legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

画讚

see styles
 gasan
    がさん
(out-dated kanji) legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

画賛

see styles
 gasan
    がさん
legend over a picture; inscription (legend, writing) on a painting

略筆

see styles
 ryakuhitsu
    りゃくひつ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) outline; synopsis; summary; (noun, transitive verb) (2) writing a character (e.g. kanji) in a simplified form; simplified character

疾書


疾书

see styles
jí shū
    ji2 shu1
chi shu
 shissho
to scribble rapidly
Hasty writing; a hurried note; write speedily, or at once.

白描

see styles
bái miáo
    bai2 miao2
pai miao
 hakubyou / hakubyo
    はくびょう
line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing
plain sketch

盛栄

see styles
 morihide
    もりひで
(form) (used in epistolary writing) flourishing (of business); success; prosperity; (given name) Morihide

直筆


直笔

see styles
zhí bǐ
    zhi2 bi3
chih pi
 chokuhitsu
    ちょくひつ
a straightforward honest account
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) (See 側筆) writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke); (n,vs,adj-no) (2) (See 曲筆) frank writing; writing the bare facts

省筆

see styles
 shouhitsu; seihitsu / shohitsu; sehitsu
    しょうひつ; せいひつ
(n,vs,vi) (1) omission (of words and passages); abbreviation; (n,vs,vi) (2) writing a character in a simplified form; omitting strokes from a kanji

真名

see styles
 manna
    まんな
(1) kanji (as opposed to kana); (2) printed-style writing; (place-name) Manna

真字

see styles
 manna
    まんな
    mana
    まな
    shinji
    しんじ
(1) kanji (as opposed to kana); (2) printed-style writing

真書


真书

see styles
zhēn shū
    zhen1 shu1
chen shu
 shinsho
    しんしょ
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
(1) (See 楷書) printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style; (2) book or document that is factual in nature

短文

see styles
duǎn wén
    duan3 wen2
tuan wen
 tanbun
    たんぶん
short piece; article; short essay
(1) short sentence; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

硬い

see styles
 katai
    かたい
(adjective) (1) hard; solid; tough; (2) stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); (3) strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); (4) safe; steady; honest; steadfast; (5) obstinate; stubborn; (6) bookish; formal; stuffy

硬筆


硬笔

see styles
yìng bǐ
    ying4 bi3
ying pi
 kouhitsu / kohitsu
    こうひつ
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
pen or pencil

硯田


砚田

see styles
yàn tián
    yan4 tian2
yen t`ien
    yen tien
 suzurida
    すずりだ
ink stone; writing as a livelihood
(place-name) Suzurida

硯耕


砚耕

see styles
yàn gēng
    yan4 geng1
yen keng
to live by writing

碉堡

see styles
diāo bǎo
    diao1 bao3
tiao pao
(military) pillbox; blockhouse; humorous way of writing 屌爆[diao3 bao4]

神筆


神笔

see styles
shén bǐ
    shen2 bi3
shen pi
lit. divine pen; fig. outstanding writing

禿筆

see styles
 tokuhitsu; chibifude
    とくひつ; ちびふで
(1) (form) worn-out brush; (2) (とくひつ only) (form) (humble language) my poor writing

秉筆


秉笔

see styles
bǐng bǐ
    bing3 bi3
ping pi
to hold the pen; to do the actual writing

稿件

see styles
gǎo jiàn
    gao3 jian4
kao chien
piece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article

稿料

see styles
 kouryou / koryo
    こうりょう
(See 原稿料) manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

稿酬

see styles
gǎo chóu
    gao3 chou2
kao ch`ou
    kao chou
fee paid to an author for a piece of writing

立傳


立传

see styles
lì zhuàn
    li4 zhuan4
li chuan
to record sb's achievements in writing; to write a biography enhancing the subject's image

立言

see styles
lì yán
    li4 yan2
li yen
 ritsugen
    りつげん
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to expound one's theory
(n,vs,vi) expression of one's views
assert

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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