The Name Ku in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.
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顧 is one of several surnames that can romanize as Ku from Chinese; with the meaning, “to look after.”
Other Ku surnames include:
庫 (warehouse - possibly from officials managing them in ancient Zheng).
苦 (bitter).
丘/邱 (hill or mound).
ク is the name Ku in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Ku-Dan
九段 is a Japanese Kanji word that means “ninth degree” (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.).
九段 is the ninth black belt rank in Japanese martial arts.
The first Kanji means nine or ninth in Japanese.
The second Kanji means step, grade, rank, or level.
Chun Ku Do
天國道 (or 천국도) is Chun Kuk Do, Korean and American martial arts hybrid system created by Chuck Norris.
Note: Chun Ku Do is now known as the Chuck Norris System.
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Ku | 顧 顾 | gù / gu4 / gu | ku | |
| Ku | ク | ku | ||
| Ku-Dan | 九段 | ku dan / kudan | ||
| Chun Ku Do | 天國道 天国道 | ten goku dou tengokudou ten goku do | tiān guó dào tian1 guo2 dao4 tian guo dao tianguodao | t`ien kuo tao tienkuotao tien kuo tao |
| 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. | ||||
