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In Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja, 神明 title refers to deities or gods (can be the singular or plural form).
Depending on the context, this could also mean “divine.”
Specifically, in Japanese, this can refer to Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity).
In some Buddhist contexts, this also means deity but can also refer to “intelligence” (as in all-knowing).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 神明 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
神明 see styles |
shén míng shen2 ming2 shen ming jinmei / jinme じんめい |
More info & calligraphy: Deities / Gods(1) deity; god; (2) (See 天照大神) Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity); (surname) Jinmei The spirits of heaven and earth, the gods; also the intelligent or spiritual nature. |
丁神明 see styles |
teishinmei / teshinme ていしんめい |
(place-name) Teishinmei |
下神明 see styles |
shimoshinmei / shimoshinme しもしんめい |
(place-name) Shimoshinmei |
中神明 see styles |
nakashinmei / nakashinme なかしんめい |
(place-name) Nakashinmei |
北神明 see styles |
kitashinmei / kitashinme きたしんめい |
(place-name) Kitashinmei |
南神明 see styles |
minamishinmei / minamishinme みなみしんめい |
(place-name) Minamishinmei |
古神明 see styles |
furushinmei / furushinme ふるしんめい |
(place-name) Furushinmei |
宮神明 see styles |
miyashinmei / miyashinme みやしんめい |
(place-name) Miyashinmei |
小神明 see styles |
kojinmei / kojinme こじんめい |
(place-name) Kojinmei |
新神明 see styles |
shinshinmei / shinshinme しんしんめい |
(place-name) Shinshinmei |
本神明 see styles |
motoshinmei / motoshinme もとしんめい |
(place-name) Motoshinmei |
東神明 see styles |
higashishinmei / higashishinme ひがししんめい |
(place-name) Higashishinmei |
横神明 see styles |
yokoshinmei / yokoshinme よこしんめい |
(place-name) Yokoshinmei |
神明上 see styles |
shinmeikami / shinmekami しんめいかみ |
(place-name) Shinmeikami |
神明内 see styles |
shinmeiuchi / shinmeuchi しんめいうち |
(place-name) Shinmeiuchi |
神明前 see styles |
shinmeimae / shinmemae しんめいまえ |
(place-name) Shinmeimae |
神明南 see styles |
shinmeiminami / shinmeminami しんめいみなみ |
(place-name) Shinmeiminami |
神明原 see styles |
shimebara しめばら |
(place-name) Shimebara |
神明台 see styles |
shinmeidai / shinmedai しんめいだい |
(place-name) Shinmeidai |
神明堀 see styles |
shinmeibori / shinmebori しんめいぼり |
(place-name) Shinmeibori |
神明宮 see styles |
shinmeiguu / shinmegu しんめいぐう |
(personal name) Jinmeiguu |
神明寺 see styles |
jimyouji / jimyoji じみょうじ |
(place-name) Jimyouji |
神明山 see styles |
jinmyouyama / jinmyoyama じんみょうやま |
(place-name) Jinmyouyama |
神明峠 see styles |
shinmeitouge / shinmetoge しんめいとうげ |
(place-name) Shinmeitōge |
神明崎 see styles |
shinmeisaki / shinmesaki しんめいさき |
(place-name) Shinmeisaki |
神明川 see styles |
shinmeigawa / shinmegawa しんめいがわ |
(place-name) Shinmeigawa |
神明廻 see styles |
shinmeimeguri / shinmemeguri しんめいめぐり |
(place-name) Shinmeimeguri |
神明後 see styles |
shinmeiushiro / shinmeushiro しんめいうしろ |
(place-name) Shinmeiushiro |
神明東 see styles |
shinmeihigashi / shinmehigashi しんめいひがし |
(place-name) Shinmeihigashi |
神明森 see styles |
jinmeimori / jinmemori じんめいもり |
(place-name) Jinmeimori |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Deities Gods | 神明 | jin myou / jinmyou / jin myo | shén míng shen2 ming2 shen ming shenming |
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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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