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senri no michi mo ippo kara
千里の道も一歩から is the Japanese version of an ancient Chinese proverb that means “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Some will also translate this as a 1000-mile road starts with one brick (a small amount).
In this case, the real measurement is an ancient Chinese “li” or 里, which is romanized as “ri” in Japanese. It's about half a kilometer, so three 里 would be a western mile. A journey of 333 miles begins with a single step, just doesn't sound as natural.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Brick search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
墼 see styles |
jī ji1 chi geki |
(bound form) unfired brick; (bound form) briquette (made of coal etc); Taiwan pr. [ji2] a brick |
炕 see styles |
kàng kang4 k`ang kang |
kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire |
磚 砖 see styles |
zhuān zhuan1 chuan |
brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); CL:塊|块[kuai4] |
冰磚 冰砖 see styles |
bīng zhuān bing1 zhuan1 ping chuan |
ice-cream brick; brick of ice |
勾縫 勾缝 see styles |
gōu fèng gou1 feng4 kou feng |
to point a brick wall; to grout a tiled surface |
土坯 see styles |
tǔ pī tu3 pi1 t`u p`i tu pi |
mud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware |
土墼 see styles |
tǔ jī tu3 ji1 t`u chi tu chi |
sun-dried mudbrick; adobe brick |
土炕 see styles |
tǔ kàng tu3 kang4 t`u k`ang tu kang |
heated brick common bed |
崖限 see styles |
yá xiàn ya2 xian4 ya hsien |
cliff barring the way; fig. brick wall |
板磚 板砖 see styles |
bǎn zhuān ban3 zhuan1 pan chuan |
(dialect) wall brick |
標磚 标砖 see styles |
biāo zhuān biao1 zhuan1 piao chuan |
marker brick (in building); keystone |
沱茶 see styles |
tuó chá tuo2 cha2 t`o ch`a to cha |
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape; dome shaped tea-brick; caked tea |
炕床 see styles |
kàng chuáng kang4 chuang2 k`ang ch`uang kang chuang |
heatable brick bed |
煉瓦 see styles |
renga(p); renga(p) れんが(P); レンガ(P) |
(kana only) brick |
瓦石 see styles |
wǎ shí wa3 shi2 wa shih gaseki がせき |
(1) worthless thing; garbage; roof tile and stone; (2) brick tiles and stones |
碰壁 see styles |
pèng bì peng4 bi4 p`eng pi peng pi |
to hit a wall; (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face |
磚塊 砖块 see styles |
zhuān kuài zhuan1 kuai4 chuan k`uai chuan kuai |
brick |
磚石 砖石 see styles |
zhuān shí zhuan1 shi2 chuan shih |
brick |
磚窯 砖窑 see styles |
zhuān yáo zhuan1 yao2 chuan yao |
brick kiln |
磚茶 see styles |
tancha; dancha たんちゃ; だんちゃ |
brick tea |
磚頭 砖头 see styles |
zhuān tou zhuan1 tou5 chuan t`ou chuan tou |
brick |
磨磚 磨砖 see styles |
mó zhuān mo2 zhuan1 mo chuan masen |
To grind a brick to make a mirror, useless labour. |
窯場 窑场 see styles |
yáo chǎng yao2 chang3 yao ch`ang yao chang kamaba かまば |
brick kiln kiln-equipped pottery workshop |
茶磚 茶砖 see styles |
chá zhuān cha2 zhuan1 ch`a chuan cha chuan |
tea brick |
變磚 变砖 see styles |
biàn zhuān bian4 zhuan1 pien chuan |
(of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable |
鎂磚 镁砖 see styles |
měi zhuān mei3 zhuan1 mei chuan |
magnesium brick (refractory material) |
大哥大 see styles |
dà gē dà da4 ge1 da4 ta ko ta |
cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone; mob boss |
天日瓦 see styles |
tenjitsugawara てんじつがわら |
sun-dried brick; adobe |
実店舗 see styles |
jittenpo; jitsutenpo じってんぽ; じつてんぽ |
brick and mortar business; bricks and mortar business; physical retail store (rather than online) |
實體店 实体店 see styles |
shí tǐ diàn shi2 ti3 dian4 shih t`i tien shih ti tien |
brick and mortar business; physical (rather than online) retail store |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
A Journey of 1000 Miles Begins with a Single Step | 千里の道も一歩から | sen ri no michi mo i-ppo ka ra senrinomichimoi-ppokara sen ri no michi mo i-po ka ra |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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