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The name Be Free in Chinese / Japanese...

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To Be Free / Freedom

 xiāo yáo
 shou you
To Be Free / Freedom Scroll

逍遙 means freedom in Chinese characters.

This has a well-written meaning for a wall scroll. What I mean by that is while there is a way to say “freedom” orally, this word seems more appropriate for calligraphy. This can also be translated as “free and unfettered” in Chinese.

Note: In Korean and Japanese, this means one who rambles, saunters, or strolls (this entry is best if your audience is Chinese).

 zì yóu jīng shén
Free Spirit Scroll

The first two characters mean freedom or liberty.

The second two characters mean spirit, heart, mind, or soul.

Together, 自由精神 is a title that is very similar to the English term “free spirit.”


See Also:  Freedom | Independence

 ji yuu na sei shin
Free Spirit Scroll

自由な精神 is very similar to the English term “free spirit.”

The first two characters mean freedom or liberty.

The middle character is a connecting Hiragana which is needed for Japanese grammar.

The last two characters mean spirit, heart, mind, or soul.


See Also:  Freedom | Independence

 zì yóu yì zhì
 jiyuu ishi
Free Will Scroll

自由意志 is a concept that has existed for thousands of years that humans can understand right and wrong, then make a decision one way or the other (thus affecting their fate).

Sources such as Confucius, Buddhist scriptures, the Qur'an, and the Bible all address this idea.

As for the characters shown here, the first two mean free, freedom, or liberty. The last two mean “will.”

Can be romanized from Japanese as jiyū-ishi, jiyuu-ishi, and sometimes jiyuu-ishii.
It's 자유의지 or jayuu-yiji in Korean and zìyóu yìzhì in Chinese.


See Also:  Freedom | Strong Willed | Fate

Live Free or Die

Give me liberty or give me death

 bú zì yóu wú nìng sǐ
Live Free or Die Scroll

不自由毋寧死 means “Give me liberty or give me death” in Chinese.

This is also the best way to say, “Live free or die.”

The characters break down this way:
不 = Not; none; without.
自由 = Freedom; liberty; freewill; self-determination.
毋寧 = Rather; would rather; rather be.
死 = Dead; death.

This will go nicely next to your “Don't tread on me” flag. This phrase is known well enough in China that it's listed in a few dictionaries. Though I doubt you will find too many Chinese citizens willing to yell this on the steps of the capital in Beijing.


See Also:  Death Before Dishonor

Peaceful / Tranquil / Calm / Free From Worry

 ān níng
 an nei
Peaceful / Tranquil / Calm / Free From Worry Scroll

This is a nice word that means peaceful, tranquil, calm, composed, “free from worry,” “public peace,” tranquility, good health, well-being, or welfare in Chinese and Korean.

Note: The definition in Japanese is not so broad but still means peaceful or “public peace.”




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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fàng
    fang4
fang
 hanashi
    はなし

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Release / Let Go
to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
(place-name) Hanashi
To let go, release, send out; put, place.

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bái
    bai2
pai
 haku
    はく

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White
white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
(1) white; (2) (See ボラ・1) striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (3) (See 科白・1) (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; (4) {mahj} white dragon tile; (5) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (6) (abbreviation) (rare) (See 白耳義・ベルギー) Belgium; (7) (abbreviation) (archaism) (See 白人・1) white person; Caucasian; (female given name) Yuki
White, pure, clear; make clear, inform.

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 kuu / ku
    くう
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron
śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both.

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai; zanmai
    さんまい; ざんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai
(三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.

啟蒙


启蒙

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qǐ méng
    qi3 meng2
ch`i meng
    chi meng

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Enlightenment
to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

土雞


土鸡

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tǔ jī
    tu3 ji1
t`u chi
    tu chi

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Earth Rooster
free-range chicken

如來


如来

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rú lái
    ru2 lai2
ju lai
 nyorai
    にょらい

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Tathagata
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
(out-dated kanji) Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
tathāgata, 多陀阿伽陀 q. v.; 怛他揭多 defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the 眞如 zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are (1) 在纏 the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and (2) 出纏 unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of 如來 rulai.

安寧


安宁

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ān níng
    an1 ning2
an ning
 annei / anne
    あんねい
peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
(noun or adjectival noun) (public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity; (surname) Annei

寂靜


寂静

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jì jìng
    ji4 jing4
chi ching
 jakujō
    せきせい

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Stillness / Quiet / Calm
quiet
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (Buddhist term) calmness of the heart; enlightenment
Calm and quiet; free from temptation and distress; nirvāṇa.

無心


无心

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wú xīn
    wu2 xin1
wu hsin
 mushin
    むしん

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No Mind / Mushin
unintentionally; not in the mood to
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) innocence; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); (adj-na,n,adj-no) (3) {Buddh} (See 有心) free from obstructive thoughts; (vs,vt) (4) to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
Mindless, without thought, will, or purpose; the real immaterial mind free from illusion; unconsciousness, or effortless action.

無痛


无痛

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wú tòng
    wu2 tong4
wu t`ung
    wu tung
 mutsuu / mutsu
    むつう

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Painless
painless; pain-free
(noun - becomes adjective with の) painless

自由

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zì yóu
    zi4 you2
tzu yu
 jiyuu / jiyu
    じゆう

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Freedom / Liberty
freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(noun or adjectival noun) freedom; liberty; (male given name) Yoriyoshi
self-established

覺性


觉性

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jué xìng
    jue2 xing4
chüeh hsing
 kakushou / kakusho
    かくしょう
(personal name) Kakushou
The enlightened mind free from all illusion. The mind as the agent of knowledge, or enlightenment. Also used for dharmakāya, v. 三身; 三寶, etc.

踏實


踏实

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tā shi
    ta1 shi5
t`a shih
    ta shih

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Realistic / Practical
firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]

逍遙


逍遥

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xiāo yáo
    xiao1 yao2
hsiao yao
 shouyou / shoyo
    しょうよう

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To Be Free / Freedom
free and unfettered
(out-dated kanji) (noun/participle) ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll; (female given name) Shouyou
free and easy

野馬


野马

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yě mǎ
    ye3 ma3
yeh ma
 nouma; noma / noma; noma
    のうま; のま

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Mustang
feral horse; free-roaming horse; wild horse
(1) wild horse; (2) pastured horse; grazing horse; (surname) Noma

大丈夫

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dà zhàng fu
    da4 zhang4 fu5
ta chang fu
 daijoubu(p); daijobu / daijobu(p); daijobu
    だいじょうぶ(P); だいじょぶ

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Man of Character
a manly man; a man of character
(adjectival noun) (1) safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; (adverb) (2) certainly; surely; undoubtedly; (int,adj-na) (3) (colloquialism) no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; (4) (だいじょうぶ only) (archaism) (See 大丈夫・だいじょうふ) great man; fine figure of a man; (given name) Masurao
a great man

自由意志

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zì yóu yì zhì
    zi4 you2 yi4 zhi4
tzu yu i chih
 jiyuuishi / jiyuishi
    じゆういし

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Free Will
free will
free will

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rèn
    ren4
jen
 nin
    にん
to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility; (given name) Makoto
Bear, endure, let; office; it is used to connote laisser-faire; one of the 四病, as 任運 implies laisser-aller; it is intp. by let things follow their own course, or by 自然 naturally, without intervention.

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dàn
    dan4
tan
 tadashi
    ただし
but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) ordinary; common; usual; (2) (kana only) free of charge; (3) unaffected; as is; safe; (adverb) (4) only; merely; just; simply; (conjunction) (5) but; however; nevertheless; (given name) Tadashi
Only.

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huáng
    huang2
huang
(literary) free time; leisure; agitated; alarmed (variant of 惶[huang2])

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zhǐ
    zhi3
chih
 tada
    ただ
only; merely; just; but
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) ordinary; common; usual; (2) (kana only) free of charge; (3) unaffected; as is; safe; (adverb) (4) only; merely; just; simply; (conjunction) (5) but; however; nevertheless; (surname) Tada
Only; a final particle; translit. j.

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wěi
    wei3
wei
 yuiji
    ゆいじ
yes
(adj-no,n) (1) (kana only) ordinary; common; usual; (2) (kana only) free of charge; (3) unaffected; as is; safe; (adverb) (4) only; merely; just; simply; (conjunction) (5) but; however; nevertheless; (personal name) Yuiji
eva. Affirmative, yes; to answer, respond; said to interpret mātratā, and is defined as discrimination, decision, approval. It is also used for only, alone, but.


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zhèng
    zheng4
cheng
to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)

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xiá
    xia2
hsia
 ka
    ひま
leisure
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (2) time (e.g. time it takes to do something); (noun or adjectival noun) (3) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (4) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (adjectival noun) (5) (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; (noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (3) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (4) leaving; departing
a leisure moment


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chàng
    chang4
ch`ang
    chang
 mitsuru
    みつる
free; unimpeded; smooth; at ease; free from worry; fluent
(female given name) Mitsuru
to pierce


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    lu3
lu
 yagura
    やぐら
scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat) (free word)
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock); (1) turret; watchtower; (2) high wooden stage; scaffolding; (3) wooden frame (of a kotatsu); (4) (archaism) weapons storehouse; (surname) Yagura

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màn
    man4
man
 man
    まん
free; unrestrained; to inundate
(personal name) Man
Overflowing, boundless; translit. man, van; cf. 曼, 滿.

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    yu2

 u
    う
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
(hist) yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan

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shēng
    sheng1
sheng
 shou; sou / sho; so
    しょう; そう
sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music; (female given name) Shouno

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Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
To Be Free
Freedom
逍遙
逍遥
shou you / shouyou / sho yoxiāo yáo / xiao1 yao2 / xiao yao / xiaoyaohsiao yao / hsiaoyao
Free Spirit自由精神zì yóu jīng shén
zi4 you2 jing1 shen2
zi you jing shen
ziyoujingshen
tzu yu ching shen
tzuyuchingshen
Free Spirit自由な精神ji yuu na sei shin
jiyuunaseishin
ji yu na sei shin
Free Will自由意志jiyuu ishi / jiyuuishi / jiyu ishizì yóu yì zhì
zi4 you2 yi4 zhi4
zi you yi zhi
ziyouyizhi
tzu yu i chih
tzuyuichih
Live Free or Die不自由毋寧死
不自由毋宁死
bú zì yóu wú nìng sǐ
bu2 zi4 you2 wu2 ning4 si3
bu zi you wu ning si
buziyouwuningsi
pu tzu yu wu ning ssu
putzuyuwuningssu
Peaceful
Tranquil
Calm
Free From Worry
安寧
安宁
an nei / anneiān níng / an1 ning2 / an ning / anning
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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