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正直 or honesty is being truthful and sincere. It is important because it builds trust. When people are honest, they can be relied on not to lie, cheat or steal. Being honest means that you accept yourself as you are. When you are open and trustworthy, others can believe in you.
正直 is one of the 8 key concepts of Tang Soo Do.
Note: This entry is cross-listed as "integrity" because it also fits that definition.
Please note that the second Kanji sometimes has an alternate form in Japanese. Let us know if you want the alternate form shown to the right.
Beyond optimistic, 豁達 can also be defined as sanguine; magnanimous; open-minded; openhearted; broad-minded.
豁達 is appropriate if you are, or want to be, the kind of person who is not bothered by the little things or minor troubles of life. This signifies a person who always feels things will get better. This is great for the person who figuratively sees a window of opportunity opening even as a door closes.
While a valid word in Japanese, this is kind of antiquated, and not in common use in modern Japan.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
開化 开化 see styles |
kāi huà kai1 hua4 k`ai hua kai hua kaika かいか |
to become civilized; to be open-minded; (of ice) to thaw (n,vs,vi) civilization; civilisation; enlightenment; (surname) Kaika To transform the character by instruction; to teach. |
開放 开放 see styles |
kāi fàng kai1 fang4 k`ai fang kai fang kaihou / kaiho かいほう |
to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality (noun, transitive verb) (1) opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; (noun, transitive verb) (2) opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access |
空ける see styles |
utsukeru うつける akeru あける |
(v1,vi) (1) to become empty (hollow); (2) to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state; (transitive verb) (1) to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; (2) to move out; to clear out; (3) to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); (v1,vi) (4) to dawn; to grow light; (5) to end (of a period, season); (6) to begin (of the New Year); (7) to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); (8) to make (a hole); to open up (a hole) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Calm and Open Mind | 虛心 虚心 | ko shin / koshin | xū xīn / xu1 xin1 / xu xin / xuxin | hsü hsin / hsühsin |
Honesty | 正直 | shoujiki / shojiki | zhèng zhí zheng4 zhi2 zheng zhi zhengzhi | cheng chih chengchih |
Optimistic | 豁達 豁达 | katsudatsu | huò dá / huo4 da2 / huo da / huoda | huo ta / huota |
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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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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