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(Used in Japanese version of five elements)
地 is the single-character element and title of the planet Earth in Chinese, old Korean Hanja, and Japanese Kanji.
Because this is a single character, the definition is a little ambiguous and can have many meanings depending on the context in which it is used. These meanings include: earth, ground, land, soil, dirt, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the Japanese five elements), the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, etc.
In Japanese, this Kanji can be pronounced several ways, including chi, ji, tsushi, or tsuchi.
地 is also an element of the Japanese version of the five elements (the original Chinese version uses a different version of earth).
Surname
羅 is a character that can be the Chinese surname Luo.
This can also be the Japanese surname Ra, Ami, Ai, Rou, or Ro (and a few others).
The meaning is to collect, gather, catch, or sift. It may also refer to gauze, a lightweight fabric, or thin silk.
絲 is the simplest way to write silk in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This can also mean thread, and it is used as parts of words like “silk fabric” or “silk scarf.”
In Japanese, this can be the surname Ito.
絲 is used far more in Chinese for silk (silk comes from China) than in Japanese.
絹 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for thin, tough silk fabric, or silk cloth.
This can also be the Japanese female given name, Masami.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your fabric search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
絹 绢 see styles |
juàn juan4 chüan kinu きぬ |
More info & calligraphy: Silk Clothsilk; (female given name) Masami thin silk |
モス see styles |
mosu モス |
More info & calligraphy: Mos |
萊卡 莱卡 see styles |
lái kǎ lai2 ka3 lai k`a lai ka |
More info & calligraphy: Lyka |
両 see styles |
liǎng liang3 liang ryou / ryo りょう |
Japanese variant of 兩|两[liang3] (pref,adj-no) (1) both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); (counter) (2) (See 輛・りょう) counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; (3) (See 匁・もんめ・1) ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g; (4) ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold; (5) (See 反・たん・1) ryō; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan; (6) (archaism) (See 斤・1) ryō; tael; unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1-16 kin, 42-43 g; (counter) (7) (archaism) (See 領・りょう・2) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.; (place-name) Ryō |
入 see styles |
rù ru4 ju shio しお |
to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1] (suf,ctr) (archaism) counter for soakings (of fabric in a dye); (surname) Kaeru To enter, entry, entrance; come, bring or take in; at home; awaken to the truth; begin to understand; to relate the mind to reality and thus evolve knowledge. |
哧 see styles |
chī chi1 ch`ih chih |
(onom.) giggling; breathing; tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc |
坪 see styles |
píng ping2 p`ing ping tsubo つぼ |
a plain; ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) (1) tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; (2) tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; (3) tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters; (4) (See 立坪) cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres); (surname) Hei |
布 see styles |
bù bu4 pu nuno(p); fu; nino(ok); ninu(ok) ぬの(P); ふ; にの(ok); にぬ(ok) |
cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known (1) cloth; fabric; material; textile; (2) (ふ only) (hist) (See 布銭) bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China); (female given name) Yoshi Cloth, to spread; translit. pu, po, pau. |
毪 see styles |
mú mu2 mu |
a type of woolen fabric made in Tibet |
氈 毡 see styles |
zhān zhan1 chan kamo; sen かも; せん |
felt (fabric) (See 毛氈・もうせん) carpet; rug (esp. felt) |
洴 see styles |
píng ping2 p`ing ping |
wash; bleach (fabric) |
皺 皱 see styles |
zhòu zhou4 chou shibo; sabi しぼ; さび |
to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease (1) (See 烏帽子) bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); (2) creases in an eboshi hat wrinkles |
紡 纺 see styles |
fǎng fang3 fang matsuyo まつよ |
to spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric (personal name) Matsuyo |
綌 绤 see styles |
xì xi4 hsi |
coarse hempen fabric |
綺 绮 see styles |
qǐ qi3 ch`i chi ki; kanhata; kanbata; kanihata き; かんはた; かんばた; かにはた |
beautiful; open-work silk (archaism) thin twilled silk fabric; (female given name) Kirara A kind of open-work variegated silk. |
縁 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan heri へり |
Japanese variant of 緣|缘 (n,n-suf) (1) (kana only) (sometimes べり as a suffix) edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); (n,n-suf) (2) (kana only) rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage; (n,n-suf) (3) (kana only) fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging; (female given name) Yori |
縹 缥 see styles |
piǎo piao3 p`iao piao hanada はなだ |
(literary) light blue; (literary) light blue silk fabric (abbreviation) light indigo; (female given name) Hanada |
繒 缯 see styles |
zèng zeng4 tseng shō |
to tie; to bind wide silk fabric |
耳 see styles |
ěr er3 erh mimi みみ |
ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese) (1) ear; (2) hearing; (3) ear (for music, etc.); (4) edge; crust; heel (of bread or cheese); selvedge (of woven fabric); selvage; (5) ear (of a pot, jug, etc.); handle; (surname, female given name) Mimi śrotra, the ear, one of the 六根 six organs of sense, hence 耳入 is one of the twelve 入, as 耳處 is one of the twelve 處. |
襴 襕 see styles |
lán lan2 lan ran らん susotsuki すそつき |
full length gown (old) horizontally-wrapped fabric forming the bottom part of some traditional Japanese clothing |
お召 see styles |
omeshi おめし |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) summoning; calling; riding; wearing; dressing; clothing; (2) (abbreviation) (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric) |
こあ see styles |
goa ゴア |
(See ゴアードスカート) gore; triangular piece of fabric, used for making skirts, umbrellas, etc.; (place-name) Goa (India); Gore |
上前 see styles |
shàng qián shang4 qian2 shang ch`ien shang chien uwamae うわまえ |
to advance; to step forward (1) (See 下前) part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); (2) (See 上米・うわまい・1) percentage; commission; (surname) Kamimae |
上色 see styles |
shàng shǎi shang4 shai3 shang shai |
to color (a picture etc); to dye (fabric etc); to stain (furniture etc) |
下前 see styles |
shitamae したまえ |
(See 上前・1) part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); (place-name, surname) Shimomae |
亀綾 see styles |
kameaya かめあや |
(1) (See 羽二重) high-quality glossy white habutai silk; (2) raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern |
八反 see styles |
hatsutan はつたん |
(abbreviation) twilled fabric; (place-name, surname) Hatsutan |
八段 see styles |
hachidan はちだん |
(abbreviation) twilled fabric; (surname) Hachidan |
八目 see styles |
yatsume やつめ |
(1) (abbreviation) eighth (place, position, etc.); (2) having eight eyes; having many eyes; (3) (of a fabric) having a loose knit; (4) lamprey; (5) eight-holed arrow whistle; (surname) Yatsume |
八端 see styles |
hachihashi はちはし |
(abbreviation) twilled fabric; (surname) Hachihashi |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Earth | 地 | chi / ji / tsushi / tsuchi | dì / di4 / di | ti |
Luo | 羅 罗 | ra | luō / luo1 / luo | lo |
Silk | 絲 丝 | shi / ito | sī / si1 / si | ssu |
Silk Cloth | 絹 绢 | kinu | juàn / juan4 / juan | chüan |
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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