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Gensei in Chinese / Japanese...

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Genseiryu / Gensei-Ryu

Genseiryu / Gensei-Ryu Scroll

玄制流 is the Japanese title for the Genseiryū or Gensei-Ryū style of Karate.

Live In The Moment / Live In The Now

 xiàn shì
 gen sei
Live In The Moment / Live In The Now Scroll

現世 is a very short way to write “live in the moment” or “live in the now” in Japanese.

This short word is open to interpretation. It's used in Japanese Buddhism to mean “the current epoch” or “the current age” (the current age is but a brief moment in the greater scope of existence). In that context, this is pronounced “utsushiyo” or “ustusiyo” in Japanese. Otherwise, it's pronounced “gensei” in Japanese.

Other translation possibilities include:

Live for now
Earthly world
This world
This life
Earthly life
Present life
Present generation
Present incarnation
Current age
This existence
This (momentary) reality


Note: This is also a word in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. While the meaning is more or less the same, this is not recommended for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese or Korean. This selection is best if your audience is Japanese.

 tai dou
Taido Scroll

Taidō (The Way of the Body) is a style of Karate practiced in Japan and popular worldwide.

Taidō or 躰道 traces a lineage from Genseiryū (玄制流), which came from Shuri-te (首里手), one of the original martial arts schools of ancient Okinawa.

The first character 躰 is a variant of the original Chinese character 體. In modern Japan, they tend to use 体, a more simple character form. 体 is also the modern Simplified Chinese form of 體.
The 躰 character is correct for this 躰道 martial arts title. But it can be confusing with so many variants out there, not to mention other homophonic Japanese words that also romanize as Taidō or Taidou.

To have a bit more fun with this 躰 character, it has a 身 radical on the left, which sets it apart. The meaning doubles up on the “body” as 身 (shin) is a character that also means body in Japanese and Chinese. On the right is 本, which often means root, stem, origin, source, or fundamental (but can also mean “book” in some contexts). This has deviated from the original 體 which was 骨 (bone) + 豊 (vessel). Hence, the body was your “bone vessel” in ancient Asia.

The meaning of 躰, as well as 體 and 体, is usually translated as the body. When related to the physical body, it can also refer to the torso, trunk, build, physique, or the constitution of a person. As an extension of this, it can also refer to someone's health (good body = good health).
However, depending on the context, it can encompass other meanings such as form, style, system, experience, aspect, corpus, corporeal, substance, or essentials.

The second character, 道, is recognized and well-known as the “Way” and is the same “do” as in Karate-do or Aikido.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

現世


现世

see styles
xiàn shì
    xian4 shi4
hsien shih
 gense; gensei; genze / gense; gense; genze
    げんせ; げんせい; げんぜ

More info & calligraphy:

Live In The Moment / Live In The Now
this life; to lose face; to be disgraced
(1) {Buddh} (usu. げんせ) this world; this life; (2) (げんせい only) (See 完新世) current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch); (female given name) Ariyo
The present world.

元姓

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
former surname; original surname

元誠

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(given name) Gensei

原生

see styles
yuán shēng
    yuan2 sheng1
yüan sheng
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
original; primary; native; indigenous; proto-; stock (firmware)
(adj-no,n) primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine; (surname) Harao

厳正

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(noun or adjectival noun) strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial; (personal name) Itsumasa

源清

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(given name) Gensei

源生

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(given name) Gensei

源盛

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(personal name) Gensei

玄生

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(surname) Gensei

現勢


现势

see styles
xiàn shì
    xian4 shi4
hsien shih
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
current situation
current state; present or actual strength

現姓

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(See 旧姓・きゅうせい) one's current family name; woman's family name after she married

現成


现成

see styles
xiàn chéng
    xian4 cheng2
hsien ch`eng
    hsien cheng
 gensei
ready-made; readily available
Manifest, existing, evident, ready-made, self-evident or self-existing.

現生


现生

see styles
xiàn shēng
    xian4 sheng1
hsien sheng
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(noun/participle) living in the present
The present life.

絃声

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
sound of the strings; (given name) Gensei

芫菁

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(1) (rare) (See 土斑猫) blister beetle; (2) (See カンタリス) cantharides

言成

see styles
 gensei / gense
    げんせい
(personal name) Gensei

Variations:
現世
現し世

see styles
 gensei(現世); gense(現世); genze(現世)(ok); utsushiyo(ok) / gense(現世); gense(現世); genze(現世)(ok); utsushiyo(ok)
    げんせい(現世); げんせ(現世); げんぜ(現世)(ok); うつしよ(ok)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) {Buddh} (usu. げんせ) present world; present age; transient world; life; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (げんせい only) (See 完新世) recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Genseiryu
Gensei-Ryu
玄制流
Live In The Moment
Live In The Now
現世
现世
gen sei / genseixiàn shì / xian4 shi4 / xian shi / xianshihsien shih / hsienshih
Taido躰道tai dou / taidou / tai do
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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