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靜 is the simplest way to convey the meaning of inner peace and serenity.
靜 is often translated as “serenity.” It can also be used to express the ideas of still, calm, serene, quiet, silent, stillness, not moving, or tranquility.
In the old days, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean people might hang a wall scroll with this character in their reading room to bring about a sense of peace in the room.
While they once used the same character form in Japan, they now use a slightly-simplified version in modern Japan (after WWII). This version is shown to the right, and can be selected for your wall scroll by clicking on that Kanji instead of the button above.
See Also: Peace
鏡 is a Chinese character, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja that means mirror.
It can also mean lens or looking-glass depending on context.
In Buddhism, this is the equivalent of ādarśa from Sanskrit meaning a mirror.
Clean and Pure
淨 is the most simple way to express purity or cleanliness in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
As a single character, the concept is broad: This can be a verb (the act of cleaning, purifying, or cleansing) but it can also be the state of being clean, pure, and chaste. In some contexts, it can be a place to clean (like a bathing room for the soul in a Buddhist context). In Japanese, this can be a female given name “Jou” or “jō” (the Japanese equivalent of the English girl's name “Chastity”).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your jing4 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
淨 净 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Purity(female given name) Jō vimala. Clean, pure; to cleanse, purify; chastity. In Buddhism it also has reference to the place of cleansing, the latrine, etc. Also 浄 and 净. |
鏡 镜 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching kagami かがみ |
More info & calligraphy: Mirror(1) mirror; looking-glass; (2) barrel head; (3) {finc} page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; (4) (abbreviation) (See 鏡餅・かがみもち) mirror-shaped mochi; (female given name) Mira ādarśa. A mirror. |
靜 静 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching shizu しづ |
More info & calligraphy: Inner Peace / Silence / Serenity(personal name) Shizu Cessation of strife, peace, calm, quietness, stillness. |
仙境 see styles |
xiān jìng xian1 jing4 hsien ching senkyou / senkyo せんきょう |
More info & calligraphy: Paradise / Wonderlandfairyland; enchanted land |
佛境 see styles |
fó jìng fo2 jing4 fo ching bukkyō |
More info & calligraphy: The Buddha Realm / Buddhahood |
冷靜 冷静 see styles |
lěng jìng leng3 jing4 leng ching |
More info & calligraphy: Calm / Cool-HeadedSee: 冷静 |
寂靜 寂静 see styles |
jì jìng ji4 jing4 chi ching jakujō せきせい |
More info & calligraphy: Stillness / Quiet / Calm(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. |
寧靜 宁静 see styles |
níng jìng ning2 jing4 ning ching |
More info & calligraphy: Tranquil / Tranquility / Serenity |
尊敬 see styles |
zūn jìng zun1 jing4 tsun ching sonkei / sonke そんけい |
More info & calligraphy: Respect / Honor / Esteem(noun, transitive verb) respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor; (given name) Sonkyō |
平靜 平静 see styles |
píng jìng ping2 jing4 p`ing ching ping ching |
More info & calligraphy: Serenity / TranquilitySee: 平静 |
愛敬 爱敬 see styles |
ài jìng ai4 jing4 ai ching aigyou; aikei / aigyo; aike あいぎょう; あいけい |
More info & calligraphy: Love and Respect / Kindness and Respectkindness and respect |
敬愛 敬爱 see styles |
jìng ài jing4 ai4 ching ai keiai / keai けいあい |
More info & calligraphy: Love and Respect(noun, transitive verb) respect and affection; love and respect; (personal name) Yoshinari Reverence and love; reverent love. |
明鏡 明镜 see styles |
míng jìng ming2 jing4 ming ching meikyou; myoukyou; meikei / mekyo; myokyo; meke めいきょう; みょうきょう; めいけい |
More info & calligraphy: Mirror: Beautiful Claritypolished mirror; clear mirror; (personal name) Meikyō a [clear] mirror |
淨土 净土 see styles |
jìng tǔ jing4 tu3 ching t`u ching tu jōdo |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Land / JodoSukhāvatī. The Pure Land, or Paradise of the West, presided over by Amitābha. Other Buddhas have their Pure Lands; seventeen other kinds of pure land are also described, all of them of moral or spiritual conditions of development, e.g. the pure land of patience, zeal, wisdom, etc. |
鎮靜 镇静 see styles |
zhèn jìng zhen4 jing4 chen ching |
More info & calligraphy: Calm / Cool |
鏡子 镜子 see styles |
jìng zi jing4 zi5 ching tzu keiko / keko けいこ |
More info & calligraphy: Keiko(female given name) Keiko |
靜坐 静坐 see styles |
jìng zuò jing4 zuo4 ching tso seiza |
More info & calligraphy: Sitting Quietlyquiet sitting |
靜心 静心 see styles |
jìng xīn jing4 xin1 ching hsin |
More info & calligraphy: Peaceful HeartSee: 静心 |
靜謐 静谧 see styles |
jìng mì jing4 mi4 ching mi |
More info & calligraphy: Peacefulness / Tranquility / Perfectly Quiet |
心澄淨 see styles |
xīn chéng jìng xin1 cheng2 jing4 hsin ch`eng ching hsin cheng ching shin chōjō |
More info & calligraphy: Purity of Mind |
淨土宗 净土宗 see styles |
jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 ching t`u tsung ching tu tsung Jōdo Shū |
Pure Land Buddhism The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan. |
眼鏡蛇 眼镜蛇 see styles |
yǎn jìng shé yan3 jing4 she2 yen ching she meganehebi めがねへび |
More info & calligraphy: Cobraspectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja) |
俓 𠇹 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching kyō |
(literary) to pass through; straight; path diameter |
净 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching sō |
clear |
凈 净 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching |
variant of 淨|净[jing4] See: 净 |
凊 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching |
(literary) cold; cool; chilly |
勁 劲 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching tsuyoshi つよし |
stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful (male given name) Tsuyoshi |
境 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching sakae さかえ |
border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory (1) border; boundary; (2) turning point; watershed; (3) area; region; spot; space; environment; (4) psychological state; mental state; (1) border; boundary; (2) area; region; spot; space; environment; (3) psychological state; mental state; (4) (Buddhist term) cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind; (surname) Sakae viṣaya; artha; gocara. A region, territory, environment, surroundings, area, field, sphere, e.g. the sphere of mind, the sphere of form for the eye, of sound for the ear, etc.; any objective mental projection regarded as reality. |
婙 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching |
old variant of 婧[jing4] |
婧 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching |
(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Inner Peace Silence Serenity | 靜 静 | shizu / sei | jìng / jing4 / jing | ching |
Mirror | 鏡 镜 | kagami | jìng / jing4 / jing | ching |
Purity | 淨 | jou / jo | jìng / jing4 / jing | ching |
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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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.
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