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While 明鏡 means mirror in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja, it's commonly used as a metaphor for something beautiful and bright or something that provides clarity and insight.
狂 is a single character that means “crazy” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
狂 means crazy, unrestrained, lunatic, insane, confused, deranged, wild, or mad.
This can also refer to an extreme enthusiast (like a football fan). But then, it can also refer to a person possessing a mental abnormality.
In some contexts, this can mean conceited (it probably won't be read that way on a wall scroll).
A warning: 狂 is an odd selection for a wall scroll. You should only order this if you plan to bewilder or confuse those who see it. It kind of says something about you, something that most native Asian people will not view in a good light.
強 is a character that means strong, strength, force, powerful, better, stubborn, and stiff (yes, all of this in one character).
This “strong” has less to do with physical strength and more to do with having a winning attitude, or just having the ability to win at something.
Note that most of the time, this character is pronounced “qiang” but when used with the meaning of stubborn, unyielding, or stiff, it is pronounced “jiang” in Chinese.
Also, sometimes “qiang” is used in modern Chinese to describe people that do crazy things (For example: Bicycling from Beijing to Tibet alone). I sometimes can be found outside my Beijing apartment wearing nothing but shorts and a tee-shirt while eating ice cream during a snow storm, just to hear my neighbors call me “qiang.” Maybe they mean “strong” but perhaps they are using the new meaning of “crazy strong.”
強 can also be a Chinese surname that romanizes as Jiang in the mainland or Chiang if from Taiwan.
強 is a valid Korean Hanja character with the same meaning but is mostly used in compound Korean words.
強 is used in Japanese (though normally in compound words). In Japanese, it has the same meaning but in some contexts can mean “a little more than...” or “a little over [some amount].” Most Japanese would read this as tough, strength, stiff, hard, inflexible, obstinate, or stubborn.
The variant 彊 is sometimes seen in older literature.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your kyou search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
孝 see styles |
xiào xiao4 hsiao kou; kyou(ok) / ko; kyo(ok) こう; きょう(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Filial Piety(See 孝行・1) filial piety; (given name) Yasuaki Filial, obedient. |
強 强 see styles |
qiǎng qiang3 ch`iang chiang kyou / kyo きょう |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Powerful / Force(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen. |
狂 see styles |
kuáng kuang2 k`uang kuang kyou / kyo きょう |
More info & calligraphy: Crazy / Mad / Wild(suffix) (1) (some type of) enthusiast; (suffix) (2) someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality Deranged, mad, wild. |
京 see styles |
jīng jing1 ching kyou(p); kei / kyo(p); ke きょう(P); けい |
capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old) (1) (きょう only) imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); (2) (きょう only) (See 伊呂波歌) final word of an iroha poem; (numeric) (3) (usu. けい) 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion; (surname, female given name) Miyako capital |
兇 凶 see styles |
xiōng xiong1 hsiung kyou / kyo きょう |
terrible; fearful (out-dated kanji) evil; wickedness |
夾 夹 see styles |
jià jia4 chia kyou / kyo きょう |
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2] (female given name) Kyō Squeeze, clip, nip; lined. |
挟 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
羌 see styles |
qiāng qiang1 ch`iang chiang kyou / kyo きょう |
muntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical) Qiang (Chinese ethnic group); (given name) Susumu |
興 兴 see styles |
xìng xing4 hsing kyou / kyo きょう |
feeling or desire to do something; interest in something; excitement (1) interest; entertainment; pleasure; (2) (See 六義・1) implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (given name) Hajime abhyudaya. Rise, begin; prosper; elated. |
饗 飨 see styles |
xiǎng xiang3 hsiang kyou; ae / kyo; ae きょう; あえ |
(literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain (archaism) treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest); (female given name) Kyō |
京雨 see styles |
kyouu / kyou きょうう |
(personal name) Kyōu |
今日 see styles |
jīn rì jin1 ri4 chin jih kyou(gikun)(p); konnichi(p); konchi; konjitsu / kyo(gikun)(p); konnichi(p); konchi; konjitsu きょう(gikun)(P); こんにち(P); こんち; こんじつ |
today (n,adv) (1) today; this day; (n,adv) (2) (こんにち only) these days; recently; nowadays; (female given name) Kyō today |
僥謳 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(given name) Kyō |
卉緒 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
喬羽 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
巨宇 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
巨有 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
巨羽 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
強羽 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
強雨 see styles |
kyouu / kyou きょうう |
severe rain |
曲有 see styles |
qǔ yǒu qu3 you3 ch`ü yu chü yu kyōu |
there are... |
更有 see styles |
gēng yǒu geng1 you3 keng yu kyōu |
born again |
杏羽 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
杏雨 see styles |
kyouu / kyou きょうう |
(given name) Kyōu |
響巴 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(given name) Kyō |
香宇 see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
きょう see styles |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(female given name) Kyō |
Variations: |
sakai(p); kyou(境) / sakai(p); kyo(境) さかい(P); きょう(境) |
(1) (usu. さかい) border; boundary; (2) (さかい only) (often ...を境に) turning point; watershed; (3) (usu. きょう) area; region; spot; space; environment; (4) (usu. きょう) psychological state; mental state; (5) (きょう only) {Buddh} cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind |
Variations: |
kyou / kyo きょう |
(1) (凶 only) bad luck; bad fortune; (2) (usu. 凶) evil; wickedness |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Mirror: Beautiful Clarity | 明鏡 明镜 | mei kyou / meikyou / mei kyo | míng jìng ming2 jing4 ming jing mingjing | ming ching mingching |
Crazy Mad Wild | 狂 狂 | kyou / kyo | kuáng / kuang2 / kuang | k`uang / kuang |
Live Together and Help Each Other | 共存共栄 | kyou son kyou ei kyousonkyouei kyo son kyo ei | ||
Herculean Strength | 強力 强力 | kyou ryoku / kyouryoku / kyo ryoku | qiáng lì / qiang2 li4 / qiang li / qiangli | ch`iang li / chiangli / chiang li |
Strong Powerful Force | 強 强 | kyou / kyo | qiáng / qiang2 / qiang | ch`iang / chiang |
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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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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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