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非暴力 is fairly self-explanatory.
The first character means "not," "non-" or "un-"
The middle and last character together mean "violence," "use of force" or simply "violent."
Together, these three characters would normally be translated as "nonviolence." A great gift for your favorite peace-lover.
See Also: Peace
反戰 means antiwar, as in what a pacifist believes in.
China doesn't tend to go to war very often, and Japan has embraced a pacifist ideology, so it's rare to need this word. However, this is the kind of word that war protesters would write on their signs.
There is a modern Japanese version of the second character which has become the standard in Japan after WWII. If you want your calligraphy written in the modern Japanese form, please click on the Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note: Most Japanese and all Chinese people will recognize the form shown in the upper left.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
夢 梦 see styles |
 mèng / meng4 meng yume / ゆめ |
 More info & calligraphy: dream; CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4] dream; (female given name) Yumemu; (surname, female given name) Yume; (female given name) Yuu; (female given name) Yuima; (female given name) Mu-; (female given name) Mirai; (female given name) Madoka; (female given name) Poran; (female given name) Haruka; (female given name) Non; (female given name) Nozomi; (female given name) Nene; (female given name) Dori-mu; (female given name) Kanae; (female given name) Arisu; (female given name) Ayumu; (female given name) AyumiA dream, a simile of the things of the world; to dream |
无 see styles |
wú / wu2 wu mu / む |
(1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (prefix) (2) un-; non- This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition |
無 无 see styles |
wú / wu2 wu non / のん |
 More info & calligraphy: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less (1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (prefix) (2) un-; non-; (prefix) (1) un-; non-; (2) bad ...; poor ...; (female given name) NonSanskrit a, or before a vowel an, similar to English un-, in- in a negative sense; not no, none, non-existent, v. 不, 非, 否; opposite of 有. |
猿 see styles |
yuán / yuan2 yüan mase / ませ mashira / ましら saru / さる |
 More info & calligraphy: ape (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (1) (kana only) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (2) (derogatory term) sly person; (3) (derogatory term) idiot; hick; (4) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (5) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (6) (archaism) bathhouse prostitute; (surname) Mase; (surname) Mashira; (female given name) Sarumonkey |
空 see styles |
kòng // kōng / kong4 // kong1 k`ung / kung kuu / ku / くう kara / から |
 More info & calligraphy: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time; empty; air; sky; in vain (1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (noun - becomes adjective with の) emptiness; vacuum; blank; (female given name) Ron; (personal name) Hiroshi; (female given name) Hikari; (female given name) Haruka; (female given name) Noa; (surname) Sorasaki; (female given name) Sora; (female given name) Sukai; (female given name) Shieru; (personal name) Kuukai; (surname, female given name) Kuu; (female given name) Kanata; (female given name) Kasumi; (female given name) Urue; (surname, female given name) Aki; (female given name) Aoiśūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both. |
中道 see styles |
zhōng dào / zhong1 dao4 chung tao nakamichi / なかみち chuudou / chudo / ちゅうどう |
 More info & calligraphy: road through the middle; middle road; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) middle of the road; moderation; golden mean; (2) the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; (3) {Buddh} middle way; middle path; (place-name, surname) Nakamichi; (place-name, surname) Nakadou; (surname) ChuudouThe 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義. |
愛人 爱人 see styles |
ài ren / ai4 ren5 ai jen aijin / あいじん |
 More info & calligraphy: spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC); CL:個|个[ge4] lover; mistress; (personal name) Yoshito; (given name) Hidehito; (personal name) Abito; (female given name) Aidoru; (female given name) Aito; (given name) Aijin |
激烈 see styles |
jī liè / ji1 lie4 chi lieh gekiretsu / げきれつ |
 More info & calligraphy: intense; acute; fierce (noun or adjectival noun) violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness |
無我 无我 see styles |
wú wǒ / wu2 wo3 wu wo muga / むが |
 More info & calligraphy: anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") (1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) {Buddh} anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls; (female given name) Mugaanātman; nairātmya; no ego, no soul (of an independent and self-contained character), impersonal, no individual independent existence (of conscious or unconscious beings, anātmaka). The empirical ego is merely an aggregation of various elements, and with their disintegration it ceases to exist; therefore it has nm ultimate reality of its own, but the Nirvāṇa Sūtra asserts the reality of the ego in the transcendental realm. The non-Buddhist definition of ego is that it has permanent individuality 常一之體 and is independent or sovereign 有主宰之用. When applied to men it is 人我, when to things it is 法我. Cf. 常 11; no-self |
非暴力 see styles |
fēi bào lì / fei1 bao4 li4 fei pao li hibouryoku / hiboryoku / ひぼうりょく |
 More info & calligraphy: nonviolent (noun - becomes adjective with の) nonviolence; non-violence |
や see styles |
ya / や |
(particle) (1) (used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place) such things as ...; and ... and; (2) (after the dictionary form of a verb) (See や否や・1) the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; (unc) (3) (ksb:) (plain copula) (See だ・1) be; is; (interjection) (4) (punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.) o; oh; (5) (interjection expressing surprise) huh; what; (6) (masculine speech) hi; (7) (archaism) yes; what?; (particle) (8) (archaism) (indicates a question) yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? |
不 see styles |
bù / bu4 pu fu / ふ |
(negative prefix); not; no (prefix) un-; non-; negative prefix No, not, none. (Sanskrit a, an. ). |
兒 儿 see styles |
r // ér / r5 // er2 r // erh ji / じ kodaka / こだか |
non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final; child; son (personal name) Ji; (surname) Kodaka baby |
大 see styles |
dài // dà / dai4 // da4 tai // ta dai / だい oo / おお |
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]; big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder or younger brother (prefix) (1) the large part of; (2) big; large; great; (suffix) (3) approximate size; no larger than; (4) (abbreviation) (See 大学・1) -university; (5) large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting); (prefix) (See 大・だい・2) big; large; (personal name) Oobuku; (personal name) Oofuku; (surname) Oohama; (surname) Oono; (personal name) Ootou; (surname) Ootsuru; (surname) Oodaka; (surname) Ootaka; (surname) Oosumi; (surname) Oosugi; (personal name) Oojio; (personal name) Ooshio; (surname) Ooshi; (surname) Oozaki; (surname) Oosaki; (surname) Ookuwa; (given name) Ooki; (surname) Oogami; (personal name) Oogachi; (personal name) Ookatsu; (place-name, surname) Oo Maha. 摩訶; 麼賀. Great, large, big; all pervading, all-embracing; numerous 多; surpassing ; mysterious 妙; beyond comprehension 不可思議; omnipresent 體無不在. The elements, or essential things, i.e. (a) 三大 The three all-pervasive qualities of the 眞如 q.v. : its 體, 相 , 用 substance, form, and functions, v. 起信論 . (b) 四大 The four tanmātra or elements, earth, water, fire, air (or wind) of the 倶舍論. (c)五大 The five, i.e. the last four and space 空, v. 大日經. (d) 六大 The six elements, earth, water, fire, wind, space (or ether), mind 識. Hīnayāna, emphasizing impersonality 人空, considers these six as the elements of all sentient beings; Mahāyāna, emphasizing the unreality of all things 法空, counts them as elements, but fluid in a flowing stream of life, with mind 識 dominant; the esoteric sect emphasizing nonproduction, or non-creation, regards them as universal and as the Absolute in differentiation. (e) 七大 The 楞嚴經 adds 見 perception, to the six above named to cover the perceptions of the six organs 根. |
夷 see styles |
yí / yi2 i i / い |
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze barbarian; (surname) Ebisu transliteration of Indic i sound |
子 see styles |
zi // zǐ / zi5 // zi3 tzu ne / ね shi / し kou / ko / こう |
(noun suffix); son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) first sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November); (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (honorific or respectful language) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (archaism) you (of one's equals); (suffix noun) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...); (1) (obscure) child; (n,n-suf) (2) (obscure) interest; (personal name) Nene; (place-name) Ne; (given name) Shigeru; (female given name) Konoe; (surname) Ko kumāra; son; seed; sir; 11-1 midnight; child |
暖 see styles |
nuǎn / nuan3 nuan yutori / ゆとり hinata / ひなた haruna / はるな haruka / はるか haru / はる non / のん nodoka / のどか dan / だん urara / うらら ifu / いふ ibi / いび inoo / いのお io / いお atsu / あつ atata / あたた |
warm; to warm warming; warmth; (personal name) Yutori; (female given name) Hinata; (female given name) Haruna; (female given name) Haruka; (female given name) Haru; (female given name) Non; (female given name) Nodoka; (female given name) Dan; (female given name) Urara; (female given name) Ifu; (personal name) Ibi; (personal name) Inoo; (personal name) Io; (personal name) Atsu; (female given name) Atata Warm; to warm. |
暢 畅 see styles |
chàng / chang4 ch`ang / chang mitsuru / みつる madoka / まどか masato / まさと non / のん noboru / のぼる noberu / のべる noburu / のぶる nobu / のぶ tooru / とおる chou / cho / ちょう urara / うらら itaru / いたる |
free; unimpeded; smooth; at ease; free from worry; fluent (female given name) Mitsuru; (female given name) Madoka; (given name) Masato; (female given name) Non; (given name) Noboru; (surname) Noberu; (female given name) Noburu; (female given name) Nobu; (given name) Tooru; (given name) Chou; (female given name) Urara; (given name) Itaru to pierce |
暴 see styles |
bào / bao4 pao bou / bo / ぼう |
sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure; surname Bao violence; force; (given name) Bou; (personal name) Norishige; (personal name) Suemune; (personal name) Suemitsu; (personal name) Sueharu; (personal name) Suenobu; (personal name) Sueshige; (personal name) Sueo violent |
有 see styles |
yǒu / you3 yu yuu / yu / ゆう u / う |
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be (1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (See 有限会社) limited company; {Buddh} bhava (becoming, existence); (personal name) Yumi; (personal name) Yutaka; (female given name) Yuuri; (personal name) Yuumi; (given name) Yuushun; (given name) Yuu; (female given name) Nao; (surname, female given name) Tamotsu; (given name) Kuniaki; (female given name) Aru; (personal name) Arifuku; (surname) Arisaki; (surname, female given name) Ari; (female given name) Adzusa bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence. |
泛 see styles |
fàn / fan4 fan hiroshi / ひろし |
to float; to be suffused with; general; extensive; non-specific; flood; pan- (prefix) (given name) Hiroshi generalization |
爰 see styles |
yuán / yuan2 yüan koko / ここ |
therefore; consequently; thus; hence; thereupon; it follows that; where?; to change (into); ancient unit of weight and money; surname Yuan (1) (kana only) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); (3) these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ... |
狄 see styles |
dí / di2 ti teki / てき |
low ranking public official (old); surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) (derogatory term) (See 北狄) Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north |
番 see styles |
fān // pān / fan1 // pan1 fan // p`an / fan // pan ban / ばん |
foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort; surname Pan (1) number (in a series); (2) (one's) turn; (3) watch; guard; lookout; (4) {sumo} bout; match; (surname) Ban; (surname) Tsugai Barbarian, foreign; a time, a turn; to guard |
穏 see styles |
wěn / wen3 wen non / のん nodoka / のどか shizuka / しずか |
Japanese variant of 穩|稳 (female given name) Non; (female given name) Nodoka; (female given name) Shizuka |
羯 see styles |
jié / jie2 chieh ketsu / けつ |
Jie people, originally a branch of the Tokhara 月支[Yue4 zhi1]; also general term for non-Han people Jie (ancient Chinese ethnic group) To castrate; deer-skin; translit. ka, gha. Cf. 迦, 拘, 軻, 朅, 竭, etc. |
耳 see styles |
ěr / er3 erh mimi / みみ |
ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese) (1) ear; (2) hearing; (3) edge; crust; (4) selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage; (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. |
胡 see styles |
hú / hu2 hu ko / こ |
non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2]); surname Hu (archaism) barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; (surname) Fu; (surname) Go; (surname) Kou; (surname, given name) Ko; (surname) Ebisuzaki; (surname, given name) Ebisu; (surname) U How? Why? Hun; Turk; random; hemp; long-lived; pepper, etc.; translit. go, hu. |
茲 兹 see styles |
zī / zi1 tzu shigeru / しげる |
now; here; this; time; year (1) (kana only) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); (3) these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...; (given name) Shigeru this |
葷 荤 see styles |
hūn / hun1 hun kun |
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar; obscene Strongly smelling vegetables, e.g. onions, garlic, leeks, etc., forbidden to Buddhist vegetarians; any non-vegetarian food; pungent herbs |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Non-Violence | 非暴力 | hibouryoku / hiboryoku | fēi bào lì fei1 bao4 li4 fei bao li feibaoli | fei pao li feipaoli |
| Antiwar Anti-War | 反戰 反战 / 反戦 | han sen / hansen | fǎn zhàn / fan3 zhan4 / fan zhan / fanzhan | fan chan / fanchan |
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