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沙 means sand in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
This can imply something infinite like the sands of the Ganges. It's often used in Buddhism to suggest something countless.
This can also be the Japanese female given name Migiwa, so it’s kind of like the English name Sandy.
華佗 or Hua Tuo was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty.
The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anesthesia during surgery.
Hua Tuo used a general anesthetic combining wine with a herbal concoction called 麻沸散, literally, “cannabis boil powder.” This was in the second century AD, almost 1700 years before western medicine had any form of anesthesia (1846).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your powder search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
丹 see styles |
dān dan1 tan ni に |
More info & calligraphy: Danred earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (given name) Makoto Red, cinnabar color; a remedy, drug, elixir. |
沙 see styles |
shā sha1 sha sha; sa しゃ; さ |
More info & calligraphy: Sand(numeric) one hundred-millionth; (female given name) Migiwa bālukā. Sand; sands, e. g. of Ganges 恒河, implying countless; translit. s, ś, ṣ. Cf. 莎. |
ルー see styles |
ruu / ru ルー |
More info & calligraphy: Rue |
揞 see styles |
ǎn an3 an |
to apply (medicinal powder to a wound); to cover up; to conceal |
搽 see styles |
chá cha2 ch`a cha |
to apply (ointment, powder); to smear; to paint on |
散 see styles |
sàn san4 san bara; bara ばら; バラ |
to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (kana only) loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See ばら銭) coins; small change viprakrī. Scatter, disperse, dismiss; scattered; broken, powder; translit. saṃ, san. |
敷 see styles |
fū fu1 fu shiki しき |
to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough (suffix) suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter); (n-suf,n-pref,n) (1) spreading; laying out; covering; (2) (abbreviation) security deposit; (3) (abbreviation) Japanese mattress; (surname) Shiki Diffuse, spread, promulgate, announce. |
末 see styles |
mò mo4 mo matsu まつ |
tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man (n-suf,n) (1) the end (of); (suffix noun) (2) (See 粉末) powder; (surname, given name) Matsu Branch, twig; end; dust; not; translit, ma, va, ba; cf. 摩. |
粉 see styles |
fěn fen3 fen kona(p); ko こな(P); こ |
powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of flour; meal; powder; dust; (personal name) Minegishi Flour, meal, powder. |
霜 see styles |
shuāng shuang1 shuang shimo しも |
frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream (1) frost; (2) (poetic term) white hair; grey hair; gray hair; (personal name) Sou frost |
乳缽 乳钵 see styles |
rǔ bō ru3 bo1 ju po |
small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM) |
乾粉 干粉 see styles |
gān fěn gan1 fen3 kan fen |
dry powder |
刈包 see styles |
guà bāo gua4 bao1 kua pao |
popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro |
劑型 剂型 see styles |
jì xíng ji4 xing2 chi hsing |
delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc) |
卵粉 see styles |
ranpun らんぷん |
dried egg powder |
原末 see styles |
genmatsu げんまつ |
(abbreviation) (See 原料粉末) base powder; bulk powder |
取粉 see styles |
toriko とりこ |
rice powder |
吉士 see styles |
jí shì ji2 shi4 chi shih yoshihito よしひと |
cheese (loanword); custard powder; (literary) man (laudatory); person of virtue (given name) Yoshihito |
吹く see styles |
fuku ふく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to blow (of the wind); (transitive verb) (2) to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff; (transitive verb) (3) to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune); (v5k,vt,vi) (4) (See 噴く) to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; to spew; to puff out; (v5k,vt,vi) (5) to sprout; to put forth (buds); (v5k,vt,vi) (6) to appear (on the surface); to form; to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.); (v5k,vi) (7) (slang) (See 吹き出す・3) to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter; (transitive verb) (8) to brag; to talk big; (transitive verb) (9) to smelt; to mint |
微粉 see styles |
bifun びふん |
powder; finely-crushed substance; fines |
抹茶 see styles |
mǒ chá mo3 cha2 mo ch`a mo cha maccha まっちゃ |
green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) matcha; powdered green tea; (female given name) Maccha |
抹香 see styles |
mò xiāng mo4 xiang1 mo hsiang matsukou / matsuko まつこう |
incense; incense powder; (surname) Matsukou Powdered incense to scatter over images. |
播く see styles |
maku まく |
(transitive verb) (1) to sow; to plant; to seed; (2) to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware) |
擂茶 see styles |
léi chá lei2 cha2 lei ch`a lei cha |
"leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province |
散劑 散剂 see styles |
sǎn jì san3 ji4 san chi |
powder medicine |
散粉 see styles |
sǎn fěn san3 fen3 san fen |
loose powder (makeup) |
敷粉 see styles |
fū fěn fu1 fen3 fu fen |
to sprinkle powder; a dusting |
末兒 末儿 see styles |
mò r mo4 r5 mo r |
powder; puree |
末子 see styles |
mò zi mo4 zi5 mo tzu basshi; masshi; sueko ばっし; まっし; すえこ |
powder; dust (See 長子・1) youngest child; (female given name) Matsuko |
末茶 see styles |
mò chá mo4 cha2 mo ch`a mo cha maccha まっちゃ |
tea powder (matcha) (irregular kanji usage) matcha; powdered green tea |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Sand | 沙 | suna | shā / sha1 / sha | |
Hua Tuo | 華佗 华佗 | huá tuó / hua2 tuo2 / hua tuo / huatuo | hua t`o / huato / hua to | |
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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