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  1. Reality

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  3. Reality / Realistic

  4. Reality and Illusion

  5. Wake Up to Reality

  6. Honesty

xǐng wù
Reality Scroll

醒悟 / 省悟 is a Chinese word that expresses the idea of reality or coming to understand what is true and real.

The first character means to wake up, awaken, comprehend, introspect, or visit.

The second character means to comprehend or understand (be enlightened).

The meanings of Chinese words are not necessarily the sum of their parts. In this case, at best, you can derive that the characters express "understanding what is real" or "knowing what is real". Any Chinese person will perceive this word in a similar way to how we use "reality" in English.

省Note: The first character can also be written in a different form as shown to the right. Same meaning in Chinese, either way it’s written.

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Reality and Illusion

gen jitsu to gen sou
Reality and Illusion Scroll

現実と幻想 is the Japanese way to write, "reality and illusion".

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Reality / Realistic

gen jitsu sei
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現実性 is a Japanese word that expresses the idea of reality or coming to understand what is true and real.

This can also be translated as realistic, practical, or feasible.

See Also:  Illusion

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Reality and Illusion

Buddhism Concept

zhēn wàng
Reality and Illusion Scroll

真妄 is a specifically Buddhist term that means, "reality and illusion". Out of Buddhist context, it might be read as, "The real and the absurd".

Separately, the first character means real, true, and genuine, and the second character means absurd, fantastic, or related to fantasy.

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Wake Up to Reality

xǐng wù
shō go
Wake Up to Reality Scroll

This Chinese word means, "to wake up to reality", "to come to oneself", "to realize", "to see the truth", or "to reflect and become aware". 省悟 is often used in the context of Buddhism.

In Japanese, this has the same meaning but is more often used as a given name, Seigo.

shí
실
Honesty Scroll

實 means real, true, honest, or solid.

It is one of several ways to express the idea of truth.

Note: In some context, this can carry extended meanings of reality, actuality, really, sincerity, or substance.

See Also:  Truth | Trust | Justice


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

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Reality醒悟 / 省悟
醒悟		xǐng wù / xing3 wu4 / xing wu / xingwuhsing wu / hsingwu
Reality and Illusion現実と幻想gen jitsu to gen sou
genjitsutogensou
gen jitsu to gen so
genjitsutogenso
Reality
Realistic		現実性gen jitsu sei
genjitsusei
Reality and Illusion真妄zhēn wàng
zhen1 wang4
zhen wang
zhenwang		chen wang
chenwang
Wake Up to Reality省悟shō go / shōgoxǐng wù / xing3 wu4 / xing wu / xingwuhsing wu / hsingwu
Honesty實
实		shí / shi2 / shishih
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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