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動機 is a common word for motivation in Japanese and Korean.
In Chinese, it can have some bad connotations - so it's safer if your target audience is Japanese or Korean.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 動機 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
動機 动机 see styles |
dòng jī dong4 ji1 tung chi douki / doki どうき |
More info & calligraphy: Motivation(1) motive; incentive; (2) (See モチーフ) motif |
制動機 see styles |
seidouki / sedoki せいどうき |
brake |
原動機 see styles |
gendouki / gendoki げんどうき |
motor |
永動機 永动机 see styles |
yǒng dòng jī yong3 dong4 ji1 yung tung chi |
perpetual motion machine |
発動機 see styles |
hatsudouki / hatsudoki はつどうき |
engine |
發動機 发动机 see styles |
fā dòng jī fa1 dong4 ji1 fa tung chi hatsudouki / hatsudoki はつどうき |
engine; motor; CL:臺|台[tai2] (out-dated kanji) engine |
起動機 see styles |
kidouki / kidoki きどうき |
starter |
連動機 see styles |
rendouki / rendoki れんどうき |
clutch (mechanism) |
電動機 电动机 see styles |
diàn dòng jī dian4 dong4 ji1 tien tung chi dendouki / dendoki でんどうき |
electric motor electric motor |
駆動機 see styles |
kudouki / kudoki くどうき |
drive (engine) |
傳動機構 传动机构 see styles |
chuán dòng jī gòu chuan2 dong4 ji1 gou4 ch`uan tung chi kou chuan tung chi kou |
transmission mechanism |
動機づけ see styles |
doukizuke / dokizuke どうきづけ |
(noun/participle) motivation |
動機付け see styles |
doukizuke / dokizuke どうきづけ |
(noun/participle) motivation |
志望動機 see styles |
shiboudouki / shibodoki しぼうどうき |
reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company) |
手動機能 see styles |
shudoukinou / shudokino しゅどうきのう |
{comp} manual function |
示導動機 see styles |
shidoudouki / shidodoki しどうどうき |
(See ライトモチーフ) leitmotif; leitmotiv; leading motive |
自動機能 see styles |
jidoukinou / jidokino じどうきのう |
{comp} automatic function |
運動機能 see styles |
undoukinou / undokino うんどうきのう |
motor function |
除細動機 see styles |
josaidouki / josaidoki じょさいどうき |
(irregular kanji usage) defibrillator |
元胞自動機 元胞自动机 see styles |
yuán bāo zì dòng jī yuan2 bao1 zi4 dong4 ji1 yüan pao tzu tung chi |
cellular automaton |
原動機協会 see styles |
gendoukikyoukai / gendokikyokai げんどうききょうかい |
(o) British Motor Corporation |
噴氣發動機 喷气发动机 see styles |
pēn qì fā dòng jī pen1 qi4 fa1 dong4 ji1 p`en ch`i fa tung chi pen chi fa tung chi |
jet engine |
柴油發動機 柴油发动机 see styles |
chái yóu fā dòng jī chai2 you2 fa1 dong4 ji1 ch`ai yu fa tung chi chai yu fa tung chi |
diesel engine |
空気制動機 see styles |
kuukiseidouki / kukisedoki くうきせいどうき |
air brake |
経済的動機 see styles |
keizaitekidouki / kezaitekidoki けいざいてきどうき |
economic motive |
航空発動機 see styles |
koukuuhatsudouki / kokuhatsudoki こうくうはつどうき |
aircraft engine |
航空發動機 see styles |
koukuuhatsudouki / kokuhatsudoki こうくうはつどうき |
(out-dated kanji) aircraft engine |
誘導電動機 see styles |
yuudoudendouki / yudodendoki ゆうどうでんどうき |
induction motor |
電動発動機 see styles |
dendouhatsudouki / dendohatsudoki でんどうはつどうき |
electric motor |
風力原動機 see styles |
fuuryokugendouki / furyokugendoki ふうりょくげんどうき |
(See 風力発電機) wind turbine; wind motor |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Motivation | 動機 动机 | dou ki / douki / do ki | dòng jī / dong4 ji1 / dong ji / dongji | tung chi / tungchi |
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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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
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.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.