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影 means shadow in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Depending on the context, this can also mean silhouette, reflection, image, or presence.
御影 is a Japanese word that means divine spirit or honorific language for “spirit of the dead.”
This can also refer to an image of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)
In the Buddhist context, it can mean (wooden) images of saints or deities.
御影 is also a Japanese name, Mikage.
Note: This is also a word in Chinese but not used very often in China (except perhaps by certain Buddhists).
Shadow / Reflection
影武者 is the title for Shadow Warrior in Chinese and Japanese.
This may refer to a few video games that share this English title, or a Japanese movie called Kagemusha.
If you are looking for the Japanese TV show, that was originally 影の軍団 (Kage no Gundan), which more literally means “Army of Shadows,” but was re-titled Shadow Warrior when released outside Japan in English.
In Japan, this title can also refer to a body double or decoy of an army general or leader used to avoid assassination. It can also be somebody who does all the work (or fighting) behind the scenes (not getting much, if any, credit).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 影 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
影 see styles |
yǐng ying3 ying kage かげ |
More info & calligraphy: Shadow(1) shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; (2) reflection; image; (3) ominous sign; (4) light (stars, moon); (5) trace; shadow (of one's former self); (surname) Kage Shadow, picture, image, reflection, hint; one of the twelve 'colours'. |
影子 see styles |
yǐng zi ying3 zi5 ying tzu keiko / keko けいこ |
More info & calligraphy: Keiko(female given name) Keiko |
御影 see styles |
yù yǐng yu4 ying3 yü ying mikage みかげ |
More info & calligraphy: Divine Spirit[wooden] images of saints |
業影 业影 see styles |
yè yǐng ye4 ying3 yeh ying gōyō |
More info & calligraphy: Shadow of Karma / Dogged by Karma |
影武者 see styles |
kagemusha かげむしゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Shadow Warrior |
形單影隻 形单影只 see styles |
xíng dān - yǐng zhī xing2 dan1 - ying3 zhi1 hsing tan - ying chih |
More info & calligraphy: Lonely Soul / Solitary |
ご影 see styles |
goei / goe ごえい |
(honorific or respectful language) image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.) |
三影 see styles |
mikage みかげ |
(surname, female given name) Mikage |
上影 see styles |
kamikage かみかげ |
(place-name) Kamikage |
下影 see styles |
shimokage しもかげ |
(place-name) Shimokage |
乗影 see styles |
norikage のりかげ |
(surname) Norikage |
五影 see styles |
goei / goe ごえい |
(surname) Goei |
人影 see styles |
rén yǐng ren2 ying3 jen ying hitokage ひとかげ jinei / jine じんえい |
the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) (1) figure of a person; figures of people; (2) shadow of a person |
仙影 see styles |
senei / sene せんえい |
(given name) Sen'ei |
伏影 see styles |
fushikage ふしかげ |
(place-name) Fushikage |
佛影 see styles |
fó yǐng fo2 ying3 fo ying butsuyō |
buddhachāyā; the shadow of Buddha, formerly exhibited in various places in India, visible only to those "of pure mind". |
俊影 see styles |
toshikage としかげ |
(personal name) Toshikage |
倉影 see styles |
kurakage くらかげ |
(place-name) Kurakage |
倒影 see styles |
dào yǐng dao4 ying3 tao ying touei / toe とうえい |
inverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down) reflection |
倩影 see styles |
qiàn yǐng qian4 ying3 ch`ien ying chien ying |
beautiful image of a woman |
側影 侧影 see styles |
cè yǐng ce4 ying3 ts`e ying tse ying soku yō |
profile; silhouette casts a shadow |
儷影 俪影 see styles |
lì yǐng li4 ying3 li ying |
photo of a (married) couple |
光影 see styles |
guāng yǐng guang1 ying3 kuang ying kōyō |
light and shadow; sunlight and shade shadow |
全影 see styles |
quán yǐng quan2 ying3 ch`üan ying chüan ying |
total shadow; umbra |
剪影 see styles |
jiǎn yǐng jian3 ying3 chien ying |
paper-cut silhouette; outline; sketch |
十影 see styles |
tokage とかげ |
(female given name) Tokage |
千影 see styles |
chikage ちかげ |
(female given name) Chikage |
半影 see styles |
hanei / hane はんえい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) penumbra |
印影 see styles |
inei / ine いんえい |
impression of a seal |
友影 see styles |
tomokage ともかげ |
(surname) Tomokage |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Shadow | 影 | kage | yǐng / ying3 / ying | |
Divine Spirit | 御影 | goei | yù yǐng / yu4 ying3 / yu ying / yuying | yü ying / yüying |
Shadow of Karma Dogged by Karma | 業影 业影 | gou you / gouyou / go yo | yè yǐng / ye4 ying3 / ye ying / yeying | yeh ying / yehying |
Keiko | 影子 | keiko | yǐng zi / ying3 zi5 / ying zi / yingzi | ying tzu / yingtzu |
Shadow Warrior | 影武者 | kagemusha | yīng wǔ zhǔ ying1 wu3 zhu3 ying wu zhu yingwuzhu | ying wu chu yingwuchu |
Lonely Soul Solitary | 形單影隻 形单影只 | xíng dān yǐng zhī xing2 dan1 ying3 zhi1 xing dan ying zhi xingdanyingzhi | hsing tan ying chih hsingtanyingchih |
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Sorakage Jujutsu | 空影柔術 | sora kaga ju jutsu sorakagajujutsu | ||
Meifu Shinkage-Ryu | 明府真影流 | mei fu shin kage ryuu meifushinkageryuu mei fu shin kage ryu | ||
Alone with only your shadow for company | 煢煢孑立形影相吊 茕茕孑立形影相吊 | qióng qióng jié lì xíng yǐng xiāng diào qiong2 qiong2 jie2 li4 xing2 ying3 xiang1 diao4 qiong qiong jie li xing ying xiang diao | ch`iung ch`iung chieh li hsing ying hsiang tiao chiung chiung chieh li hsing ying hsiang tiao |
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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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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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