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Buddha / Shakyamuni

Mandarin: jiā
Japanese: togi
Korean:

伽

This is another common name for Gautama Buddha derived from Sanskrit. This is sort of a short way to say Sakyamuni.

Important Japanese note: This character has evolved out of the original meaning during the past thousand years. It now means nurse or attendant in Japanese, and has all but lost the Buddhist context.

Important Korean note: This means temple (often a Buddhist temple) in Korean Hanja. My Korean translator is Christian, so he's not sure if this still has the "Shakyamuni Buddha" meaning alone.

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha (Japanese)

Mandarin: shì jiā
Japanese: sha ka

釈
迦

This is the way to write Shakyamuni in Japanese.

It's just two Kanji, the first is a simplified version of the one used in Chinese for Shakyamuni, and the second one is identical to the Chinese.

This refers to the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE) also known as Sakyamuni and Gautama Buddha.

This has very good meaning in Japanese, but is an odd selection for a wall scroll. It appears here more for reference.

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Sangha

Mandarin: sēng qié
Japanese: sougya
Korean: 승가

僧
伽

In Buddhism, this term refers to a community of monks and/or nuns (one of the "Three Jewels"). In general terms, it can simply mean "all followers of the Buddha".

Notes: Though there are not vast numbers of Chinese Hindus, in the Hindu faith, this term means "community together".
The original Sanskrit word is also Romanized as samgha.
The first character means "monk". The second character means Buddha or Shakyamuni.
This is really a transliteration of the original Sanskrit, but it uses two very profound Chinese characters related to Buddhism.

Some may pronounce this as "seng qie" or "seng jia" in Mandarin (two possible pronunciations for second character). Note that "qie" would sound a bit like "chee-ah" using typical English pronunciation. Chinese Romanization is not actually designed to match English sounds.

僧Note that when writing this as Kanji, Japanese will tend to write the first character in the form shown to the right. If you select our Japanese master calligrapher, please expect this special Kanji form. However, it should also be noted that this is not a common term in Japanese (except by certain sects of Buddhism or perhaps devout Buddhists in Japan).

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha

Mandarin: shì jiā móu ní
Japanese: sha ka mu ni
Korean: 석가모니

釋
迦
牟
尼

This means "Shakyamuni" in Chinese. This same Buddha is also known as "Siddhartha Gautama", "Gotama Buddha". "Tathagata", or simply, "The Supreme Buddha".

This is the legendary man and prince who eventually established the Buddhist religion.

Note: Occasionally Romanized as "Siddhattha Gotama".

This combination of characters is sometimes seen and used in South Korea and Japan as well (with the same meaning).

See Also...  Nirvana | Buddhism

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Siddhartha

Mandarin: xī dá duō

悉
達
多

This is the name Siddhartha (as in Siddhartha Gautama) which is sometimes romanized from the original Sanskrit or Pali as Siddhattha (from Siddhattha Gotama).

This same Buddha is also known as "Shakyamuni Gautama", "Gotama Buddha". "Tathagata".

Siddhartha Gautama was a spiritual teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (Sammāsambuddha) of known human history.

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Therefore, allow at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.


A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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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The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese

Title
 
Characters
Simplified
Traditional
Japanese Romaji
(Romanized Japanese)
Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin
(Romanized Chinese)
Buddha / Shakyamuni
togijiā
jia
jia1
jia
Shakyamuni / The Buddha (Japanese)釈迦
釈迦
sha ka
shaka
shì jiā
shi jia
shi4 jia1
shijia
Sangha僧伽
僧伽
sougya
sogya
sēng qié
seng qie
seng1 qie2
sengqie
Shakyamuni / The Buddha释迦牟尼
釋迦牟尼
sha ka mu ni
shakamuni
shì jiā móu ní
shi jia mou ni
shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shijiamouni
Siddhartha悉达多
悉達多
n/axī dá duō
xi da duo
xi1 da2 duo1
xidaduo
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This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "buddha shakyamuni" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.


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