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沖縄剛柔館 is the martial arts style Okinawan Gojukan or Okinawan Goju-Kan.
The meaning is “Okinawa hardness [and] softness hall.”
沖縄 = Okinawa.
剛 = Hard, firm, or strong.
柔 = Soft, softness, flexible, supple, yielding, gentleness, or pliant.
館 = Hall, building, school room, or an alternate word for a dojo.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your -kan search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
冠 see styles |
guàn guan4 kuan kanmuri(p); kan; kamuri; kanburi かんむり(P); かん; かむり; かんぶり |
More info & calligraphy: Gwan(1) (See 衣冠,束帯) traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; (2) crown; diadem; coronet; (3) (かんむり only) top kanji radical; (4) (かむり only) (See 俳諧・1) first verse of a haikai, etc.; (adj-t,adv-to) (5) (かん only) best; peerless; first; (6) (かんむり only) name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.; (counter) (7) (かん only) {shogi} counter for titles; (given name) Masaru crown |
勸 劝 see styles |
quàn quan4 ch`üan chüan kan |
More info & calligraphy: EncourageTo exhort, persuade, admonish. |
文 see styles |
wén wen2 wen mon もん |
More info & calligraphy: Ven(1) (hist) mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); (2) mon; traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm); (3) letter; character; sentence; (4) (abbreviation) (See 経文,呪文) scripture; incantation; (female given name) Remon Letters, literature, writing; refined; culture; civil; a despatch; veined; a cash; to gloss. |
歡 欢 see styles |
huān huan1 huan kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Joyful(personal name) Kan nanda. Pleased, glad. |
汗 see styles |
hàn han4 han kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Khan(See ハン) khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe); (surname) Fuzakashi Sweat; vast. |
甘 see styles |
gān gan1 kan kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Gunn(surname) Kan Sweet, agreeable, willing; kansu. |
簡 简 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien kan かん |
More info & calligraphy: Simplicity(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct. |
錢 钱 see styles |
qián qian2 ch`ien chien chin ちん |
More info & calligraphy: Chien(out-dated kanji) (1) hundredth of a yen; (2) coin made of non-precious materials; (3) (obsolete) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (4) (archaism) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass); (surname) Chin coin |
がーん see styles |
kaan / kan カーン |
(1) kern; (2) Kahn; (personal name) Gahn |
無門關 无门关 see styles |
wú mén guān wu2 men2 guan1 wu men kuan Mumon kan |
More info & calligraphy: The Gateless Gate |
凾 see styles |
hán han2 han kan はこ |
(1) box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; (2) car (of a train, etc.); (3) shamisen case; shamisen; (4) (colloquialism) public building; community building; (5) (archaism) man who carries a geisha's shamisen; (6) (archaism) receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); (suf,ctr) (7) counter for boxes (or boxed objects) A box, receptacle; to enfold: a letter. |
刊 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan kan かん |
to print; to publish; publication; periodical; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend (suffix) publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly) to cut |
勘 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan kan かん |
to investigate; to survey; to collate perception; intuition; the sixth sense; (given name) Satoru To investigate, examine, collate. |
卷 see styles |
juàn juan4 chüan kan |
scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll roll |
喚 唤 see styles |
huàn huan4 huan kan |
to call To call, summon. |
坎 see styles |
kǎn kan3 k`an kan kan かん |
pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵ (1) (archaism) pit; hole; (2) kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north); (surname) Kita |
奐 奂 see styles |
huàn huan4 huan kan かん |
excellent (personal name) Kan |
奸 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien kan かん |
wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1] (noun or adjectival noun) cunning and wickedness; cunning, wicked person |
姦 奸 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien kan かん |
to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape (noun or adjectival noun) cunning and wickedness; cunning, wicked person |
完 see styles |
wán wan2 wan kan かん |
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire (expression) (1) (at the end of a novel, film, etc.) The End; Finis; (suffix noun) (2) completion; conclusion; end; (suffix noun) (3) full provision; (given name) Yutaka to perfect |
官 see styles |
guān guan1 kuan kan かん |
government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4] government service; the bureaucracy; (female given name) Tsukasa Official, public. |
寒 see styles |
hán han2 han samu; sabu さむ; さぶ |
cold; poor; to tremble (n,int) cold; (surname) Kan śīta. Cold; in poverty; plain. |
寬 宽 see styles |
kuān kuan1 k`uan kuan kan |
wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient broad |
巻 see styles |
juǎn juan3 chüan kan かん |
Japanese variant of 卷[juan3] (n,ctr) (1) volume (of book); reel (of film); (n,ctr) (2) scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.); (p,s,f) Maki |
幹 干 see styles |
gàn gan4 kan miki(p); kan みき(P); かん |
tree trunk; main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base; (given name) Motoki |
感 see styles |
gǎn gan3 kan kan かん |
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ (n,n-suf) (1) feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression; (2) (abbreviation) {ling} (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 感動詞) interjection; (given name) Kan To influence, move. |
換 换 see styles |
huàn huan4 huan kan かん |
to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) (personal name) Kan |
桓 see styles |
huán huan2 huan kan かん |
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old) (given name) Kan A tree whose hard, black seeds are used for beads; a pillar, post, tablet. |
槓 杠 see styles |
gàng gang4 kang kan カン |
coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash (noun/participle) {mahj} (See 槓子) forming a four-of-a-kind (chi:); declaring a kong |
款 see styles |
kuǎn kuan3 k`uan kuan kan かん |
section; paragraph; funds; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]; classifier for versions or models (of a product) (1) title; heading; article; (2) (See 款を通ずる・かんをつうずる) benevolence; friendly feeling; (given name) Yoshimi |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Shito-Ryu Ki-Me-Kan Karate-Do | 糸東流氣目館空手道 糸东流気目馆空手道 | shito-ryu ki-me-kan karate-dou shito-ryu ki-me-kan karate-do | mì dōng liú qì mù guǎn kōng shǒu dào mi4 dong1 liu2 qi4 mu4 guan3 kong1 shou3 dao4 mi dong liu qi mu guan kong shou dao | mi tung liu ch`i mu kuan k`ung shou tao mi tung liu chi mu kuan kung shou tao |
Shugyo-Kan | 修行館 | shu gyou kan shugyoukan shu gyo kan | ||
Gojukan Goju-Kan | 剛柔館 刚柔馆 | gou juu kan goujuukan go ju kan | ||
Okinawan Goju-Kan | 沖縄剛柔館 沖縄刚柔馆 | okinawa gou juu kan okinawagoujuukan okinawa go ju kan | ||
Kenshin-Kan | 建心館 | ken shin kan kenshinkan | ||
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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