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剛柔 is a term that means hardness and softness or hard and soft.
剛柔 is also the Chinese character origin of the martial arts style known as Cương Nhu.
Cương Nhu or Cuong Nhu was founded by Grandmaster Ngo Dong in 1965 in Hue, Vietnam, and brought to the U.S. in 1971.
剛 means hard, firm, strong, and just.
柔 means soft, flexible, supple, yielding, softness, and/or gentleness.
Until it was romanized in the mid-17th century by Portuguese missionaries with later influence by French missionaries, Vietnamese was exclusively written in Chinese characters. With some research, you can still figure out the original way to write most Vietnamese words and titles in Chinese characters. That is what I did here to figure out that Cuong Nhu would have been 剛柔 if established in ancient Vietnam.
Same characters are used in Japanese for various Goju schools of Okinawan martial arts, though not the same lineage as the Vietnamese style described above.
覺 can mean to feel; to figure out; thinking; awake; aware; bodhi; knowing; understanding; enlightenment; illumination; apprehend; perceive; realize.
覺 is a character that is impossible to define in a single word.
This term is often associated with Buddhism where it's understood to be: Illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming. However, it can also refer to enlightenment in regard to morality and evil.
Notes:
In Japanese, this can be the personal name Satoru.
In certain context, and only when pronounced as "jiao" in Chinese, it can refer to a nap, sleep or the state of sleeping. However, as a single character on a wall scroll, everyone will read this with the awareness or enlightenment context.
By no means is this the only way to write enlightenment. In fact, you should only choose this character if you are looking more for a word meaning awareness.
See Also: Enlightenment | Wisdom | Knowledge
詞韻波羅蜜大光明 are the Japanese Kanji characters that romanize as “Shikin Haramitsu Daikōmyō.”
This is a complicated proverb. I'm actually going to forgo writing any translation information here. You can figure it out via Google search and at sites like Paramita and the Perfection of Wisdom or
Fecastel.Wordpress.com::Shikin Haramitsu Daikōmyō
There are several ways to translate this ancient proverb. Translated literally and directly, it says, “Open roll has/yields benefit.”
To understand that, you must know a few things...
First, Chinese characters and language have deeper meanings that often are not spoken but are understood - especially with ancient texts like this. Example: It's understood that the “benefit” referred to in this proverb is to the reader's mind. Just the last character expresses that whole idea.
Second, Chinese proverbs are supposed to make you think and leave a bit of mystery to figure out.
Third, for this proverb, it should be noted that roll = book. When this proverb came about (about two thousand years ago), books were rolls of bamboo slips strung together. The first bound books like the ones we use today did not come about until about a thousand years after this proverb when they invented paper in China.
開卷有益 is a great gift for a bookworm who loves to read and increase their knowledge. Or for any friend that is or wants to be well-read.
Some other translations of this phrase:
Opening a book is profitable
The benefits of education.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your figure out search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
塑 see styles |
sù su4 su so |
to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material) To model in clay. |
數 数 see styles |
shuò shuo4 shuo kazusaki かずさき |
(literary) frequently; repeatedly (surname) Kazusaki To number, count, enumerate, figure out, calculate, reason, reprimand; numbers, an account, fate, destiny; flurried. It is also used for 智 knowledge, and for mental content or conditions as in 心數. |
弄懂 see styles |
nòng dǒng nong4 dong3 nung tung |
to make sense of; to grasp the meaning of; to figure out |
恰好 see styles |
qià hǎo qia4 hao3 ch`ia hao chia hao kakkou / kakko かっこう kakko かっこ |
as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right (1) shape; form; figure; posture; pose; (2) appearance; (3) state; situation; (adj-na,adj-no,n) (4) suitable; fit; reasonable; (suffix noun) (5) about |
想出 see styles |
xiǎng chū xiang3 chu1 hsiang ch`u hsiang chu |
to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) |
想通 see styles |
xiǎng tōng xiang3 tong1 hsiang t`ung hsiang tung |
to figure out; to realize; to become convinced; to come round (to an idea); to get over it |
揣摩 see styles |
chuǎi mó chuai3 mo2 ch`uai mo chuai mo shima しま |
to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom (noun, transitive verb) (form) conjecture; guess; surmise; speculation; (female given name) Shima |
摸清 see styles |
mō qīng mo1 qing1 mo ch`ing mo ching |
to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain |
猜中 see styles |
cāi zhòng cai1 zhong4 ts`ai chung tsai chung |
to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer |
算出 see styles |
suàn chū suan4 chu1 suan ch`u suan chu sanshutsu さんしゅつ |
to figure out (noun, transitive verb) calculation; computation |
解出 see styles |
jiě chū jie3 chu1 chieh ch`u chieh chu |
to figure out |
默算 see styles |
mò suàn mo4 suan4 mo suan |
mental arithmetic; to figure out |
切れる see styles |
kireru きれる |
(v1,vi) (1) to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; (v1,vi) (2) to be injured; (v1,vi) (3) to wear out; to be worn out; (v1,vi) (4) to break; to burst; to collapse; (v1,vi) (5) to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; (v1,vi) (6) to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; (v1,vi) (7) to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; (v1,vi) (8) to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; (v1,vi) (9) to cut well; to be sharp; (v1,vi) (10) to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; (v1,vi) (11) to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); (v1,vi) (12) to dry off; (v1,vi) (13) to curve; to veer; (v1,vi) (14) to shuffle (cards); (v1,vi) (15) (colloquialism) (See キレる) to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; (aux-v,v1) (16) (kana only) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to do completely |
弄不清 see styles |
nòng bu qīng nong4 bu5 qing1 nung pu ch`ing nung pu ching |
unable to figure out |
弄明白 see styles |
nòng míng bai nong4 ming2 bai5 nung ming pai |
to figure out how to do something |
想不開 想不开 see styles |
xiǎng bu kāi xiang3 bu5 kai1 hsiang pu k`ai hsiang pu kai |
cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed; to fret over trifles |
你看著辦吧 你看着办吧 see styles |
nǐ kàn zhe bàn ba ni3 kan4 zhe5 ban4 ba5 ni k`an che pan pa ni kan che pan pa |
You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please. |
目星がつく see styles |
meboshigatsuku めぼしがつく |
(exp,v5k) to figure out; to get an idea |
目星が付く see styles |
meboshigatsuku めぼしがつく |
(exp,v5k) to figure out; to get an idea |
人影を認める see styles |
hitokageomitomeru ひとかげをみとめる |
(exp,v1) to make out someone's figure |
Variations: |
kawaridane かわりだね |
(1) something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; exception; novelty; (2) person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type; eccentric; oddball |
Variations: |
yomikiru よみきる |
(transitive verb) (1) to finish reading; to read through; (transitive verb) (2) to figure out; to fully anticipate |
Variations: |
meboshigatsuku めぼしがつく |
(exp,v5k) to figure out; to get an idea |
Variations: |
hakarikaneru はかりかねる |
(exp,v1) to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out |
Variations: |
ukagaishiru うかがいしる |
(transitive verb) to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess; to grasp; to fathom; to understand; to know |
Variations: |
toraedokorononai とらえどころのない |
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Cuong Nhu | 剛柔 | gou juu / goujuu / go ju | gāng róu / gang1 rou2 / gang rou / gangrou | kang jou / kangjou |
Wind Wheel | 風輪 风轮 | furin | fēng lún / feng1 lun2 / feng lun / fenglun | |
Awareness | 覺 觉 | gaku / satoru | jué / jiào jue2 / jiao4 jue / jiao jue/jiao | chüeh chiao chüehchiao |
Shikin Haramitsu Daikomyo | 詞韻波羅蜜大光明 词韵波罗蜜大光明 | shi kin ha ra mitsu dai kou myo shikinharamitsudaikoumyo shi kin ha ra mitsu dai ko myo | ||
An Open Book Benefits Your Mind | 開卷有益 开卷有益 | kāi juàn yǒu yì kai1 juan4 you3 yi4 kai juan you yi kaijuanyouyi | k`ai chüan yu i kaichüanyui kai chüan yu i |
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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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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
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