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獸 means beast, animal, brute, beastly, or bestial.
Note: A strange selection for a calligraphy wall scroll.
獸 is a very generic term for a beast, so it can be one hunted for food (such as a deer or boar). It can also mean a great animal or someone who acts like a beast.
Note: In Japanese, this can be the personal name Munetada.
In modern Japan, they use the version of this character shown to the right. If your audience in Japanese, click this special Kanji instead of the button above.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shou4 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
壽 寿 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou hisashi ひさし |
More info & calligraphy: Longevity / Long Life(out-dated kanji) (1) congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; (2) longevity; long life; (given name) Hisashi Long life, longevity, age, v. 耆婆 jīva. |
獸 兽 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou shū |
More info & calligraphy: Beast / AnimalAn animal, a brute. |
壽司 寿司 see styles |
shòu sī shou4 si1 shou ssu hisaji ひさじ |
sushi (personal name) Hisaji |
教授 see styles |
jiào shòu jiao4 shou4 chiao shou kyouju / kyoju きょうじゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Professor(1) professor; (noun, transitive verb) (2) teaching; instruction; (given name) Sazuku To instruct, give instruction. |
長壽 长寿 see styles |
cháng shòu chang2 shou4 ch`ang shou chang shou nagatoshi ながとし |
More info & calligraphy: Longevity / Long Life(personal name) Nagatoshi Long life. |
獨角獸 独角兽 see styles |
dú jiǎo shòu du2 jiao3 shou4 tu chiao shou |
More info & calligraphy: Unicorn |
受 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou ju じゅ |
to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom {Buddh} (See 五蘊,十二因縁) vedana (sensation); (place-name) Uke To receive, be, bear; intp. of vedana, 'perception,' 'knowledge obtained by the senses, feeling, sensation.' M. W. It is defined as mental reaction to the object, but in general it means receptivity, or sensation; the two forms of sensation of physical and mental objects are indicated. It is one of the five skandhas; as one of the twelve nidānas it indicates the incipient stage of sensation in the embryo. |
售 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou |
to sell; to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc) |
夀 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou |
old variant of 壽|寿[shou4] |
授 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou sazuka さずか |
(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint (female given name) Sazuka To give, confer, deliver, communicate to, hand down. |
狩 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou kari かり |
to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog; imperial tour (1) hunting; (n,n-suf) (2) harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering; (surname) Kari |
獣 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou kemono(p); kedamono(p); juu; kemono; kedamono / kemono(p); kedamono(p); ju; kemono; kedamono けもの(P); けだもの(P); じゅう; ケモノ; ケダモノ |
Japanese variant of 獸|兽 (1) beast; brute; animal; (2) (ケモノ only) (slang) (term used by members of the furry subculture) animal with human characteristics; (personal name) Munetada |
痩 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou |
Japanese variant of 瘦[shou4] |
瘦 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou |
thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive |
綬 绶 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou ju じゅ |
cord on a seal ribbon; cordon; (given name) Tamotsu |
三受 see styles |
sān shòu san1 shou4 san shou sanju |
The three states of Vedanā, i. e. sensation, are divided into painful, pleasurable, and freedom from both 苦, 樂, 捨. When things are opposed to desire, pain arises; when accordant, there is pleasure and a desire for their continuance; when neither, one is detached or free. 倶舍論 1. |
三獸 三兽 see styles |
sān shòu san1 shou4 san shou sanshū |
The three animals— hare, horse, elephant— crossing a stream. The śrāvaka is like the hare who crosses by swimming on the surface; the pratyeka-buddha is like the horse who crosses deeper than the hare; the bodhisattva is like the elephant who walks across on the bottom. Also likened to the triyāna. 涅槃經 23, 27. |
不受 see styles |
bù shòu bu4 shou4 pu shou fuju |
not appropriating |
世壽 世寿 see styles |
shì shòu shi4 shou4 shih shou seju |
worldly age |
乾瘦 干瘦 see styles |
gān shòu gan1 shou4 kan shou |
wizened; skinny and shriveled |
二受 see styles |
èr shòu er4 shou4 erh shou niju |
The dual receptivity or karma of pleasure and pain, the physical and the mental, i.e. 身 and 心. |
五受 see styles |
wǔ shòu wu3 shou4 wu shou goju |
The five vedanas, or sensations; i. e. of sorrow, ofjoy; of pain, of pleasure; of freedom from them all; the first two are limited to mental emotions, the two next are of the senses, and the fifth of both; v. 唯識論 5. |
交售 see styles |
jiāo shòu jiao1 shou4 chiao shou |
(of a farmer) to sell one's produce to the state as stipulated by government policy |
享受 see styles |
xiǎng shòu xiang3 shou4 hsiang shou kyouju / kyoju きょうじゅ |
to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3] (noun, transitive verb) enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having to receive and make one's own |
仁壽 仁寿 see styles |
rén shòu ren2 shou4 jen shou |
Renshou County in Meishan 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan See: 仁寿 |
付授 see styles |
fù shòu fu4 shou4 fu shou fuju |
to entrust |
住壽 住寿 see styles |
zhù shòu zhu4 shou4 chu shou jū ju |
lives a long time |
佛壽 佛寿 see styles |
fó shòu fo2 shou4 fo shou butsu ju |
Buddha's life, or age. While he only lived to eighty as a man, in his saṁbhogakāya he is without end, eternal; cf. Lotus Sutra, 壽量品, where Buddha is declared to be eternal. |
作壽 作寿 see styles |
zuò shòu zuo4 shou4 tso shou |
variant of 做壽|做寿[zuo4 shou4] |
信受 see styles |
xìn shòu xin4 shou4 hsin shou shinju しんじゅ |
(noun/participle) belief; acceptance (of truths) The receptivity and obedience of faith; to believe and receive (the doctrine). |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Beast Animal | 獸 兽 | shishi | shòu / shou4 / shou | |
Longevity Long Life | 壽 寿 | ju / kotobuki | shòu / shou4 / shou | |
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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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.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
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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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