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匿 means to hide, shelter, or shield.
If you imagine a safe place shielded from danger and trouble, this could be the character for you.
德 is the simple way to express the ideas of having virtue, morals, kindness, benevolence, goodness, etc.
德 also happens to be the first character of the Chinese word for Germany.
There is a slight deviation in the Japanese Kanji form. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people.
See Also: Ethics | Chastity | Prudence | Benevolence | Morality
百錬自得 is a Japanese proverb that means only if you practice something 100 times will it become a part of yourself.
Some translate it in a short form like “Well train, self-gain.”
The first two characters are a word that means “100 forges” (or to forge 100 times). It translates more naturally as well-tempered, well-drilled, or well-trained.
The last two characters mean “self-benefit” or “self-gain.” It can also be translated into English as contented, self-satisfaction, realizing (through one's ability), or being paid back for one's deeds.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your toku search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
匿 see styles |
nì ni4 ni toku とく |
More info & calligraphy: Hide / Shelter / Shieldshelter; shield; hide to shelter |
徳 see styles |
dé de2 te toku とく |
More info & calligraphy: Moral and Virtuous(1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage; (given name) Megumu |
德 see styles |
dé de2 te toku |
More info & calligraphy: Moral and VirtuousVirtue, moral excellence, moral power, power; also translates guṇa; translit. ta. |
行德 see styles |
xíng dé xing2 de2 hsing te gyō toku |
More info & calligraphy: Morality of Deed |
得 see styles |
dei dei3 tei toku とく |
to have to; must; ought to; to need to (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (also written as 徳) profit; advantage; benefit; gain; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana; (surname) Toku prāp; prāpta. To get, obtain, attain to; got, obtained, etc. |
特 see styles |
tè te4 t`e te toku |
special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex A bull, stallion; outstanding, special, alone. |
犢 犊 see styles |
dú du2 tu toku こうじ |
calf; sacrificial victim calf; small cow vatsa; a calf, young animal, offspring, child. |
篤 笃 see styles |
dǔ du3 tu toku とく |
serious (illness); sincere; true (surname) Toku Sincere; serious; consolidate. |
説 说 see styles |
shuō shuo1 shuo setsu せつ |
variant of 說|说[shuo1] (n,n-suf) (1) theory; doctrine; (2) opinion; view; (3) rumour; rumor; gossip; hearsay; (female given name) Toku |
髑 see styles |
dú du2 tu toku |
used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2lou2] A skull 髑髏. |
倒句 see styles |
touku / toku とうく |
reading Chinese in the Japanese order |
十久 see styles |
toku とく |
(given name) Toku |
十九 see styles |
shí jiǔ shi2 jiu3 shih chiu toku とく |
nineteen; 19 19; nineteen; (given name) Toku nineteen |
可得 see styles |
kě dé ke3 de2 k`o te ko te ka toku |
obtainable |
同得 see styles |
tóng dé tong2 de2 t`ung te tung te dō toku |
similarly attained |
土喰 see styles |
toku とく |
(surname) Toku |
得信 see styles |
dé xìn de2 xin4 te hsin toku shin |
gains conviction |
得出 see styles |
dé chū de2 chu1 te ch`u te chu toku shutsu |
to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) escapes |
得名 see styles |
dé míng de2 ming2 te ming toku myō |
to get one's name; named (after something) can be called |
得戒 see styles |
dé jiè de2 jie4 te chieh toku kai |
To obtain the commandments; to attain to the understanding and performance of the moral law. |
得記 得记 see styles |
dé jì de2 ji4 te chi toku ki |
receives assurance |
得過 得过 see styles |
dé guō de2 guo1 te kuo toku ka |
gone beyond |
徳右 see styles |
tokuu / toku とくう |
(given name) Tokuu |
德異 德异 see styles |
dé yì de2 yi4 te i toku i |
difference in quality |
投句 see styles |
touku / toku とうく |
(n,vs,vi) (See 俳句) submitting a haiku (for publication) |
東空 see styles |
toukuu / toku とうくう |
(given name) Tōkuu |
溶く see styles |
toku とく |
(transitive verb) to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.) |
熔く see styles |
toku とく |
(out-dated kanji) (transitive verb) to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.) |
玄德 see styles |
xuán dé xuan2 de2 hsüan te gen toku |
profound virtue |
疾く see styles |
toku とく |
(adverb) (1) (form) quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; (adverb) (2) (form) long ago; already |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Hide Shelter Shield | 匿 | toku | nì / ni4 / ni | |
Moral and Virtuous | 德 徳 | toku | dé / de2 / de | te |
Hyakuren-Jitoku | 百錬自得 | hyaku ren ji toku hyakurenjitoku | ||
Faith | 信德 | shin toku / shintoku | xìn dé / xin4 de2 / xin de / xinde | hsin te / hsinte |
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.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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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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