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(obligation or duty in Japanese)
This term means an obligation or a sense of duty that one may have to their employer, country or culture.
義理 is a specifically Japanese term, as in Chinese, these two characters form a word that means “religious doctrine” or refers to the argument presented in an essay.
This term has a similar meaning in Korean, where it can be translated as justice, sense of duty, loyalty, integrity, or obligation.
義理 is kind of a weird selection for a wall scroll. So this entry is intended more for educational purposes.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Giri search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
義理 义理 see styles |
yì lǐ yi4 li3 i li giri ぎり |
More info & calligraphy: Giri(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; (can be adjective with の) (2) in-law; relation by marriage; (given name) Yoshimasa reason |
キリー see styles |
girii / giri ギリー |
More info & calligraphy: Killy |
きり see styles |
kiri キリ |
(1) (orig. from Portuguese "cruz") (See ピンからキリまで) (ant: ピン・2) end; bottom; worst; (2) {cards} king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta); (personal name) Gili; Giri |
儀理 see styles |
giri ぎり |
(surname) Giri |
誼理 谊理 see styles |
yí lǐ yi2 li3 i li giri |
meaning |
議理 议理 see styles |
yì lǐ yi4 li3 i li giri |
meaning |
無義利 无义利 see styles |
wú yì lì wu2 yi4 li4 wu i li mu giri |
useless |
義理禪 义理禅 see styles |
yì lǐ chán yi4 li3 chan2 i li ch`an i li chan giri zen |
theoretical Chan; Seon |
一切義利 一切义利 see styles |
yī qiè yì lì yi1 qie4 yi4 li4 i ch`ieh i li i chieh i li issai giri |
all kinds of benefit |
甚深義理 甚深义理 see styles |
shén shēn yì lǐ shen2 shen1 yi4 li3 shen shen i li shinshin giri |
profound meaning |
薩多琦梨 萨多琦梨 see styles |
sà duō qí lí sa4 duo1 qi2 li2 sa to ch`i li sa to chi li Sattakiri |
Name of a demon king, intp. as a deva of great strength or power. |
能解甚深義理密意 能解甚深义理密意 see styles |
néng jiě shén shēn yì lǐ mì yì neng2 jie3 shen2 shen1 yi4 li3 mi4 yi4 neng chieh shen shen i li mi i nōge jinjin giri mitsui |
able to understand the extremely profound import and the hidden meaning |
Variations: |
giriisuutsu; girii suutsu / girisutsu; giri sutsu ギリースーツ; ギリー・スーツ |
ghillie suit |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Giri | 義理 义理 | giri | yì lǐ / yi4 li3 / yi li / yili | i li / ili |
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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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
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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