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二段 is a Japanese Kanji word that literally means “second degree.”
二段 is the second black belt rank in Japanese martial arts.
The first Kanji means two or second in Japanese.
The second Kanji means step, grade, rank, or level.
二段 can also be written as 弐段. This version just uses a more complicated Kanji for the number two.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Nidan search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
二段 see styles |
nidan にだん |
More info & calligraphy: Ni-Dan |
二斷 二断 see styles |
èr duàn er4 duan4 erh tuan nidan |
two kinds of elimination |
二檀 see styles |
èr tán er4 tan2 erh t`an erh tan nidan |
The two dāna 檀那, i. e, kinds of donating, or almsgiving: (a) 世間檀 ordinary alms, and (b) 出世間檀 spiritual, or other-worldly gifts. |
尼壇 尼坛 see styles |
ní tán ni2 tan2 ni t`an ni tan nidan |
The nun's altar; a convent or nunnery. |
泥團 泥团 see styles |
ní tuán ni2 tuan2 ni t`uan ni tuan nidan |
mud |
二段活用 see styles |
nidankatsuyou / nidankatsuyo にだんかつよう |
{gramm} conjugation of nidan verbs |
上二段活用 see styles |
kaminidankatsuyou / kaminidankatsuyo かみにだんかつよう |
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation) |
下二段活用 see styles |
shimonidankatsuyou / shimonidankatsuyo しもにだんかつよう |
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Nidan | ニダン | nidan | ||
Nidan | 內當 内当 | nèi dāng / nei4 dang1 / nei dang / neidang | nei tang / neitang | |
Ni-Dan | 二段 | ni dan / nidan | ||
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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