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2. Happy Family
5. Happy Family
6. Life in Harmony / Balanced Life
Cho Wa
調和 is one of the several ways to express harmony in Chinese and Japanese.
Note: The first character means harmony but also suggests a musical meaning. It can also describe warriors marching in perfect cadence (in step) or to regulate something.
The second character carries the meaning of harmony and peace by itself.
Together, these characters create a word that can be defined as harmonious, to mediate, to reconcile, to compromise; mediation, temper, to mix, blend, blended, season, seasoning (getting the flavors of the food in balance), to placate, or be in harmonious proportion.
The meaning varies depending on the context. However, when hanging as a wall scroll, this will refer to the person (you) being balanced and in harmony while rational and under control simultaneously.
和やかな家庭 means “happy family” or “harmonious family” in Japanese.
The first three Kanji create a word that means mild, calm, gentle, quiet, or harmonious. After that is a connecting article. The last two Kanji mean family, home, or household.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
和諧之家 means “harmonious family” or “happy family” in Chinese.
The first two characters relay the idea of happiness and harmony.
The third character is a connecting or possessive article (connects harmony/happiness to family).
The last character means family but can also mean home or household.
調和生活 is a Japanese title that suggests that you have, or want to get your life in balance.
The first two Kanji mean harmonious or in harmony.
The second two Kanji mean “life.” More specifically this refers to your livelihood, career, and the daily activities that comprise your life or living.
琴瑟和鳴 is a Chinese title that means “in perfect harmony” or “in sync.”
This can translate as “two harps in harmony.” While this more literally means “qin [and] se harmonious sound.”
The qin and se are both types of string instruments (Chinese zithers) that are known to play in perfect harmony. Thus, the two together are often used as a metaphor for marital harmony or a happy marriage.
和美 is a word that means “harmonious” or, “in perfect harmony.”
The deeper meaning or more natural translation would be something like, “beautiful life.”
The first character means peace and harmony.
The second character means beautiful. But in this case, when combined with the first character, beautiful refers to being satisfied with what you have in your life. This can be having good relations, good feelings, comfort, and having enough (with no feeling of wanting).
Note: In Japanese, this is often used as the name "Wami." This title is probably more appropriate if your audience is Chinese.
和 is the simplest form of peace and harmony.
和 can also be translated as the peaceful ideas of gentle, mild, kind, and calm. With a more harmonious context, it can be translated as union, together with, on good terms with, or on friendly terms.
Most people would just translate this character as peace and/or harmony. 和 is a very popular character in Asian cultures - you can even call it the “peace symbol” of Asia. In fact, this peace and harmony character was seen repeatedly during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (a major theme of the games).
In old Chinese poems and literature, you might see this used as a kind of "and." As in two things summed together. As much as you could say, "the sun and moon," you could say "the sun in harmony with the moon."
See Also: Inner Peace | Patience | Simplicity
Harmonious Life
This 和諧生活 title suggests that you have, or want to get your life in balance.
The first two characters regard the idea of balance, harmony, and peace.
The second two characters mean “life.” More specifically this refers to your livelihood, career, and the daily activities that comprise your life or living. Some would translate those two characters as “one's daily existence.”
Note: We have a couple of titles for this idea. This version is more of a noun, thus "The Balanced Life" verses a verb form like "Balancing [Your] Life."
These search terms might be related to Harmonious:
Drinking the Water of a Well: One Should Never Forget Who Dug It
Fix the Roof Before the Rain; Dig the Well Before You Are Thirsty
Inner Strength / Inner Well-Being and Health
Life in Harmony / Balanced Life
Live Well
Nature in Balance / Balanced Nature
Pleasant Feeling
Pleasant Journey
Safety and Well-Being of the Family
Sweet / Sweetness / Charm
The Farts of Others Stink, but One’s Own Smells Sweet
The Universe in Balance / Balanced Universe
Well-Disciplined / Orderly
Well-Disciplined / Scrupulous Compliance
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Harmony Balance | 調和 调和 | chou wa / chouwa / cho wa | tiáo hé / tiao2 he2 / tiao he / tiaohe | t`iao ho / tiaoho / tiao ho |
Happy Family | 和やかな家庭 | nago ya ka na ka tei nagoyakanakatei | ||
Harmony Balance | 和諧 和谐 | hé xié / he2 xie2 / he xie / hexie | ho hsieh / hohsieh | |
Chowa-Ryu Jujitsu | 調和流柔術 调和流柔术 | chou wa ryuu ju jutsu chouwaryuujujutsu cho wa ryu ju jutsu | ||
Happy Family | 和諧之家 和谐之家 | hé xié zhī jiā he2 xie2 zhi1 jia1 he xie zhi jia hexiezhijia | ho hsieh chih chia hohsiehchihchia |
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Life in Harmony Balanced Life | 調和生活 | cho wa sei katsu chowaseikatsu | ||
Perfect Harmony | 琴瑟和鳴 琴瑟和鸣 | qín sè hé míng qin2 se4 he2 ming2 qin se he ming qinseheming | ch`in se ho ming chinsehoming chin se ho ming |
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Beautiful Life Life in Perfect Harmony | 和美 | wa mi / wami | hé měi / he2 mei3 / he mei / hemei | ho mei / homei |
Peace Harmony | 和 | wa | hé / he2 / he | ho |
Life in Harmony Balanced Life | 和諧生活 和谐生活 | hé xié shēng huó he2 xie2 sheng1 huo2 he xie sheng huo hexieshenghuo | ho hsieh sheng huo hohsiehshenghuo |
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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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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
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