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鏡花水月 is an old Asian proverb that means “flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake” or “flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface.”
Literally, 鏡花水月 reads “Mirror Flower, Water Moon.”
Figuratively this can be used to represent a lot of different ideas. It can be used to express an unrealistic rosy view or viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles. So you can use it to relay an idea about something that is visible but has no substance,
something that can be seen but not touched, or something beautiful but unattainable such as dreams or a mirage.
This expression is used to describe things like the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words.
鏡 = Mirror (or lens)
花 = Flower(s)
水 = Water
月 = Moon
Can also be written 水月鏡花 (just a slight change in word/character order).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your suigetsu search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
吹月 see styles |
suigetsu すいげつ |
(given name) Suigetsu |
水月 see styles |
shuǐ yuè shui3 yue4 shui yüeh suigetsu すいげつ |
(1) water and the Moon; (2) the Moon reflected on the water; (3) solar plexus (as a pressure point in martial arts); (female given name) Mizuki udakacandra; jalacandra; the moon reflected in the water, i. e. all is illusory and unreal. |
酔月 see styles |
suigetsu すいげつ |
(surname) Suigetsu |
水月光 see styles |
shuǐ yuè guāng shui3 yue4 guang1 shui yüeh kuang suigetsu kō |
Moonlight on the Water |
大西酔月 see styles |
oonishisuigetsu おおにしすいげつ |
(person) Onishi Suigetsu (?-1772) (Edo era painter) |
水月觀音 水月观音 see styles |
shuǐ yuè guān yīn shui3 yue4 guan1 yin1 shui yüeh kuan yin Suigetsu kannon |
Guanyin gazing at the moon in the water, i. e. the unreality of all phenomena. |
酔月斎栄雅 see styles |
suigetsusaieiga / suigetsusaiega すいげつさいえいが |
(person) Suigetsu Saieiga (Edo period ukiyo-e artist) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water | 鏡花水月 镜花水月 | kyou ka sui getsu kyoukasuigetsu kyo ka sui getsu | jìng huā shuǐ yuè jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4 jing hua shui yue jinghuashuiyue | ching hua shui yüeh chinghuashuiyüeh |
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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