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The ancient way to say Woman
巾幗 is the very old way to say woman in Chinese.
A common title in ancient China, this actually refers to the scarf or head wrapping worn by virtually all women at that time.
巾幗 is kind of a cool way to say Woman now. The actual gender character alone on a wall scroll would actually look like a fancy sign for the woman's restroom (WC).
If you are curious, the character to the right means female or woman. Knowing 女 is useful information if you are a woman searching for a toilet in China or Japan.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your toilet search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
厠 厕 see styles |
cè ce4 ts`e tse kawaya かわや |
variant of 廁|厕[ce4] (dated) privy; toilet A privy, cesspool; also called 西淨; 東淨; 東司; 雪隱; 後架; 起止處, etc. Ucchuṣma, v. 烏, is the guardian spirit of the cesspool. |
圊 see styles |
qīng qing1 ch`ing ching chin |
restroom; latrine toilet |
廁 厕 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi |
used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5] toilet |
衛 卫 see styles |
wèi wei4 wei mamoru まもる |
to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet (surname, female given name) Mamoru to guard |
WC see styles |
daburyuu shii; daburyuushii(sk) / daburyu shi; daburyushi(sk) ダブリュー・シー; ダブリューシー(sk) |
water closet; toilet; lavatory; restroom; bathroom |
ひで see styles |
bide ビデ |
(1) bidet (fre:); (2) (on toilet control panels) (See おしり・2) bidet function (for female genital cleansing); (female given name) Hide |
一穴 see styles |
ikketsu いっけつ |
(1) one hole; (2) toilet bowl (for both urination and defecation); (3) effective point for moxibustion; (4) (colloquialism) one-woman man |
一號 一号 see styles |
yī hào yi1 hao4 i hao |
first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) See: 一号 |
不浄 see styles |
fujou / fujo ふじょう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) unclean; dirty; impure; (2) (usu. as ご〜) (See ご不浄) bathroom; toilet (room); (3) (archaism) menstruation; menses; (4) (archaism) feces; faeces |
二穴 see styles |
niketsu にけつ |
(1) two holes; (2) toilet with separate chambers for urine and faeces; (3) (slang) (kana only) (usu. written as ニケツ) (See ニケツ・1) riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.); (place-name, surname) Futaana |
低置 see styles |
teichi / techi ていち |
low (toilet tank) |
便器 see styles |
biàn qì bian4 qi4 pien ch`i pien chi benki べんき |
toilet; urinal toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan |
便座 see styles |
benza べんざ |
toilet seat |
便急 see styles |
biàn jí bian4 ji2 pien chi |
to need the toilet; urinary or defecatory urgency |
便所 see styles |
biàn suǒ bian4 suo3 pien so benjo べんじょ |
(dialect) toilet; privy (See トイレ・1) toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom a latrine |
個室 see styles |
koshitsu こしつ |
(1) single (room); room for one; one's own room; private room; private compartment; (2) private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (3) (toilet) stall |
公廁 公厕 see styles |
gōng cè gong1 ce4 kung ts`e kung tse |
public toilet |
出恭 see styles |
chū gōng chu1 gong1 ch`u kung chu kung |
to defecate (euphemism); to go to the toilet |
卷紙 卷纸 see styles |
juǎn zhǐ juan3 zhi3 chüan chih |
toilet roll |
吸把 see styles |
xī bǎ xi1 ba3 hsi pa |
toilet plunger |
告便 see styles |
gào biàn gao4 bian4 kao pien |
to ask to be excused; to ask leave to go to the toilet |
坐廁 坐厕 see styles |
zuò cè zuo4 ce4 tso ts`e tso tse |
sitting toilet (contrasted with 蹲廁|蹲厕[dun1 ce4] squat toilet) |
塵紙 see styles |
chirishi ちりし chirigami ちりがみ |
tissue paper; toilet paper |
墊圈 垫圈 see styles |
diàn quān dian4 quan1 tien ch`üan tien chüan |
washer (on bolt); toilet seat |
女廁 女厕 see styles |
nǚ cè nu:3 ce4 nü ts`e nü tse |
women's restroom; women's toilet |
如廁 如厕 see styles |
rú cè ru2 ce4 ju ts`e ju tse |
to go to the toilet |
廁具 厕具 see styles |
cè jù ce4 ju4 ts`e chü tse chü |
toilet fittings |
廁所 厕所 see styles |
cè suǒ ce4 suo3 ts`e so tse so |
toilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4] |
廁紙 厕纸 see styles |
cè zhǐ ce4 zhi3 ts`e chih tse chih |
toilet paper |
後架 后架 see styles |
hòu jià hou4 jia4 hou chia kouka / koka こうか |
toilet a latrine |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Woman | 巾幗 巾帼 | jīn guó / jin1 guo2 / jin guo / jinguo | chin kuo / chinkuo | |
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.
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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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