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明 means light, bright, clear, clarity, to understand, or wise.
In Chinese, this can refer to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) where it can also be the surname Ming.
In Japanese, this can be romanized many different ways when used as surnames or given names. 明 is a partial list of those names: Meishuu, Mei, Min, Myoujin, Myou, Hinata, Haru, Toshi, Tooru, Sayaka, Saya, Satoshi, Asumi, Akera, Akemine, Akesaki, Ake, Akuru, Akiraka, and Akira.
In the Buddhist context, this represents vidyā (knowledge). To expand that, Buddhists understand this to mean bright, clear, enlightenment, wisdom, or to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your toshi search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
斗志 see styles |
toshi とし |
More info & calligraphy: Fighting Spirit |
闘士 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
More info & calligraphy: Fighter / Champion |
闘志 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
More info & calligraphy: Fighting Spirit |
歳 see styles |
suì sui4 sui toshi とし |
Japanese variant of 歲|岁 (counter) (archaism) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system); (1) year; (2) age; years; (3) past one's prime; old age; (suffix) -years-old; (given name) Toshi |
鋭 锐 see styles |
ruì rui4 jui ei / e えい |
Japanese variant of 銳|锐 (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 鈍・どん) sharpness; (2) sharp weapon; blade; (3) fine soldier; (given name) Toshi sharp |
とし see styles |
toshi トシ |
(female given name) Toshi |
と志 see styles |
toshi とし |
(female given name) Toshi |
俊亥 see styles |
toshii / toshi としい |
(personal name) Toshii |
俊意 see styles |
toshii / toshi としい |
(personal name) Toshii |
俊頴 see styles |
toshii / toshi としい |
(given name) Toshii |
倒死 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
dying by the wayside |
偸視 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
(noun/participle) stealthy glance; furtive glance |
党史 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
history of a (political) party |
兜子 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
(given name) Toushi |
冬師 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
(place-name) Toushi |
凍死 冻死 see styles |
dòng sǐ dong4 si3 tung ssu toushi / toshi とうし |
to freeze to death; to die off in winter (n,vs,vi) death from cold; freezing to death |
刀子 see styles |
dāo zi dao1 zi5 tao tzu tousu; toushi / tosu; toshi とうす; とうし |
knife; CL:把[ba3] (See 小刀・1) small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like; (female given name) Touko pocket-knife |
利し see styles |
toshi とし |
(adj-ku) (1) (archaism) sharp; (2) (archaism) intense; strong; powerful; (3) (archaism) quick; rapid; fast; (4) (archaism) keen; sharp; clever |
十司 see styles |
toshi とし |
(surname) Toshi |
十四 see styles |
shí sì shi2 si4 shih ssu toshi とし |
fourteen; 14 14; fourteen; (given name) Toshi caturdaśa, fourteen. |
十志 see styles |
toshi とし |
(female given name) Toshi |
十糸 see styles |
toshi とし |
(personal name) Toshi |
十絲 see styles |
toshi とし |
(given name) Toshi |
十詩 see styles |
toshi とし |
(female given name) Toshi |
吐紫 see styles |
toshi とし |
(given name) Toshi |
吐詩 see styles |
toshi とし |
(given name) Toshi |
唐紙 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
Chinese paper; (surname) Karakami |
唐詩 唐诗 see styles |
táng shī tang2 shi1 t`ang shih tang shih toushi / toshi とうし |
Tang poetry; a Tang poem poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry |
塔子 see styles |
toushi / toshi とうし |
{mahj} (See 順子・シュンツ) chow missing one tile (chi:); (given name) Toushi |
外史 see styles |
gaishi がいし |
unofficial history; (given name) Toshi |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Light Bright | 明 | mei / myou / mei / myo | míng / ming2 / ming |
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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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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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