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光 is the simplest way to express “light” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
It can also mean ray or bright. Chinese tend to use a two-character word for light/bright, so this character is probably best if your audience is Japanese. Also, when pronounced Rei, this can be a Japanese female given name.
In the Zen Buddhist context, this is the pure light that everyone possesses at their origin.
These search terms might be related to Illuminate:
Divine Light
Faith is the Bird That Feels the Light When the Dawn is Still Dark
Inner Light / Intelligence
Intuitive Wisdom / Inner Light
Light / Bright
Light / Bright / Shine
Light / Bright and Promising Future
Light of the World
Merciful Heart / the Light From a Buddha Mind
Radiance / Rays of Light
To Inspire or Enlighten
Warriors of Light
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your illuminate search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
光 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang hikari ひかり |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright / Shine(1) light; (2) illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; (3) happiness; hope; (4) influence; power; (5) vision; eyesight; (6) (abbreviation) (See 光回線) optical fiber; optical fibre; (female given name) Rei 光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate. |
旵 see styles |
chǎn chan3 ch`an chan |
(literary) (of sunlight) to beam down; to illuminate; (used in place names and given names) |
炤 照 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao |
variant of 照[zhao4]; to shine; to illuminate See: 照 |
照 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao hikaru ひかる |
according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before (given name) Hikaru To shine, illumine; to superintend; a dispatch, pass; as, according to. |
燭 烛 see styles |
zhú zhu2 chu shoku しょく |
candle; (literary) to illuminate (1) light; lamp; (n,n-suf) (2) obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela); (personal name) Shiki a candle |
二光 see styles |
èr guāng er4 guang1 erh kuang nikō |
The dual lights, i.e. 色光 the halo from a Buddha's body and 心光 the light from his mind. Also 常光 the constant halo from the bodies of Buddhas and 神通光 the supernatural light sent out by a Buddha (e.g. from between his eyebrows) to illuminate a distant world. |
六慧 see styles |
liù huì liu4 hui4 liu hui rokue |
The six kinds of wisdom. Each is allotted seriatim to one of the six positions 六位 q. v. (1) 聞慧 the wisdom of hearing and apprehending the truth of the middle way is associated with the 十住; (2) 思慧 of thought with the 十行; (3) 修慧 of observance with the 十廻向; (4) 無相慧 of either extreme, or the mean, with the 十地; (5) 照寂慧 of understanding of nirvana with 等覺慧; (6) 寂照慧 of making nirvana illuminate all beings associated with 佛果 Buddha-fruition. They are a 別教 Differentiated School series and all are associated with 中道 the school of the 中 or middle way. |
圓照 圆照 see styles |
yuán zhào yuan2 zhao4 yüan chao enshō |
to completely illuminate |
挑明 see styles |
tiǎo míng tiao3 ming2 t`iao ming tiao ming |
to illuminate; to open up (a topic) |
明白 see styles |
míng bai ming2 bai5 ming pai meihaku / mehaku めいはく |
clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize (adjectival noun) obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt to illuminate |
漸明 渐明 see styles |
jiàn míng jian4 ming2 chien ming zenmyō |
to illuminate gradually |
照亮 see styles |
zhào liàng zhao4 liang4 chao liang teruaki てるあき |
to illuminate; to light up; lighting (personal name) Teruaki |
照心 see styles |
zhào xīn zhao4 xin1 chao hsin shōshin |
to illuminate the mind |
照明 see styles |
zhào míng zhao4 ming2 chao ming shoumei / shome しょうめい |
lighting; illumination; to light up; to illuminate (noun, transitive verb) illumination; lighting; (given name) Teruaki |
照映 see styles |
zhào yìng zhao4 ying4 chao ying shouei / shoe しょうえい |
to shine; to illuminate (noun/participle) portrait; (personal name) Terue |
照理 see styles |
zhào lǐ zhao4 li3 chao li teri てり |
according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to (personal name) Teri to illuminate the principle |
照耀 see styles |
zhào yào zhao4 yao4 chao yao shōyō |
to shine; to illuminate to shine |
照臨 照临 see styles |
zhào lín zhao4 lin2 chao lin shourin / shorin しょうりん |
(noun/participle) looking down (from the heavens); visit of a high-ranking person illuminate the surrounding area from a high place |
照見 照见 see styles |
zhào jiàn zhao4 jian4 chao chien terumi てるみ |
(female given name) Terumi to illuminate |
遮照 see styles |
zhē zhào zhe1 zhao4 che chao shashō |
To suppress or to reveal (or illuminate); destructive or constructive; to negate or to affirm. |
點亮 点亮 see styles |
diǎn liàng dian3 liang4 tien liang |
to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze) |
尾儞也 see styles |
wěi nǐ yě wei3 ni3 ye3 wei ni yeh biniya |
vibhā, to shine, illuminate, tr, by 明, a name for the Shingon sect 眞言 because of its power to dispel the darkness of delusion. |
照らす see styles |
terasu てらす |
(transitive verb) (1) to shine on; to illuminate; (transitive verb) (2) to compare (with); to refer to |
照法輪 照法轮 see styles |
zhào fǎ lún zhao4 fa3 lun2 chao fa lun shō hōrin |
illuminate the wheel of the dharma |
古教照心 see styles |
gǔ jiào zhào xīn gu3 jiao4 zhao4 xin1 ku chiao chao hsin kokyō shōshin |
the ancient teachings illuminate the mind |
周匝遍照 see styles |
zhōu zā biàn zhào zhou1 za1 bian4 zhao4 chou tsa pien chao shūsō henshō |
to illuminate everywhere |
射し込む see styles |
sashikomu さしこむ |
(v5m,vi) (See 差し込む・さしこむ・3) to shine in (light); to illuminate |
花明かり see styles |
hanaakari / hanakari はなあかり |
the brilliance of cherry blossoms which illuminate the evening |
照らし出す see styles |
terashidasu てらしだす |
(transitive verb) to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up |
宣說開示顯發 宣说开示显发 see styles |
xuān shuō kāi shì xiǎn fā xuan1 shuo1 kai1 shi4 xian3 fa1 hsüan shuo k`ai shih hsien fa hsüan shuo kai shih hsien fa sensetsu kaiji kenhotsu |
explain, reveal, and illuminate |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Light Bright Shine | 光 | hikari | guāng / guang1 / guang | kuang |
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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.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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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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