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黑帶 is “black belt” in Chinese.
Many will argue whether rank systems that include a “black belt” are used in pure Chinese martial arts systems. The argument goes that it's more a Japanese idea merged into the western versions of Chinese martial arts. However, in Wushu (often referred to as Kung Fu), it's said that all students started with white belts. Over the years of training, the white belt would get dirty until finally appearing black with filth. Thus, more advanced students had darker belts.
If you want this title in Chinese, this would be the form.
Often, the second character is written like the image to the right. If you like this version, click on this character instead of the button above.
精武 is the title used for a certain type of martial arts. You can translate this roughly as “Excellent Martial Arts” or “Excellence in Martial Arts.” You will notice that the second character is “wu” as in wushu (martial arts) and wushi (warrior).
More information can be found at the Jing Mo website. You should probably only order this if you are a member of this association.
Note that “jing mo” is the Cantonese pronunciation of these characters. In Mandarin, they are “jing wu.”
Also used in Korean but only by those involved with martial arts who can also read Korean Hanja (a small percentage of the population).
金雞獨立 or “Jin Ji Du Li,” means “golden rooster stands on one leg.”
This is also called “crane stance” in English. This is used in wushu, karate, and other forms of martial arts.
This can be pronounced, “kinkei dokuritsu” in Japanese but it's rarely a title used in Japanese.
武術 is Wushu or Wu Shu, the very Chinese way to express “Martial Arts.”
Some even use this word to describe Kung Fu directly. But this is a label that fits all disciplines from Karate to Kung Fu to Taekwondo.
Note: This also means Martial Arts with the same appearance as old Korean Hanja characters and is pronounced “musul” or “musur” in Korean.
While this is best if your audience is Chinese or Korean, this also means “martial arts” in Japanese, where the popularity of this term is growing (romanized as Bujutsu or Bujitsu) in Japanese martial arts circles.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Wushu search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
拳法 see styles |
quán fǎ quan2 fa3 ch`üan fa chüan fa kenpou / kenpo けんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Kenpo / Kempo / Quan Fa / Chuan Fa(1) Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; quanfa; (2) kenpō (martial arts); kempo |
武術 武术 see styles |
wǔ shù wu3 shu4 wu shu bujutsu ぶじゅつ |
More info & calligraphy: Martial Arts / Wushu(1) martial arts; military arts; (2) (See 武術太極拳) wushu (Chinese martial art) |
武術太極拳 see styles |
bujutsutaikyokuken ぶじゅつたいきょくけん |
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts |
周 see styles |
zhōu zhou1 chou shuu / shu しゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Chow / Zhou(counter) (1) counter for laps or circuits; (2) {math} perimeter; (3) (hist) Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (female given name) Meguru Around, on every side, complete. |
朱 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu shu しゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Vermillion(1) vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange; (2) vermillion (pigment); (3) (See 朱墨) cinnabar ink stick; (4) correction written in red ink; (female given name) Beni Red, vermilion. |
獸 兽 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou shū |
More info & calligraphy: Beast / AnimalAn animal, a brute. |
酒 see styles |
jiǔ jiu3 chiu sake(p); sasa; ki(ok); kushi(ok); shu さけ(P); ささ; き(ok); くし(ok); しゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Wine / Alcohol / Sake(See お酒) alcohol; sake; (surname) Zake surā; maireya; madya. Wine, alcoholic liquor; forbidden to monks and nuns by the fifth commandment. |
劉備 刘备 see styles |
liú bèi liu2 bei4 liu pei ryuubi / ryubi りゅうび |
More info & calligraphy: Liu Bei(person) Liu Bei (161-223) |
張飛 张飞 see styles |
zhāng fēi zhang1 fei1 chang fei chouhi / chohi ちょうひ |
More info & calligraphy: Zhang Fei(personal name) Chōhi |
關羽 关羽 see styles |
guān yǔ guan1 yu3 kuan yü |
More info & calligraphy: Guan Yu |
淨土宗 净土宗 see styles |
jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 ching t`u tsung ching tu tsung Jōdo Shū |
Pure Land Buddhism The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan. |
諸葛亮 诸葛亮 see styles |
zhū gě liàng zhu1 ge3 liang4 chu ko liang juugaa ryan / juga ryan ジューガー・リャン |
More info & calligraphy: Zhuge Liang(person) Zhuge Liang (181-234; Chinese statesman and military strategist) |
三國演義 三国演义 see styles |
sān guó yǎn yì san1 guo2 yan3 yi4 san kuo yen i |
More info & calligraphy: Romance of the Three Kingdoms |
侏 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu shu しゅ |
dwarf actor; supporting post (in a roof truss) |
収 see styles |
shōu shou1 shou shuu / shu しゅう |
variant of 收[shou1] (given name) Shuu |
取 see styles |
qǔ qu3 ch`ü chü shu しゅ |
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch {Buddh} (See 十二因縁) appropriation; obtaining; (surname) Takadori upādāna. To grasp, hold on to, held by, be attached to, love; used as indicating both 愛 love or desire and 煩惱 the vexing passions and illusions. It is one of the twelve nidānas 十二因緣 or 十二支 the grasping at or holding on to self-existence and things. |
囚 see styles |
qiú qiu2 ch`iu chiu shuu / shu しゅう |
prisoner (1) imprisonment; (n,n-suf) (2) (See 囚人・しゅうじん) captive; prisoner |
執 执 see styles |
zhí zhi2 chih shuu / shu しゅう |
to execute (a plan); to grasp (archaism) attachment; obsession; persistence; (male given name) Mamoru grah, grabh ; graha. To seize, grasp, hold on to, maintain; obstinate. |
娶 see styles |
qǔ qu3 ch`ü chü shu |
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) marriage |
就 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu shuu / shu しゅう |
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... (surname) Shuu then, thereupon |
岫 see styles |
xiù xiu4 hsiu kuki; shuu / kuki; shu くき; しゅう |
cave; mountain peak (1) (archaism) cave; cavern; (2) (くき only) (archaism) peak; summit; (personal name) Shuu |
愁 see styles |
chóu chou2 ch`ou chou shuu / shu しゅう |
to worry about (given name) Shuu anguish |
戢 see styles |
jí ji2 chi shū |
to restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard; to store up; to cease gather |
株 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu shu しゅ |
tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business) (1) stump; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for trees; (personal name) Miki stump |
楫 see styles |
jí ji2 chi shuu / shu しゅう |
oar (archaic) (out-dated kanji) rudder; helm; (surname) Shuu oar |
殊 see styles |
shū shu1 shu shu こと |
different; unique; special; very; (classical) to behead; to die; to cut off; to separate; to surpass (n,adj-na,n-pref) (1) (archaism) difference (from one another); different thing; other; (adjectival noun) (2) unusual; extraordinary; (adjectival noun) unusual; extraordinary To kill, exterminate; different; very. |
炷 see styles |
zhù zhu4 chu shu |
wick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks a wick |
秀 see styles |
xiù xiu4 hsiu shuu / shu しゅう |
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears (on a scale measuring quality, results, etc.; higher than 優) preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence; (given name) Minoru |
繡 绣 see styles |
xiù xiu4 hsiu shu |
to embroider; embroidery To embroider, embellish. |
腫 肿 see styles |
zhǒng zhong3 chung shu しゅ |
to swell; swelling; swollen (suffix noun) tumor; tumour |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Black Belt | 黑帶 黑带 | hēi dài / hei1 dai4 / hei dai / heidai | hei tai / heitai | |
Jing Mo Jing Wu | 精武 | jīng wǔ / jing1 wu3 / jing wu / jingwu | ching wu / chingwu | |
Jin Ji Du Li | 金雞獨立 金鸡独立 | kin kei doku ritsu kinkeidokuritsu | jīn jī dú lì jin1 ji1 du2 li4 jin ji du li jinjiduli | chin chi tu li chinchituli |
Martial Arts Wushu | 武術 武术 | bujutsu | wǔ shù / wu3 shu4 / wu shu / wushu | |
Koryu Bujutsu | 古流武術 古流武术 | ko ryuu bu jutsu koryuubujutsu ko ryu bu jutsu | gǔ liú wǔ shù gu3 liu2 wu3 shu4 gu liu wu shu guliuwushu | ku liu wu shu kuliuwushu |
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
of art alive.
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