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将軍 or Shogun, in the simplest definition, is a General, but you could also use words such as commander, lord, overlord, highest ranking, or commanding officer.
The title “Shogun” has held some slightly ambiguous meanings at times in Japanese history.
In the west, when someone mentions “Shogun,” we may be filled with thoughts of gallant warriors. Some might even think of the TV mini-series with Richard Chamberlain. Often westerners use the words, Samurai and Shogun interchangeably, but that's really not technically correct. In the case of the Samurai, the Shogun was a designated (by the emperor) leader of a gild of Samurai. In this context, the Shogun was a Samurai lord. Or effectively, a commanding officer of a company of Samurai - to put it in modern military terms.
Sometimes a Shogun was a general; other times, he was the leader of a military government in Japan - but not a front-line warrior like a Samurai.
Variants of the same characters are used in China for the rank and title of a General of the People's Liberation Army (and the same term and characters have been used for the last 2200 years since the Qin Dynasty).
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Mini search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
みに see styles |
mini ミニ |
(prefix) (1) mini-; (2) (abbreviation) (See ミニスカート) miniskirt; (female given name) Mini |
迷你 see styles |
mí nǐ mi2 ni3 mi ni |
More info & calligraphy: Mini |
ミニー see styles |
minii / mini ミニー |
More info & calligraphy: Minnie |
実以 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
実似 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
実新 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
実虹 see styles |
mini みに |
(female given name) Mini |
小車 小车 see styles |
xiǎo chē xiao3 che1 hsiao ch`e hsiao che oguruma おぐるま |
small model car; mini-car; small horse-cart; barrow; wheelbarrow; type of folk dance (1) (おぐるま only) (archaism) Inula japonica; (2) (archaism) (See 牛車) small cart; small carriage; (3) (こぐるま only) (See 輦車) wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box); (place-name, surname) Oguruma |
旻宣 see styles |
mini みんい |
(personal name) Min'i |
未新 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
民意 see styles |
mín yì min2 yi4 min i mini みんい |
public opinion; popular will; public will popular will; will of the people |
海似 see styles |
mini みに |
(female given name) Mini |
美丹 see styles |
mini みに |
(female given name) Mini |
美以 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
美似 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
美新 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
美笑 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
超商 see styles |
chāo shāng chao1 shang1 ch`ao shang chao shang |
convenience store; mini-mart |
みにい see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
ミニ株 see styles |
minikabu ミニかぶ |
(abbreviation) {finc} (See 株式ミニ投資) mini-stock investment; small-lot stock investment |
娃娃菜 see styles |
wá wa cài wa2 wa5 cai4 wa wa ts`ai wa wa tsai wawasai ワワサイ |
baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety) baby Chinese cabbage (chi:); wawasai cabbage; variety of small Chinese cabbage |
実仁伊 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
実仁唯 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
実仁衣 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
小公共 see styles |
xiǎo gōng gòng xiao3 gong1 gong4 hsiao kung kung |
mini bus (used for public transportation) |
小發財 小发财 see styles |
xiǎo fā cái xiao3 fa1 cai2 hsiao fa ts`ai hsiao fa tsai |
(coll.) (Tw) mini truck; Kei truck |
小筆電 小笔电 see styles |
xiǎo bǐ diàn xiao3 bi3 dian4 hsiao pi tien |
mini laptop or notebook (computer); netbook; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
望似衣 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
未仁唯 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
未以衣 see styles |
minii / mini みにい |
(female given name) Minii |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Mini | 迷你 | mí nǐ / mi2 ni3 / mi ni / mini | ||
Mini | ミニ | mini | ||
Shogun Japanese General | 將軍 将军 | shougun / shogun | jiāng jūn jiang1 jun1 jiang jun jiangjun | chiang chün chiangchün |
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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