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超 is “super” in Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
It can also mean: to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; to jump over. It can also be a suffix like ultra- hyper- super-
From Sanskrit, this can be the Buddhist “vikrama,” meaning to leap over; surpass; exempt from; to save.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your chao search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
超 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Super(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna. |
趙 赵 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao hiyon ひよん |
More info & calligraphy: Zhao(surname) Hiyon To hasten to, return; a long time. |
朝日 see styles |
zhāo rì zhao1 ri4 chao jih noboru のぼる |
More info & calligraphy: Asahi / Morning Sun(company) (place) (surname) (feminine speech) Asahi; (male given name) Noboru |
朝露 see styles |
zhāo lù zhao1 lu4 chao lu asatsuyu; chouro / asatsuyu; choro あさつゆ; ちょうろ |
More info & calligraphy: Morning Dewmorning dew Morning dew, e.g. man's life as transient. |
超人 see styles |
chāo rén chao1 ren2 ch`ao jen chao jen choujin / chojin ちょうじん |
More info & calligraphy: Superman(1) superman; superwoman; (2) {phil} (ant: 末人) Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman |
超越 see styles |
chāo yuè chao1 yue4 ch`ao yüeh chao yüeh chouetsu / choetsu ちょうえつ |
More info & calligraphy: Overcome / Surpass / Rise Above(n,vs,vi) transcendence; transcendency Surpassing, supreme; to pass over, be exempt from. |
北朝鮮 北朝鲜 see styles |
běi cháo xiǎn bei3 chao2 xian3 pei ch`ao hsien pei chao hsien kitachousen / kitachosen きたちょうせん |
More info & calligraphy: North KoreaNorth Korea; (place-name) Kitachōsen |
超能力 see styles |
chāo néng lì chao1 neng2 li4 ch`ao neng li chao neng li chounouryoku / chonoryoku ちょうのうりょく |
More info & calligraphy: Supernatural Energy(1) extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychic ability; (2) psychokinesis; PK |
兆 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao toki とき |
(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-; (Tw) trillion; tera-; (old) billion (numeric) (1) 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; (2) sign; omen; indication; portent; (personal name) Toki An omen; a million. |
召 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao jō |
to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia) To summon, call. |
吵 see styles |
chǎo chao3 ch`ao chao |
to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise |
啅 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao |
chirp |
嘲 see styles |
zhāo zhao1 chao |
used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1] |
垗 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao |
sacrifice |
巢 see styles |
cháo chao2 ch`ao chao sō |
nest nest |
巣 see styles |
cháo chao2 ch`ao chao su す |
Japanese variant of 巢 (1) nest; rookery; breeding place; hive; (2) den; (3) haunt; (4) (spider's) web; (surname) Su |
弨 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao |
unbent bow |
怊 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao |
(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated |
找 see styles |
zhǎo zhao3 chao |
to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change |
抄 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao shou / sho しょう |
to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms (1) (obsolete) excerpt; extract; (2) annotation; (3) shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (female given name) Shou extract and annotate from a text |
招 see styles |
zhāo zhao1 chao maneki まねき |
to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess (surname) Maneki Call, beckon, notify, cause; confess. |
旐 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao |
banner |
昭 see styles |
zhāo zhao1 chao masaharu まさはる |
bright; clear; manifest; to show clearly (prefix) (abbreviation) (See 昭和・1) nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (personal name) Masaharu Bright, illustrious. |
㍼ |
zhāo hé zhao1 he2 chao ho terukazu てるかず |
Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2] (1) (hist) Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); (adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned; quaint; old-school; (given name) Terukazu |
晁 see styles |
cháo chao2 ch`ao chao chou / cho ちょう |
surname Chao (surname) Chō |
曌 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao |
name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] |
朝 see styles |
zhāo zhao1 chao hajime はじめ |
morning (n,n-suf) (1) dynasty; (n,n-suf) (2) reign; (n,n-suf) (3) period; epoch; age; (n,n-suf) (4) court; (5) (abbreviation) (See 北朝鮮) North Korea; (personal name) Hajime Morning. Court, dynasty; towards. |
櫂 棹 see styles |
zhào zhao4 chao kai かい |
oar (archaic); scull; paddle; to row; a boat paddle; oar; scull; (female given name) Kai |
沼 see styles |
zhǎo zhao3 chao masanori まさのり |
pond; pool (1) marsh; swamp; wetland; bog; pond; (n,n-suf) (2) (slang) obsession; addiction; being hooked on; getting sucked into; (3) (net-sl) ugly man; (4) (net-sl) (derogatory term) (See 池沼・2) retard; mentally disabled person; (personal name) Masanori |
潮 see styles |
cháo chao2 ch`ao chao chou / cho ちょう |
tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard (1) tide; current; (2) salt water; (3) opportunity; (given name) Chō The tide; tidal; damp. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Super | 超 | chou / cho | chāo / chao1 / chao | ch`ao / chao |
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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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