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2. Clara
3. Clarabelle
4. Clardy
5. Clare
6. Clarence
7. Clarette
8. Claribel
9. Clarice
10. Claris
11. Clarisa
12. Clarissa
13. Clarisse
14. Clarity
15. Clark
16. Clarke
17. Clarkson
18. Claro
19. Clarrise
20. Clary
21. Claryssa
22. McClary
23. McLaren
While 明鏡 means mirror in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja, it's commonly used as a metaphor for something beautiful and bright or something that provides clarity and insight.
清 is a word that means clarity or clear in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Looking at the parts of this character, you have three splashes of water on the left, “life” on the top right, and the moon on the lower right.
Because of something Confucius said about 2500 years ago, you can imagine that this character means “live life with clarity like bright moonlight piercing pure water.” The Confucian idea is something like “Keep clear what is pure in yourself, and let your pure nature show through.” Kind of like saying, “Don't pollute your mind or body, so that they remain clear.”
This might be stretching the definition of this single Chinese character but the elements are there, and “clarity” is a powerful idea.
Korean note: Korean pronunciation is given above but this character is written with a slight difference in the "moon radical" in Korean. However, anyone who can read Korean Hanja, will understand this character with no problem (this is considered an alternate form in Korean). If you want the more standard Korean Hanja form (which is an alternate form in Chinese), just let me know.
Japanese note: When reading in Japanese, this Kanji has additional meanings of pure, purify, or cleanse (sometimes to remove demons or "exorcise"). Used more in compound words in Japanese than as a stand-alone Kanji.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Mirror: Beautiful Clarity | 明鏡 明镜 | mei kyou / meikyou / mei kyo | míng jìng ming2 jing4 ming jing mingjing | ming ching mingching |
| Clara | 克萊拉 克莱拉 | kè lái lā ke4 lai2 la1 ke lai la kelaila | k`o lai la kolaila ko lai la |
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| Clara | ケラーラ | keraara / kerara | ||
| Clarabelle | 克拉貝爾 克拉贝尔 | kè lā bèi ěr ke4 la1 bei4 er3 ke la bei er kelabeier | k`o la pei erh kolapeierh ko la pei erh |
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| Clarabelle | クララベル | kuraraberu | ||
| Clardy | 克拉迪 | kè lā dí ke4 la1 di2 ke la di keladi | k`o la ti kolati ko la ti |
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| Clardy | クラーディ | kuraadi / kuradi | ||
| Clare | 克萊爾 克莱尔 | kè lái ěr ke4 lai2 er3 ke lai er kelaier | k`o lai erh kolaierh ko lai erh |
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| Clare | クレアー | kureaa / kurea | ||
| Clarence | 克拉倫斯 克拉伦斯 | kè lā lún sī ke4 la1 lun2 si1 ke la lun si kelalunsi | k`o la lun ssu kolalunssu ko la lun ssu |
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| Clarence | クラレンス | kurarensu | ||
| Clarette | 克拉瑞特 | kè lā ruì tè ke4 la1 rui4 te4 ke la rui te kelaruite | k`o la jui t`e kolajuite ko la jui te |
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| Clarette | クラレット | kuraretto | ||
| Claribel | 克萊貝爾 克莱贝尔 | kè lái bèi ěr ke4 lai2 bei4 er3 ke lai bei er kelaibeier | k`o lai pei erh kolaipeierh ko lai pei erh |
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| Claribel | クラリベル | kurariberu | ||
| Clarice | 克拉麗斯 克拉丽斯 | kè lā lì sī ke4 la1 li4 si1 ke la li si kelalisi | k`o la li ssu kolalissu ko la li ssu |
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| Clarice | クラリス | kurarisu | ||
| Claris | 克拉麗斯 克拉丽斯 | kè lā lì sī ke4 la1 li4 si1 ke la li si kelalisi | k`o la li ssu kolalissu ko la li ssu |
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| Claris | クラリス | kurarisu | ||
| Clarisa | 克拉麗莎 克拉丽莎 | kè lā lì shā ke4 la1 li4 sha1 ke la li sha kelalisha | k`o la li sha kolalisha ko la li sha |
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| Clarisa | クラリサ | kurarisa | ||
| Clarissa | 克拉麗莎 克拉丽莎 | kè lā lì shā ke4 la1 li4 sha1 ke la li sha kelalisha | k`o la li sha kolalisha ko la li sha |
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| Clarissa | クラリサ | kurarisa | ||
| Clarisse | 克拉麗斯 克拉丽斯 | kè lā lì sī ke4 la1 li4 si1 ke la li si kelalisi | k`o la li ssu kolalissu ko la li ssu |
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| Clarisse | 克拉麗絲 克拉丽丝 | kè lā lì sī ke4 la1 li4 si1 ke la li si kelalisi | k`o la li ssu kolalissu ko la li ssu |
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| Clarisse | クラリス | kurarisu | ||
| Clarity | 清 | sei | qīng / qing1 / qing | ch`ing / ching |
| Clark | 克拉克 | kè lā kè ke4 la1 ke4 ke la ke kelake | k`o la k`o kolako ko la ko |
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| Clark | クラーク | kuraaku / kuraku | ||
| Clarke | 克拉克 | kè lā kè ke4 la1 ke4 ke la ke kelake | k`o la k`o kolako ko la ko |
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| Clarke | クラーク | kuraaku / kuraku | ||
| Clarkson | 克拉克森 | kè lā kè sēn ke4 la1 ke4 sen1 ke la ke sen kelakesen | k`o la k`o sen kolakosen ko la ko sen |
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| Clarkson | クラークソン | kuraakuson / kurakuson | ||
| Claro | 克拉羅 克拉罗 | kè lā luó ke4 la1 luo2 ke la luo kelaluo | k`o la lo kolalo ko la lo |
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| Claro | クラロ | kuraro | ||
| Clarrise | 克拉麗絲 克拉丽丝 | kè lā lì sī ke4 la1 li4 si1 ke la li si kelalisi | k`o la li ssu kolalissu ko la li ssu |
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| Clarrise | クラリス | kurarisu | ||
| Clary | 克萊莉 克莱莉 | kè lái lì ke4 lai2 li4 ke lai li kelaili | k`o lai li kolaili ko lai li |
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| Clary | クラリー | kurarii / kurari | ||
| Claryssa | 克拉麗莎 克拉丽莎 | kè lā lì shā ke4 la1 li4 sha1 ke la li sha kelalisha | k`o la li sha kolalisha ko la li sha |
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| Claryssa | クラリッサ | kurarissa / kurarisa | ||
| McClary | 麥克萊里 麦克莱里 | mài kè lái lǐ mai4 ke4 lai2 li3 mai ke lai li maikelaili | mai k`o lai li maikolaili mai ko lai li |
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| McClary | マクラリー | makurarii / makurari | ||
| McLaren | 麥克拉倫 麦克拉伦 | mài kè lā lún mai4 ke4 la1 lun2 mai ke la lun maikelalun | mai k`o la lun maikolalun mai ko la lun |
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| McLaren | ムクラレン | mukuraren | ||
| Perfect Mental Clarity | 妙淨信心 | myou jou shin shin myoujoushinshin myo jo shin shin | miào jìng xìn xīn miao4 jing4 xin4 xin1 miao jing xin xin miaojingxinxin | miao ching hsin hsin miaochinghsinhsin |
| 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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