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The name Wushu in Chinese / Japanese...

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See also: Martial Arts Words and Phrases


  1. Black Belt

  2. Jing Mo / Jing Wu

  3. Jin Ji Du Li

  4. Kenpo / Kempo / Quan Fa / Chuan Fa

  5. Martial Arts / Wushu

  6. Warrior Essence / Warrior Spirit / Martial

  7. Koryu Bujutsu


 hēi dài
Black Belt Scroll

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.


带 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.

Jing Mo / Jing Wu

 jīng wǔ
 jing mo
Jing Mo / Jing Wu Scroll

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).

Jin Ji Du Li

 jīn jī dú lì
 kin kei doku ritsu
Jin Ji Du Li Scroll

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.

Kenpo / Kempo / Quan Fa / Chuan Fa

 quán fǎ
 kenpou
Kenpo / Kempo / Quan Fa / Chuan Fa Scroll

拳法 is a form of martial arts that can be translated in several ways.

Some will call it “fist principles,” “the way of the fist,” or even “law of the fist.” The first character literally means fist. The second can mean law, method, way, principle, or Buddhist teaching.

Kempo is really a potluck of martial arts. Often a combination of Chinese martial arts such as Shaolin Kung Fu with Japanese martial arts such as Karate, Jujutsu (Jujitsu), Aikido, and others. You may see the term “Kempo Karate,” which basically means Karate with other disciplines added. In this way, Kempo becomes an adjective rather than a title or school of martial arts.

These facts will long be argued by various masters and students of Kempo. Even the argument as to whether it should be spelled “kenpo” or “Kempo” ensues at dojos around the world (the correct Romaji should actually be “kenpou” if you precisely follow the rules).

The benefit of Kempo is that the techniques are easier to learn and master than pure Kung Fu (wu shu). Students are often taught basic Karate moves, kicks, and punches before augmenting the basic skills with complex Kung Fu techniques. This allows students of Kempo to achieve a level where they can defend themselves or fight in a relatively short amount of time (a few years rather than a decade or more).

Because the definition of this word is so fluid, I should make some notes here:

1. Purists in Okinawa will claim that “Okinawa Kenpo” or “Ryukyu Hon Kenpo” is the original and true version of this martial art from the old kingdom. It is actually little or no connection between Okinawa Kenpo and the way the word is used elsewhere.

2. In Chinese, where these characters are pronounced “quan fa” (sometimes Romanized as “chuan fa” because the Chinese-pinyin “q” actually sounds like an English “ch” sound), these characters do not hold the connotation of being a mixed martial art. It is simply defined as “the law of the fist.”

3. My Japanese dictionary oddly defines Kenpo as the “Chinese art of self-defense.” I personally don't feel this is the most common way that people perceive the word but just something you should know.

Martial Arts / Wushu

 wǔ shù
 bujutsu
Martial Arts / Wushu Scroll

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.

Warrior Essence / Warrior Spirit / Martial

 wǔ
 bu
 
Warrior Essence / Warrior Spirit / Martial Scroll

武 is the essence or spirit of a warrior. 武 is part of the word “wu shu” which is sometimes translated as “martial arts” or “kung fu.”

In more modern speech and another context, this can mean military, martial, warlike, fierce, and perhaps violent but usually as a prefix for a longer word or phrase.

Koryu Bujutsu

 gǔ liú wǔ shù
 ko ryuu bu jutsu
Koryu Bujutsu Scroll

古流武術 is the title “Ko-ryū Bujutsu” which basically means “old school martial arts” or “ancient flow martial arts.”

This is more a Japanese than a Chinese martial arts term but would be understood in Chinese as well.




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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

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Kenpo / Kempo / Quan Fa / Chuan Fa
boxing; fighting technique
(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

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Martial Arts / Wushu
military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(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

see styles
zhōu
    zhou1
chou
 shuu / shu
    しゅう

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Chow / Zhou
to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially
(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.

see styles
zhū
    zhu1
chu
 shu
    しゅ

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Vermillion
vermilion
(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.


see styles
shòu
    shou4
shou
 shū

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Beast / Animal
beast; animal; beastly; bestial
An animal, a brute.

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

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Wine / Alcohol / Sake
wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
(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

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Liu Bei
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
(person) Liu Bei (161-223)

張飛


张飞

see styles
zhāng fēi
    zhang1 fei1
chang fei
 chouhi / chohi
    ちょうひ

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Zhang Fei
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
(personal name) Chōhi

關羽


关羽

see styles
guān yǔ
    guan1 yu3
kuan yü

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Guan Yu
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty; posomethingumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

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

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Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
(person) Zhuge Liang (181-234; Chinese statesman and military strategist)

三國演義


三国演义

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sān guó yǎn yì
    san1 guo2 yan3 yi4
san kuo yen i

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains

see styles
zhū
    zhu1
chu
 shu
    しゅ
dwarf
actor; supporting post (in a roof truss)

see styles
shōu
    shou1
shou
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
variant of 收[shou1]
(given name) Shuu

see styles

    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.

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


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.

see styles

    qu3
ch`ü
    chü
 shu
to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
marriage

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

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

see styles
chóu
    chou2
ch`ou
    chou
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
to worry about
(given name) Shuu
anguish

see styles

    ji2
chi
 shū
to restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard; to store up; to cease
gather

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

see styles

    ji2
chi
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
oar (archaic)
(out-dated kanji) rudder; helm; (surname) Shuu
oar

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.

see styles
zhù
    zhu4
chu
 shu
wick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
a wick

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


see styles
xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 shu
to embroider; embroidery
To embroider, embellish.


see styles
zhǒng
    zhong3
chung
 shu
    しゅ
to swell; swelling; swollen
(suffix noun) tumor; tumour

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Black Belt黑帶
黑带
hēi dài / hei1 dai4 / hei dai / heidaihei tai / heitai
Jing Mo
Jing Wu
精武jīng wǔ / jing1 wu3 / jing wu / jingwuching 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
Kenpo
Kempo
Quan Fa
Chuan Fa
拳法kenpou / kenpoquán fǎ / quan2 fa3 / quan fa / quanfach`üan fa / chüanfa / chüan fa
Martial Arts
Wushu
武術
武术
bujutsuwǔ shù / wu3 shu4 / wu shu / wushu
Warrior Essence
Warrior Spirit
Martial
buwǔ / wu3 / wu
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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