The Name Uri in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.

阿斯圖里亞 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Asturia.

奧里 is the name Auri in Chinese (Mandarin).

オーリ is the name Auri in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Auriane.

オーリアイン is the name Auriane in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

歐力愛樂 is the name Auriel in Chinese (Mandarin).

アウリエル is the name Auriel in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

布里馬 is the name Burimaa in Chinese (Mandarin).

ブリマー is the name Burimaa in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

布里納 is the name Burina in Chinese (Mandarin).

ブリナ is the name Burina in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

好奇 means curiosity or inquisitive in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

It is a rather positive word in all three languages - though not as commonly used in Japanese.

歐力斯 is the name Eurice in Chinese (Mandarin).

ユーリス is the name Eurice in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

興盛 means to flourish and thrive.

This can also be translated as prosperity, flourishing, thriving, to blossom, prospering, being successful, or achieving success.

Can also be the given name Okimori in Japanese.

遍地開花 is a Chinese proverb that means “to blossom everywhere,” “to spring up all over the place,” or “to flourish on a large scale.”

遍地 = everywhere
開花 = opening flowers

福里納 is the name Furina in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリーナ is the name Furina in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

風林火山 is the battle strategy and proverb of Japanese feudal lord Takeda Shingen (1521-1573 AD).

This came from the Art of War by Chinese strategist and tactician Sun Tzu (Sunzi).

You can think of this as an abbreviation to remind officers and troops how to conduct battle.

風林火山 is a word list: Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain.

The more expanded meaning is supposed to be...

“Swift as the wind, quiet as the forest, fierce as fire, and immovable as a mountain”

“As fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain”

“Move as swift as the wind, stay as silent as a forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain”

“Move swiftly like the wind, stay silent like the forest, attack fiercely like fire, take a tactical position on the mountain”

See Also:  Art of War

胡里 is the name Huri in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリ is the name Huri in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This figuratively means “Without a teacher, how can we learn/mature?”

人非生而知之者熟能無惑 is a philosophic pondering by Han Yu, a Tang Dynasty essayist, and philosopher (618-907 A.D.). This is a Chinese proverb that can be translated as “Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?” or, “We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity?.”

This infers that we need the guidance of a teacher if we wish to learn, mature, and become better.

狐狗狸 is an ancient Japanese game popular during the Meiji period.

勞里 is the name Lauri in Chinese (Mandarin).

ローリー is the name Lauri in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

蘿莉 is the name Laurie in Chinese (Mandarin).

ローリー is the name Laurie in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Laurina.

ローリナ is the name Laurina in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

勞琳 is the name Laurine in Chinese (Mandarin).

ラウリン is the name Laurine in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

媽德烏麗 is the name Madhuri in Chinese (Mandarin).

マヅリ is the name Madhuri in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

滿族 is the Chinese title for the Manchu or Manchurian ethnic group.

In modern times, they hail from the Liaoning province of northeast China.

満州人 is the Japanese title for a Manchu person, Manchu people, or simply a Manchurian.

滿洲 is the Chinese name for Manchuria, the homeland of the Manchu people.

滿洲 is a rarely-used term in modern China. They generally call the region “northeast China” these days.

曼朱里亞 is the name Manjuria in Chinese (Mandarin).

マンジュリア is the name Manjuria in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

毛瑞 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Mauri.

The same characters are used to write Maury in Chinese.

マウリ is the name Mauri in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male French name Maurice.

莫力斯 is another common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Maurice.

モーリス is the name Maurice in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Mauricette.

毛里西噢 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Mauricio.

マウリシオ is the name Mauricio in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

莫里 is the name Maurie in Chinese (Mandarin).

モーリー is the name Maurie in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

莫里羅 is the name Maurillo in Chinese (Mandarin).

マウリロ is the name Maurillo in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Maurine.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Mauritania.

See Also:  Africa

モーリタニア is the Japanese title for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

This simply reads, “Mauritania.”

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Mauritius.

See Also:  Africa

This is Mauritius in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male Italian name Maurizio.

マウリツィオ is the name Maurizio in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

穆里 is the name Muri in Chinese (Mandarin).

ムリ is the name Muri in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

穆麗爾 is the name Muriel in Chinese (Mandarin).

ミュリエル is the name Muriel in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Murielle.

ムリエル is the name Murielle in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

穆里洛 is the name Murillo in Chinese (Mandarin).

ムリロ is the name Murillo in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

穆里羅 is the name Murilo in Chinese (Mandarin).

ムリロ is the name Murilo in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

紐莉婭 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Nuria.

ニュリア is the name Nuria in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

努林 is the name Nurin in Chinese (Mandarin).

ヌリン is the name Nurin in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

普里 is the name Phuri in Chinese (Mandarin).

プリ is the name Phuri in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

公安 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for (The Ministry of) Public Security. 公安 can also generally mean public safety, public security, or public welfare. It is a positive term in Japan, where some even name their daughters “Kouan” (this title).

In China, this is the kinder name for the PSB or Public Security Bureau. It's really the national police of China - occasionally brutal and seldom properly-trained or educated. Once in a while, you find a PSB officer who lives up to the title of 公安. Before the 1989 massacre, it was the PSB officers who refused to stop nor kill any of the protesting college students (so they're not all bad). The Chinese government had to call in soldiers from Inner Mongolia to kill thousands of protesters.

心澄淨 is the Buddhist concept of the pure and calm mind. It is believed that once you achieve a meditative state of pure focused thought, the mind becomes clear and calm. Although, others will say this means that achieving a calm mind will allow you to reach pure thought.

From Sanskrit, this is known as citta-prasāda. The concept of citta-prasāda is sometimes defined as “clear heart-mind,” or “the single and definitive aspiration.”

普里 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Puri.

プリ is the name Puri in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

The first Kanji alone means to wash, bathe, primness, cleanse or purify.

The second Kanji means heart, mind, soul, or essence.

Together, these two Kanji create a word defined as “purified spirit” or “enlightened attitude” within Japanese martial arts.

洗心 is one of the five spirits of the warrior (budo) and is often used as a Japanese martial arts tenet. Under that context, it's often defined as a spirit that protects and harmonizes the universe. Senshin is a spirit of compassion that embraces and serves all humanity and whose function is to reconcile discord in the world. It holds all life to be sacred. It is the Buddha mind.

This title will only be familiar to Japanese who practice certain martial arts. Others may not recognize this word at all.

洗心 does not show up as a word in too many Chinese dictionaries, but it can be read and has the same meaning in Chinese.

There is an issue with the first character. The original, and probably most correct version is shown above. However, many dojo documents and other sources have used a more simple first character. Arguments ensue about which version is correct. If you want to be correct in the Japanese language, use the "Select and Customize" button above. If you want to match the Kanji used by your dojo, click the Kanji shown to the right. There is a slightly different meaning with this first character which means before, ahead, previous, future, precedence.

淨 is the most simple way to express purity or cleanliness in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

As a single character, the concept is broad: This can be a verb (the act of cleaning, purifying, or cleansing) but it can also be the state of being clean, pure, and chaste. In some contexts, it can be a place to clean (like a bathing room for the soul in a Buddhist context). In Japanese, this can be a female given name “Jou” or “jō” (the Japanese equivalent of the English girl's name “Chastity”).

This can be the Japanese female given names Riko, Yuriko, Noriko, or Satoshi.

A little awkwardly, when pronounced as Satoko, this means foster child.

Literally, the characters mean “village child.”

理子 is a female Japanese given name that can be romanized/pronounced as Riko, Michiko, Mariko, Eriko, or Yuriko.

薩比杜里亞 is the name Sabiduria in Chinese (Mandarin).

サビドゥリア is the name Sabiduria in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

首里流 is the title of Shuri-Ryu, a style of Karate established in the mid-1900s by Robert Trias in Arizona.

蘇瑞 is the name Suri in Chinese (Mandarin).

スリ is the name Suri in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

This is the Chinese name for the country of Suriname.

See Also:  South America

スリナム is the (Republic of) Suriname in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

蘇里斯 is the name Suris in Chinese (Mandarin).

スリス is the name Suris in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

素里亞 is the name Suriya in Chinese (Mandarin).

スリヤ is the name Suriya in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

陶里 is the name Tauri in Chinese (Mandarin).

タウリ is the name Tauri in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

塔庫里 is the name Thakuri in Chinese (Mandarin).

タクリ is the name Thakuri in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

烏里 is the name Uri in Chinese (Mandarin).

ユリ is the name Uri in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

尤里爾 is the name Uriel in Chinese (Mandarin).

ウリエル is the name Uriel in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

烏利亞 is the name Urijah in Chinese (Mandarin).