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This can be a Mandarin Chinese surname that romanizes as Chuan.
The actual meaning of the character is armlet or bracelet.
川 means river or stream in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
In Japanese, this can be a surname when pronounced as Sakigawa.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Chuan search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
川 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan sakigawa さきがわ |
More info & calligraphy: River(suffix) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers); (1) river; stream; (suffix) (2) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers); (surname) Sakigawa A stream, a mountain stream; Ssu-ch'uan province. |
釧 钏 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan kushiro くしろ |
More info & calligraphy: Chuan(archaism) (See 古墳時代) bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period) |
傳承 传承 see styles |
chuán chéng chuan2 cheng2 ch`uan ch`eng chuan cheng |
More info & calligraphy: Smriti |
川崎 see styles |
chuān qí chuan1 qi2 ch`uan ch`i chuan chi yamazaki やまざき |
More info & calligraphy: KawasakiKawasaki (city); (surname) Yamazaki |
石川 see styles |
shí chuān shi2 chuan1 shih ch`uan shih chuan nakawa なかわ |
More info & calligraphy: IshikawaIshikawa (prefecture); (surname) Nakawa |
串 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan kushizaki くしざき |
to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across (1) spit; skewer; (2) (slang) (See プロキシサーバー) proxy (computer server); (surname) Kushizaki to get used to |
伝 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan fu ふ |
Japanese variant of 傳|传 (1) legend; tradition; (2) biography; life; (3) method; way; (4) horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan; (surname) Fu |
喘 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan |
to gasp; to pant; asomethingma |
巛 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan magarikawa; magarigawa まがりかわ; まがりがわ |
old variant of 川[chuan1] (kana only) kanji "curving river" radical (variant of radical 47) |
椽 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan ten たるき |
beam; rafter; classifier for rooms rafter Rafters. |
氚 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan |
(chemistry) tritium |
玔 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan |
jade ring |
瑏 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan |
(jade) |
穿 see styles |
chuān chuan1 ch`uan chuan haku はく |
to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread (female given name) Haku To bore, pierce; to thread; to don, put on. To bore a well and gradually discover water, likened to the gradual discovery of the Buddha-nature. |
篅 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan zen |
A round grain bin. |
舛 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan masuzaki ますざき |
mistaken; erroneous; contradictory kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136); (surname) Masuzaki |
舩 船 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan fune ふね |
variant of 船[chuan2] (surname) Fune |
船 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan fune ふね |
boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1] (suffix noun) ship; boat; vessel; (surname, female given name) Fune A boat, ship. |
荈 see styles |
chuǎn chuan3 ch`uan chuan |
Thea sinensis |
遄 see styles |
chuán chuan2 ch`uan chuan |
to hurry; to go to and fro |
上傳 上传 see styles |
shàng chuán shang4 chuan2 shang ch`uan shang chuan |
to upload |
上船 see styles |
shàng chuán shang4 chuan2 shang ch`uan shang chuan uwabune うわぶね |
to get on the boat (noun/participle) embarking; embarkation; boarding; (personal name) Uwabune |
中川 see styles |
zhōng chuān zhong1 chuan1 chung ch`uan chung chuan nokaga のかが |
Nakagawa (Japanese surname and place name) (surname) Nokaga |
串供 see styles |
chuàn gòng chuan4 gong4 ch`uan kung chuan kung |
to collude to fabricate a story |
串口 see styles |
chuàn kǒu chuan4 kou3 ch`uan k`ou chuan kou |
serial port (computing) |
串味 see styles |
chuàn wèi chuan4 wei4 ch`uan wei chuan wei |
to become tainted with the smell of something else; to pick up an odor |
串崗 串岗 see styles |
chuàn gǎng chuan4 gang3 ch`uan kang chuan kang |
to leave one's post while on duty |
串戲 串戏 see styles |
chuàn xì chuan4 xi4 ch`uan hsi chuan hsi joudan / jodan じょうだん |
to act in a play; (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance (noun - becomes adjective with の) jest; joke; funny story |
串換 串换 see styles |
chuàn huàn chuan4 huan4 ch`uan huan chuan huan |
to exchange; to change; to swap |
串流 see styles |
chuàn liú chuan4 liu2 ch`uan liu chuan liu |
to stream (online) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Chuan | 釧 钏 | kushiro | chuàn / chuan4 / chuan | ch`uan / chuan |
River | 川 | kawa | chuān / chuan1 / chuan | ch`uan / chuan |
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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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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