Buy a Linden calligraphy wall scroll here!
Personalize your custom “Linden” project by clicking the button next to your favorite “Linden” title below...
The Bodhi or 菩提 is the moment of completion in Buddhism.
It is when all things become known and you have completed your journey to enlightenment.
The reference is to the Bodhi tree where Siddhartha Gautama (the legendary man who established the Buddhist religion) achieved enlightenment. Sometimes this is referred to as “the tree of enlightenment,” but if you want the full version with the character for a tree at the end, please see the Bodhi Tree entry.
See Also: Buddhism | Buddha | Nirvana | Enlightenment
菩提樹 is the full title of the Bodhi tree (a fig tree) under which Siddhartha Gautama (the legendary man who established the Buddhist religion), achieved enlightenment.
Sometimes this is referred to as “the tree of enlightenment.” If you don't have a Bodhi tree to sit under, maybe you can achieve enlightenment under a wall scroll with this title.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Linden search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
菩提樹 菩提树 see styles |
pú tí shù pu2 ti2 shu4 p`u t`i shu pu ti shu bodaiju ぼだいじゅ |
More info & calligraphy: The Tree of Enlightenment / The Bodhi Tree(1) Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); (2) (See インドボダイジュ) sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree; (given name) Bodaiju bodhidruma, bodhitaru, bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. The Ficus religiosa is the pippala, or aśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there. |
柂 see styles |
yí yi2 i |
(literary) (botany) (a species of linden whose timber was used to make coffins in ancient times) |
椴 see styles |
duàn duan4 tuan todomatsu とどまつ |
Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis) (See 椴松) Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis); (surname) Todomatsu |
科 see styles |
kē ke1 k`o ko ke け |
branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4] (kana only) (See 科の木・しなのき) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica); (personal name) Ke A class, lesson, examination. |
マダ see styles |
mada マダ |
(rare) (See 科の木・しなのき) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) |
莢迷 see styles |
gamazumi; gamazumi がまずみ; ガマズミ |
(kana only) linden arrowwood (Viburnum dilatatum); Japanese bush cranberry |
心葉椴 心叶椴 see styles |
xīn yè duàn xin1 ye4 duan4 hsin yeh tuan |
small-leaf linden (Tilia cordata) |
科の木 see styles |
shinanoki しなのき |
(kana only) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) |
級の木 see styles |
shinanoki しなのき |
(kana only) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) |
ガマズミ see styles |
gamazumi ガマズミ |
(kana only) linden arrowwood (Viburnum dilatatum); Japanese bush cranberry |
シナノキ see styles |
shinanoki シナノキ |
(kana only) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) |
しなの木 see styles |
shinanoki しなのき |
(kana only) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) |
リンデン see styles |
rinden リンデン |
(1) (abbreviation) (See リンデンバウム) European linden (Tilia x europaea); common lime; (2) lindane (ger: Linden); (place-name) Linden |
シナノキ科 see styles |
shinanokika シナノキか |
Tiliaceae (family of flowering plants, incl. the linden) |
リンデンバウム see styles |
rindenbaumu リンデンバウム |
European linden (Tilia x europaea) (ger: Lindenbaum); common lime |
ウンターデンリンデン see styles |
untaadenrinden / untadenrinden ウンターデンリンデン |
(place-name) Unter den Linden |
ウンテルデンリンデン see styles |
unterudenrinden ウンテルデンリンデン |
(place-name) Unter den Linden |
ウンター・デン・リンデン see styles |
untaa den rinden / unta den rinden ウンター・デン・リンデン |
(place-name) Unter den Linden |
ウンテル・デン・リンデン see styles |
unteru den rinden ウンテル・デン・リンデン |
(place-name) Unter den Linden |
Variations: |
gamazumi; gamazumi(gikun) ガマズミ; がまずみ(gikun) |
(kana only) linden arrowwood (Viburnum dilatatum); Japanese bush cranberry |
Variations: |
shinanoki; shinanoki しなのき; シナノキ |
(kana only) Japanese linden (Tilia japonica) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Linden | 林登 | lín dēng / lin2 deng1 / lin deng / lindeng | lin teng / linteng | |
Bodhi - Awakening Enlightenment | 菩提 | bodai | pú tí / pu2 ti2 / pu ti / puti | p`u t`i / puti / pu ti |
The Tree of Enlightenment The Bodhi Tree | 菩提樹 菩提树 | bodaiju | pú tí shù pu2 ti2 shu4 pu ti shu putishu | p`u t`i shu putishu pu ti shu |
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. |
Successful Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji calligraphy searches within the last few hours...
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.
Some people may refer to this entry as Linden Kanji, Linden Characters, Linden in Mandarin Chinese, Linden Characters, Linden in Chinese Writing, Linden in Japanese Writing, Linden in Asian Writing, Linden Ideograms, Chinese Linden symbols, Linden Hieroglyphics, Linden Glyphs, Linden in Chinese Letters, Linden Hanzi, Linden in Japanese Kanji, Linden Pictograms, Linden in the Chinese Written-Language, or Linden in the Japanese Written-Language.