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明 means light, bright, clear, clarity, to understand, or wise.
In Chinese, this can refer to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) where it can also be the surname Ming.
In Japanese, this can be romanized many different ways when used as surnames or given names. 明 is a partial list of those names: Meishuu, Mei, Min, Myoujin, Myou, Hinata, Haru, Toshi, Tooru, Sayaka, Saya, Satoshi, Asumi, Akera, Akemine, Akesaki, Ake, Akuru, Akiraka, and Akira.
In the Buddhist context, this represents vidyā (knowledge). To expand that, Buddhists understand this to mean bright, clear, enlightenment, wisdom, or to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Saya search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
さや see styles |
saya サヤ |
(female given name) Saya |
沙耶 see styles |
saya さや |
More info & calligraphy: Saya |
冴 see styles |
saya さや |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) clearness; clarity; (2) skillfulness (skilfulness); (female given name) Saya |
睡 see styles |
shuì shui4 shui sui ねむり |
to sleep; to lie down (irregular okurigana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death; (irregular okurigana usage) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) sleep; sleeping; (2) inactivity; (3) death śaya, asleep; sleep; śay, to sleep. |
鞘 see styles |
qiào qiao4 ch`iao chiao saya さや |
scabbard; sheath (1) scabbard; sheath; (2) (kana only) cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; sleeve; (3) (kana only) {bus} (See サヤ取り・2) margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission; (4) enclosure; outer fence; (place-name) Saya |
三耶 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
五彩 see styles |
wǔ cǎi wu3 cai3 wu ts`ai wu tsai saaya / saya さあや |
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain; (female given name) Saaya |
佐伸 see styles |
saya さや |
(personal name) Saya |
佐允 see styles |
saya さや |
(personal name) Saya |
佐冶 see styles |
saya さや |
(personal name) Saya |
佐屋 see styles |
saya さや |
(place-name, surname) Saya |
佐弥 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
佐彩 see styles |
saaya / saya さあや |
(female given name) Saaya |
佐矢 see styles |
saya さや |
(surname) Saya |
佐耶 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
佐谷 see styles |
saya さや |
(surname, female given name) Saya |
佐野 see styles |
zuǒ yě zuo3 ye3 tso yeh saya さや |
Sano (Japanese surname and place name) (f,p) Saya |
作也 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
冴也 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
冴弥 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
冴彩 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
冴絢 see styles |
saaya / saya さあや |
(female given name) Saaya |
叉弥 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
叉椰 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
叉耶 see styles |
chā yé cha1 ye2 ch`a yeh cha yeh saya さや |
(female given name) Saya kṣaya, diminish, decay, end; v. 乞. |
咲也 see styles |
saya さや |
(personal name) Saya |
咲八 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
咲冶 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
咲哉 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
咲弥 see styles |
saya さや |
(female given name) Saya |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Saya | 沙耶 | shā yé / sha1 ye2 / sha ye / shaye | sha yeh / shayeh | |
Light Bright | 明 | mei / myou / mei / myo | míng / ming2 / ming |
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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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