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1. Bolt of Lightning / Lightning Attack
4. Thunder
5. Lui
8. Lightning
11. One Who Does Not Do Bad Things, Worries Not of Knocks at His Door
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螢 is the Chinese, older Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja way to write firefly, lightning bug, or glow worm (Luciola cruciata).
Note: After post WWII language reforms in Japan, they started using a more simple version of this Kanji. This version is shown to the right. If you want this modern Japanese version, please click on the Kanji to the right instead of the button above.
雷 can mean thunder, lightning, thunderbolt, mine (weapon), or slang for something terrifying or a fit of anger.
Some will say it is the symbol of the god of thunder or the god of lightning.
雷 is also a Chinese surname that romanizes as Lei.
戳腳 is the title for Choujiao, Chuōjiǎo, or Chou Jiao.
This means poking or stabbing foot. This is a Chinese martial art that falls under the Northern School.
There are many jumps, kicks, and lightning-fist actions in this style.
You'll find Chou Jiao practiced in Liaoning Province, Hebei Province, and Beijing.
白天不做亏心事夜半敲门不吃惊 literally translates as: [If one does] not do bad things in the daytime, one need not be alarmed at knocks on the door in the middle of the night.
The meaning is something like, “A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.” Basically, the message is, “don't commit crimes and you won't be jumpy every time the doorbell rings (so don't do anything wrong and your life will have fewer worries and you can sleep at night).”
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Bolt of Lightning Lightning Attack | 突貫 | tokkan / tokan | ||
| Electricity Lightning | 電 电 | den | diàn / dian4 / dian | tien |
| Firefly Glow Worm | 螢 萤 | hotaru | yíng / ying2 / ying | |
| Thunder | 雷 | rai / kaminari | léi / lei2 / lei | |
| Lui | 劉 刘 | liú / liu2 / liu | ||
| Choujiao Chou Jiao | 戳腳 戳脚 | chuō jiǎo chuo1 jiao3 chuo jiao chuojiao | ch`o chiao chochiao cho chiao |
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| Electricity Lightning | 電氣 電気 | den ki / denki | ||
| Lightning | 閃電 闪电 | shǎn diàn shan3 dian4 shan dian shandian | shan tien shantien |
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| God of Thunder | 雷神 | rai jin / raijin | léi shén / lei2 shen2 / lei shen / leishen | |
| Firefly Lightning Bug | 螢火蟲 萤火虫 | yíng huǒ chóng ying2 huo3 chong2 ying huo chong yinghuochong | ying huo ch`ung yinghuochung ying huo chung |
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| One Who Does Not Do Bad Things, Worries Not of Knocks at His Door | 白天不做虧心事夜半敲門不吃驚 白天不做亏心事夜半敲门不吃惊 | bái tiān bú zuò kuī xīn shì yè bàn qiāo mén bù chī jīng bai2 tian1 bu2 zuo4 kui1 xin1 shi4 ye4 ban4 qiao1 men2 bu4 chi1 jing1 bai tian bu zuo kui xin shi ye ban qiao men bu chi jing | pai t`ien pu tso k`uei hsin shih yeh pan ch`iao men pu ch`ih ching pai tien pu tso kuei hsin shih yeh pan chiao men pu chih ching |
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| 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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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.
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