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 gǔ
 hone / kotsu
 
Bones Scroll

骨 is Chinese, Japanese, and Korean for bone or bones.

If your name happens to be Bone or Bones, this is a cool character for a wall scroll to hang in your home or office.

Sense of Humor

Funny Bone

 warainotsubo
Sense of Humor Scroll

笑いの壺 is the Japanese way to say “sense of humor” (humour), or colloquially a way to say “funny bone.”


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

 tai dou
Taido Scroll

Taidō (The Way of the Body) is a style of Karate practiced in Japan and popular worldwide.

Taidō or 躰道 traces a lineage from Genseiryū (玄制流), which came from Shuri-te (首里手), one of the original martial arts schools of ancient Okinawa.

The first character 躰 is a variant of the original Chinese character 體. In modern Japan, they tend to use 体, a more simple character form. 体 is also the modern Simplified Chinese form of 體.
The 躰 character is correct for this 躰道 martial arts title. But it can be confusing with so many variants out there, not to mention other homophonic Japanese words that also romanize as Taidō or Taidou.

To have a bit more fun with this 躰 character, it has a 身 radical on the left, which sets it apart. The meaning doubles up on the “body” as 身 (shin) is a character that also means body in Japanese and Chinese. On the right is 本, which often means root, stem, origin, source, or fundamental (but can also mean “book” in some contexts). This has deviated from the original 體 which was 骨 (bone) + 豊 (vessel). Hence, the body was your “bone vessel” in ancient Asia.

The meaning of 躰, as well as 體 and 体, is usually translated as the body. When related to the physical body, it can also refer to the torso, trunk, build, physique, or the constitution of a person. As an extension of this, it can also refer to someone's health (good body = good health).
However, depending on the context, it can encompass other meanings such as form, style, system, experience, aspect, corpus, corporeal, substance, or essentials.

The second character, 道, is recognized and well-known as the “Way” and is the same “do” as in Karate-do or Aikido.

Strong bones come from hard knocks

 bù kē bù pèng gǔ tóu bù yìng
Strong bones come from hard knocks Scroll

不磕不碰骨頭不硬 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as: Without being knocked around a bit, [one's] bones won't become hard.

Figuratively, this means: One can't become strong without first being tempered by “hard knocks.”

While true for everyone, this sounds like the “Iron Body” form of Kung Fu, where practitioners' bodies are beaten (and often bone fractured) in order to become stronger.
For the rest of us, this is just about how we can be tempered and build character through the hardships in our lives.

This is not a common title for a wall scroll in China.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your bone search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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shēn
    shen1
shen
 misaki
    みさき

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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki
kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身.

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    gu3
ku
 hone
    ほね

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Bones
bone
(1) bone; (2) frame; (3) outline; core; (4) backbone; spirit; fortitude; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) laborious; troublesome; difficult; (personal name) Hone
Bone: bones, relics.

笑いの壺

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 warainotsubo
    わらいのつぼ

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Sense of Humor
(exp,n) sense of humour (humor); funny bone


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cuò
    cuo4
ts`o
    tso
(literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack; variant of 銼|锉[cuo4]

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diāo
    diao1
tiao
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

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    ji2
chi
 natsume
    なつめ
thorns
(1) thorn; spine; prickle; (2) splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); (3) biting words; (noun or adjectival noun) briars; thicket; the bush; (1) thorny shrub; (2) wild rose; briar; (3) thorn; (4) (archit) cusp; (surname) Natsume


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ráo
    rao2
jao
radius (anatomy); bone of the forearm

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kēng
    keng1
k`eng
    keng
shank bone of ox

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    zi3
tzu
dried meat with bone

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chuí
    chui2
ch`ui
    chui
callus on the hand or foot; upper leg bone of horse or bird; buttocks

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huò
    huo4
huo
sound of flesh being separated from the bone

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huái
    huai2
huai
 kurubushi
    くるぶし
ankle
(kana only) {anat} ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
ankle

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    gu1
ku
big bone


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tuǐ
    tui3
t`ui
    tui
hip bone; old variant of 腿[tui3]
See:

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qià
    qia4
ch`ia
    chia
ilium; outermost bone of the pelvic girdle; Taiwan pr. [ka4]

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liáo
    liao2
liao
(literary) hip bone; (TCM) space between two joints

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suǐ
    sui3
sui
 zui
(bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith
marrow


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gěng
    geng3
keng
 nogi
    のぎ
to choke on a piece of food; (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat
(archaism) small fish bone stuck in one's throat

ボネ

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 bone
    ボネ
(surname) Bonnet

交骨

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jiāo gǔ
    jiao1 gu3
chiao ku
pubic bone

仙骨

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 senkotsu
    せんこつ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) sacrum; sacral bone; (2) hermitry; appearance of an hermit; unworldliness; unusual physique; outstanding appearance; (given name) Senkotsu

佛骨

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fó gǔ
    fo2 gu3
fo ku
 bukkotsu
Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
A bone of the Buddha, especially the bone against whose reception by the emperor Xianzong the famous protest of Hanyu was made in 819.

刺骨

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cì gǔ
    ci4 gu3
tz`u ku
    tzu ku
piercing; cutting; bone-chilling; penetrating (cold)

卜骨

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bǔ gǔ
    bu3 gu3
pu ku
 bokkotsu
    ぼっこつ
oracle bone
fortune-telling using animal bones

反骨

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fǎn gǔ
    fan3 gu3
fan ku
 hankotsu
    はんこつ
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
(abbreviation) rebellious spirit

四馬


四马

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sì mǎ
    si4 ma3
ssu ma
 shime
Four kinds of horses, likened to four classes of monks: those that respond to the shadow of the whip, its lightest touch, its mild application, and those who need the spur to bite the bone.

坐骨

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zuò gǔ
    zuo4 gu3
tso ku
 zakotsu
    ざこつ
ischium
ischium; ischial bone

大骨

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 oobone
    おおぼね
large bone; thick bone

寛骨

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 kankotsu
    かんこつ
{anat} hipbone; innominate bone

尺骨

see styles
chǐ gǔ
    chi3 gu3
ch`ih ku
    chih ku
 shakkotsu
    しゃっこつ
ulna (anatomy); bone of the forearm
{anat} ulna

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Boneshone / kotsugǔ / gu3 / guku
Sense of Humor笑いの壺warainotsubo
Taido躰道tai dou / taidou / tai do
Strong bones come from hard knocks不磕不碰骨頭不硬
不磕不碰骨头不硬
bù kē bù pèng gǔ tóu bù yìng
bu4 ke1 bu4 peng4 gu3 tou2 bu4 ying4
bu ke bu peng gu tou bu ying
bukebupenggutoubuying
pu k`o pu p`eng ku t`ou pu ying
pukopupengkutoupuying
pu ko pu peng ku tou pu ying
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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