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影 means shadow in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Depending on the context, this can also mean silhouette, reflection, image, or presence.
影武者 is the title for Shadow Warrior in Chinese and Japanese.
This may refer to a few video games that share this English title, or a Japanese movie called Kagemusha.
If you are looking for the Japanese TV show, that was originally 影の軍団 (Kage no Gundan), which more literally means “Army of Shadows,” but was re-titled Shadow Warrior when released outside Japan in English.
In Japan, this title can also refer to a body double or decoy of an army general or leader used to avoid assassination. It can also be somebody who does all the work (or fighting) behind the scenes (not getting much, if any, credit).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your kage search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
影 see styles |
yǐng ying3 ying kage かげ |
More info & calligraphy: Shadow(1) shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; (2) reflection; image; (3) ominous sign; (4) light (stars, moon); (5) trace; shadow (of one's former self); (surname) Kage Shadow, picture, image, reflection, hint; one of the twelve 'colours'. |
蔭 荫 see styles |
yìn yin4 yin kage かげ |
shade (1) shade; shadow; (2) other side; back; background; (surname) Kage |
蘿 萝 see styles |
luó luo2 lo kage かげ |
radish (archaism) (See 日陰鬘) running ground pine (species of club moss, Lycopodium clavatum); (surname) Tsuta Creeping or climbing plants. |
陰 阴 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin hoto ほと |
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia (archaism) female private parts; female genitals; (surname) Kage Shade, dark, the shades, the negative as opposed to the positive principle, female, the moon, back, secret. In Buddhism it is the phenomenal, as obscuring the true nature of things; also the aggregation of phenomenal things resulting in births and deaths, hence it is used as a translation like 蘊 q.v. for skandha, the 五陰 being the five skandhas or aggregates. |
カゲ see styles |
kage カゲ |
(place-name) Kage |
可解 see styles |
kě jiě ke3 jie3 k`o chieh ko chieh kage |
soluble (i.e. can be solved) can be understood |
影井 see styles |
kagei / kage かげい |
(surname) Kagei |
影居 see styles |
kagei / kage かげい |
(surname) Kagei |
慶毛 see styles |
kage かげ |
(surname) Kage |
景井 see styles |
kagei / kage かげい |
(surname) Kagei |
歌偈 see styles |
gē jié ge1 jie2 ko chieh kage |
Verses for singing; to sing verses. |
蔭井 see styles |
kagei / kage かげい |
(surname) Kagei |
蔭居 see styles |
kagei / kage かげい |
(surname) Kagei |
賀家 see styles |
kage かげ |
(surname) Kage |
過夏 过夏 see styles |
guō xià guo1 xia4 kuo hsia kage |
To pass the summer, or the summer retreat. |
鹿毛 see styles |
kage かげ |
(1) fawn colour; (2) fawn-colored horse; (surname) Shikamo |
Variations: |
kage かげ |
(1) shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; (2) reflection; image; (3) ominous sign; (4) light (stars, moon); (5) trace; shadow (of one's former self); (6) (non-standard; usu. written as 陰) (See 陰・かげ・2) behind; background; other side |
Variations: |
kage かげ |
(1) shade; shadow; (2) behind (something); other side; back; (3) the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back; (4) gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Shadow | 影 | kage | yǐng / ying3 / ying | |
Shadow Warrior | 影武者 | kagemusha | yīng wǔ zhǔ ying1 wu3 zhu3 ying wu zhu yingwuzhu | ying wu chu yingwuchu |
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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.
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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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