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[AJBryant]

Hi, I'm looking for "Monkey King" in kanji.

It was one of my favorite books when I was young. I would really appreciate it!

Well, first of all, what do you *really* want? In the West, we tend to call him "Monkey King," but in Chinese and Japanese, he's known by his name, Son Wukong 孫悟空 (Chinese) or Son Gokû (Japanese).

He's also called the Mei houwang (美猴王; Handsome Monkey King), and from that we get the common abbreviated form "Monkey King" (猴王).


Tony

 

[Bradsan]

What does this kanji 黄鳥 translate to,also can my last name Nightingale be translated to any kanji symbols I know there's a katakana version ナイチンゲール but is there a kanji for nightingale ?

 

[undrentide]

What does this kanji 黄鳥 translate to,also can my last name Nightingale be translated to any kanji symbols I know there's a katakana version ナイチンゲール but is there a kanji for nightingale ?

黄鳥 simply means "yellow bird" though it does not refer to any particular bird at least in Japan.
As for nightingale, I think I've already given you the answer?

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[Bradsan]

黄鳥 simply means "yellow bird" though it does not refer to any particular bird at least in Japan.
As for nightingale, I think I've already given you the answer?

So I can't use 夜鳴鶯 meaning nightingale can I ?

 

[undrentide]

So I can't use 夜鳴鶯 meaning nightingale can I

I could not imagine it can be soooo hard to understand that 夜鳴鶯 means nightingale when I wrote "it (nightingale) can be translated as 夜鳴鶯"... (deep sigh.)
Just it is NOT PRONOUNCED "nightingale" but it MEANS nightingale.

 

[epigene]

So I can't use 夜鳴鶯 meaning nightingale can I?

You don't seem to understand the problem here.

There are no "nightingales" in Japan, so there's no kanji for it.
That is why it is written in KATAKANA.

夜鳴鶯 is used to refer to the nightingale because the Japanese associate the nightingale with the bird native to Japan 鶯 (the bush warbler or "uguisu"). The three kanji means "uguisu that sings at night" but this is a somewhat "forced" translation of the bird name. (Note: Nightingale sings at night, while uguisu sings during the day.)

Because it is a "translation" and not the word commonly used to refer to the nightingale, not everyone will recognize this kanji combination as "nightingale."

In short, there's no real kanji name for the nightingale. But, if you like, you can use 夜鳴鶯 .
But, don't expect everyone to understand what it means.

 

[Bradsan]

You don't seem to understand the problem here.
There are no "nightingales" in Japan, so there's no kanji for it.
That is why it is written in KATAKANA.
窶禿ｩ窶禿づｩﾃｲ is used to refer to the nightingale because the Japanese associate the nightingale with the bird native to Japan ﾃｩﾃｲ (the bush warbler or "uguisu"). The three kanji means "uguisu that sings at night" but this is a somewhat "forced" translation of the bird name. (Note: Nightingale sings at night, while uguisu sings during the day.)
Because it is a "translation" and not the word commonly used to refer to the nightingale, not everyone will recognize this kanji combination as "nightingale."
In short, there's no real kanji name for the nightingale. But, if you like, you can use 窶禿ｩ窶禿づｩﾃｲ .
But, don't expect everyone to understand what it means.

thank you i thought that's why nightingale is used with katakana thanks heaps

 

[tummai]

You don't seem to understand the problem here.
There are no "nightingales" in Japan, so there's no kanji for it.
That is why it is written in KATAKANA.
夜鳴鶯 is used to refer to the nightingale because the Japanese associate the nightingale with the bird native to Japan 鶯 (the bush warbler or "uguisu"). The three kanji means "uguisu that sings at night" but this is a somewhat "forced" translation of the bird name. (Note: Nightingale sings at night, while uguisu sings during the day.)
Because it is a "translation" and not the word commonly used to refer to the nightingale, not everyone will recognize this kanji combination as "nightingale."
In short, there's no real kanji name for the nightingale. But, if you like, you can use 夜鳴鶯 .
But, don't expect everyone to understand what it means.

Cool little trivia. I just learned the word "uguisu" the other day. Where does 夜鳴鶯 show up anyway?

 

[Bradsan]

i need help with this kanji 昇竜 i can read the 2nd kanji but not the 1st one so how do i pronounce the 1st kanji and does it mean rising dragon cuz i know the 2nd means dragon i know how to pronounce it , its たつ isn't it ^_^

 

[undrentide]

i need help with this kanji 昇竜 i can read the 2nd kanji but not the 1st one so how do i pronounce the 1st kanji and does it mean rising dragon cuz i know the 2nd means dragon i know how to pronounce it , its たつ isn't it ^_^

たつ is used for the dragon in Chinese zodiac, normally 竜（龍）is pronounced りゅう.
昇竜（しょうりゅう） or 昇り竜（のぼりりゅう） means dragon(s) that is going up into the sky.

 

[Glenn]

Are you telling me it wasn't followed by 拳?

 

[Bradsan]

たつ is used for the dragon in Chinese zodiac, normally 竜（龍）is pronounced りゅう.
昇竜（しょうりゅう） or 昇り竜（のぼりりゅう） means dragon(s) that is going up into the sky.

thank you so much now i know which dragon word is which so りゅう is for Japanese dragon's and たつ is for Chinese dragons i wanted to know all this because there is a cool Japanese actor 藤原竜也 his in デスノート movie plus i love dragon's
ありがとうございます。

 

[undrentide]

thank you so much now i know which dragon word is which so りゅう is for Japanese dragon's and たつ is for chinese dragons i wanted to know all this cuz there is a cool Japanese actor 藤原竜也 his in デスノート movie plus i love dragon's
ありがとうございます。

Er, not exactly... :emoji_blush:

Whether the dragon is Japanese or Chinese, it is called りゅう.

The particular pronunciation たつ is used when one is talking about one of the "Chinese Zodiac" (see what the Chinese Zodiac from the link below)
Chinese zodiac - Wikipedia
Year of dragon is not りゅうどし but たつどし.

 

[Toritoribe]

Are you telling me it wasn't followed by 拳?

from "Street Fighter" or 猫ひろし？

 

[Bradsan]

Er, not exactly...

Whether the dragon is Japanese or Chinese, it is called りゅう.

The particular pronunciation たつ is used when one is talking about one of the "Chinese Zodiac" (see what the Chinese Zodiac from the link below)
Chinese zodiac - Wikipedia
Year of dragon is not りゅうどし but たつどし.

thank you so much this will help me a lot ^_^

 

[tummai]

竜 sometimes pops up as たつ in place names too.

 

[Glenn]

from "Street Fighter" or 猫ひろし？

Street Fighter. I've never heard of 猫ひろし.

 

[TheAce]

can someone tell how to write "Ace" in Kanji?

 

[undrentide]

can someone tell how to write "Ace" in Kanji?

There's no kanji for the word "Ace" - foreign words are basically transcribed in katakana エース.

 

[TheAce]

this is what I found somewhere on the internet, but I can't find a translation
can someone tell me the japanese and english meaning?

速力

 

[Glenn]

The Japanese meaning is this:

動く物、特に乗り物の進む速さ。単位時間当たりの移動距離で表す。単位時間を一時間としたものは時速、一秒としたものは秒速という。船舶は一時間で走る海里数をノットで表す。スピード。

速力とは - Weblio辞書

The English meaning is "speed."

 

[Enzeru]

Hi.
I have been looking for a kanji for the word "Angelic".
But I can only find the kanji for tenshi and I am not interested in the kanji for angel it has to be angelic, if there is one.
It's the meaning of my name, that's why it's important.
I want to be absolutely sure it is a correct kanji and you can never know if what you find when using google is really true, so I thougt I'd ask here and see if anyone here knows this.

 

[undrentide]

Hi.
I have been looking for a kanji for the word "Angelic".
But I can only find the kanji for tenshi and I am not interested in the kanji for angel it has to be angelic, if there is one.
It's the meaning of my name, that's why it's important.
I want to be absolutely sure it is a correct kanji and you can never know if what you find when using google is really true, so I thougt I'd ask here and see if anyone here knows this.

1. Japanese language consists of not only kanji but hiragana and katakana as well.
Not everything can be written only with kanji.
2. "angel" is an imported concept from western calture. It's not surprising that there's no exact match (especially if you look for something in "kanji only".)

 

[Enzeru]

1. Japanese language consists of not only kanji but hiragana and katakana as well.
Not everything can be written only with kanji.
2. "angel" is an imported concept from western calture. It's not surprising that there's no exact match (especially if you look for something in "kanji only".)

I am well aware that there are Katakana and Hiragana as well and that all three of these systems can be fused when writing.
This is why I said when asking for a kanji "if there is one".
I have been doing some stage one studying in Japanese but it will not be much kanji at all in this course.

The thing is that I can't find even a translation for the word angelic. This makes it even harder for me since I don't know if the japanese have their own word for angelic. Perhaps I should have added this in my question from the beginning.

This is the reason why I thougt to ask actual people and not only online dictionarys where the only answers I get are "there are no search results for the word angelic".

 

[undrentide]

I am well aware that there are Katakana and Hiragana as well and that all three of these systems can be fused when writing.
This is why I said when asking for a kanji "if there is one".
I have been doing some stage one studying in Japanese but it will not be much kanji at all in this course.

The thing is that I can't find even a translation for the word angelic. This makes it even harder for me since I don't know if the japanese have their own word for angelic. Perhaps I should have added this in my question from the beginning.

This is the reason why I thougt to ask actual people and not only online dictionarys where the only answers I get are "there are no search results for the word angelic".

Angelic is 天使のような (angel-like) or 天使の (of angel).
As you can see, you need to use kana as well as kanji.
And unlike English, it is not a single word but a combination of noun （天使 = angel) plus particle の and verb auxiliary ような＜ようだ.
There are many online dictionaries which are not so reliable, but some do have these words.
angelicの意味・用例｜英辞郎 on the WEB：アルク
angelicの意味 - goo辞書 英和和英