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陰陽 literally means yin and yang in written form (versus the common yin-yang symbol). The first character has the element of the moon, while the second character has the element of the sun so that you can see, even in written form, they suggest the balance of opposites (of night and day). You could also translate this title as “sun and moon.”
Note: This title is often misspelled as Ying Yang instead of Yin Yang.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 陰陽 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
陰陽 阴阳 see styles |
yīn yáng yin1 yang2 yin yang inyou(p); onmyou; onyou / inyo(p); onmyo; onyo いんよう(P); おんみょう; おんよう |
More info & calligraphy: Yin Yangcosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.; (place-name) In'you yin and yang |
半陰陽 see styles |
haninyou / haninyo はんいんよう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) hermaphrodite; intersexual; androgynous; bisexual (characteristics) |
陰陽家 阴阳家 see styles |
yīn yáng jiā yin1 yang2 jia1 yin yang chia inyouka; onyouke; onmyouke / inyoka; onyoke; onmyoke いんようか; おんようけ; おんみょうけ |
School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3] (1) (See 陰陽道) diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium; (2) (hist) School of Yin-yang (China); School of Naturalists |
陰陽寮 see styles |
onyouryou; onyounotsukasa; onmyouryou; uranotsukasa / onyoryo; onyonotsukasa; onmyoryo; uranotsukasa おんようりょう; おんようのつかさ; おんみょうりょう; うらのつかさ |
(hist) Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryō system) |
陰陽師 see styles |
onmyouji; onyouji; omyouji(ok); onnyoushi(ok); inyoushi(ok) / onmyoji; onyoji; omyoji(ok); onnyoshi(ok); inyoshi(ok) おんみょうじ; おんようじ; おみょうじ(ok); おんにょうし(ok); いんようし(ok) |
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium |
陰陽座 see styles |
onmyouza / onmyoza おんみょうざ |
(person) Onmyouza |
陰陽暦 see styles |
inyoureki / inyoreki いんようれき |
(abbreviation) (See 太陰太陽暦) lunisolar calendar |
陰陽滝 see styles |
inyoudaki / inyodaki いんようだき |
(place-name) Inyoudaki |
陰陽町 see styles |
inyouchou / inyocho いんようちょう |
(place-name) In'youchō |
陰陽石 see styles |
inyouseki / inyoseki いんようせき |
(place-name) Inyouseki |
陰陽道 see styles |
onmyoudou; onyoudou / onmyodo; onyodo おんみょうどう; おんようどう |
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements |
陰陽の滝 see styles |
inyounotaki / inyonotaki いんようのたき |
(place-name) Inyou Falls |
陰陽の理 see styles |
onmyounori / onmyonori おんみょうのり |
principle of duality |
陰陽五行 see styles |
inyougogyou; onyougogyou / inyogogyo; onyogogyo いんようごぎょう; おんようごぎょう |
(yoji) the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology |
陰陽合同 阴阳合同 see styles |
yīn yáng hé tóng yin1 yang2 he2 tong2 yin yang ho t`ung yin yang ho tung |
a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities |
陰陽和合 see styles |
inyouwagou / inyowago いんようわごう |
the harmony of yin and yang energies |
陰陽怪氣 阴阳怪气 see styles |
yīn yáng guài qì yin1 yang2 guai4 qi4 yin yang kuai ch`i yin yang kuai chi |
eccentric; peculiar; mystifying |
陰陽連絡線 see styles |
inyourenrakusen / inyorenrakusen いんようれんらくせん |
(personal name) In'yourenrakusen |
陰陽師身の上知らず see styles |
onyoujiminoueshirazu / onyojiminoeshirazu おんようじみのうえしらず |
(expression) (proverb) people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Yin Yang | 陰陽 阴阳 | in you / inyou / in yo | yīn yáng / yin1 yang2 / yin yang / yinyang | |
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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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.
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