武
Symbols Protection
discipline of arms
德
ㄨˇ ㄉㄜˊ wǔ dé
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Same in both
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Rubbing mode: white on black, as a stone rubbing. The download is unaffected.
The trained, ethical practice of fighting. This is an English phrase, not a Chinese one, and the nearest Chinese ideas each cover only part of it.
Before you commit
Choose with careThere is no set Chinese phrase matching discipline of arms. Anything offered as a direct translation will be assembled for you rather than recognised.
At small sizesTwo characters, the second at fifteen strokes and dense. 武德 needs more room than its first character suggests.
Cultural note武德 is the closest real idea — the conduct a fighter is held to before any technique. Since 2020 it is also a running joke: 年輕人不講武德, young people have no 武德, comes from a viral kung fu clip and now gets said about anyone who fights dirty.
Meaning
Martial virtue: the ethical conduct required of a fighter.
A real and respected term in Chinese martial arts - restraint and honour before skill.
Other characters for “discipline of arms”
What to do next
Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.
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