Patience

This character contains the ideas of patience, perseverance and endurance. Alone, this single character can be a bit ambiguous or flexible. It can also mean to endure, to bear, to put up with or to conceal. If you want to simply decide what this character means to you within the general meaning, but keep it a mystery to others, this is a good choice. There is a secondary meaning in Japanese, since this is the first character of the word ninja. Patience is quiet hope and trust that things will turn out right. You wait without complaining. You are tolerant and accepting of difficulties and mistakes. You picture the end in the beginning and persevere to meet your goals. These characters can also mean "to endure", "restrain oneself". This character is also used as a tenet of Taekwondo and other Korean martial arts....? by Oriental Outpost.

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